• Derek Bell: 1935 – 2002

    Archive Posted On January 1, 2003
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    Multi-instrumentalist Derek Bell, a member of Irish band the Chieftains since the early 1970s, died in mid-October at age 66. Bell played harp, oboe, hammered dulcimer and other instruments with the group, and is featured on more than 30 of the band’s albums, including the recent Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions, a collaboration with American country and folk musicians. He also released a handful of records under his own name.




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