Further Down the Old Plank Road is a 2003 album by The Chieftains. It is a collaboration between the Irish band and many top country music musicians including Rosanne Cash, Chet Atkins, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Ricky Skaggs, and Patty Loveless.Further Down the Old Plank Road, Retrieved 12 April 2014.
Track listing "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" - Nickel Creek "Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel" - John Hiatt "Hick's Farewell" - Allison Moorer "Shady Grove" - Tim O'Brien "The Girl I Left Behind" - John Prine "Rosc Catha Na Nuimhain / Arkansas Traveller / The Wild Irishman" - Jerry Douglas "Lambs in the Greenfield" - Emmylou Harris "The Moonshiner / I'm a Rambler" - Joe Ely "Wild Mountain Thyme" - Don Williams "Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe" - Chet Atkins "Bandit of Love / The Cheatin' Waltz" - Carlene Carter "The Squid Jiggin' Ground / Larry O'Gaff" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band "Three Little Babes" - Patty Loveless "Fisherman's Hornpipe / The Devil's Dream" - Doc Watson "Talk About Suffering / Man of the House" - Ricky Skaggs "The Lily of the West" - Rosanne Cash
Personnel The Chieftains Paddy Moloney - bagpipes [Uilleann], tin whistle Kevin Conneff - bodhrán, vocals Derek Bell - dulcimer [Tiompán], harp, keyboards Seán Keane - fiddle Matt Molloy - flute
Guests Jeff White - acoustic guitar, mandolin, vocals (1–8, 13, 16) Sara Watkins - fiddle, vocals (1) Sean Watkins - acoustic guitar (1) Christopher Thile - mandolin, vocals (1) Byron House - double bass (1) Caroline Lavelle - cello (1, 16) Shannon Forrest - drums, (2–4, 6, 8, 13) Bryan Sutton - banjo, mandolin, octave mandolin (2–3, 6–7) Barry Bales - double bass (2–3, 6) Stuart Duncan - fiddle (2, 7) John Hiatt - guitar, vocals (2) Jeff Taylor - accordion (2) Randy Kohrs - resonator guitar [Dobro] (3–4, 7, 13) Allison Moorer - vocals (3) Pete Wasner - keyboards (3) Glenn Worf - bass, double bass (4, 7, 13) Tim O'Brien - mandolin, vocals (4) Matt Rollings - piano (5, 8) Mike Bub - double bass (5, 8) John Prine - vocals (5) Frankie Lane - resonator guitar [Dobro] (5) Kenny Malone - drums (5) Mairtin O'Connor - accordion (5) Jerry Douglas - resonator guitar [Dobro] (6, 12) Emmylou Harris - vocals (7) Joe Ely - vocals (8) Edgar Meyer - bass (9, 12) Don Williams - guitar, vocals (9) Béla Fleck - banjo (10, 12, 15) Chet Atkins - guitar (10) David Hungate - bass (10) Carlene Carter - vocals (11) Kevin Bents - piano (11) Adam Frehm - resonator guitar [Dobro] (11) Mike Gordon - bass (11) Sharon Shannon - accordion (11) Jimmy Ibbotson - guitar (12) Jeff Hanna - guitar, vocals (12) Jimmy Fadden - drums, harmonica (12) Patty Loveless - vocals (13) Tim O'Brien - mandolin (13) Doc Watson - guitar (14) Merle Watson - Guitar (14) T. Michael Coleman - bass (14) Hank "Bones" Kahn - bones (14) Barry Carroll - dulcimer, harp (14) Triona Marshall - harp (14) Ricky Skaggs - vocals (15) Paul Brewster - backing vocals (15) Rosanne Cash - vocals (16) John Leventhal - acoustic guitar (16) Michael Gordon - acoustic bass (16) Tom Partington - vintage rope drum (16) Margaret Dorn - backing vocals (16) Caroline Goodgold - backing vocals (16) Deborah Lyons - backing vocals (16) Teddy Thompson - backing vocals (16)
Chart performance Chart (2003) Peakposition U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 28 U.S. Billboard 200 180
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