Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

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Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
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Studio album by
The Chieftains
(among others)
Released17 September 2002
Studio
Genre
Length52:28
Label RCA Victor
Producer Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains
(among others) chronology
The Wide World Over
(2002)
Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
(2002)
Further Down the Old Plank Road
(2003)

Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions is a 2002 album by The Chieftains. It is a collaboration between the Irish band and many top country music musicians including Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Martina McBride and Alison Krauss. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

All songs traditional unless indicated.

  1. "Down the Old Plank Road" (with John Hiatt, Béla Fleck, Jeff White and Tim O'Brien) - 2:02
  2. "Country Blues" (with Buddy & Julie Miller) - 3:13
  3. "Sally Goodin" (with Earl Scruggs & Glen Duncan) - 3:15
  4. "Dark as a Dungeon" (with Vince Gill and Béla Fleck) (Merle Travis) - 3:25
  5. "Cindy" (with Kentucky Thunder & Ricky Skaggs) - 2:38
  6. "Molly Bán (Bawn)" (with Alison Krauss and Béla Fleck) - 4:48
  7. "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" (with Lyle Lovett) - 2:41
  8. Medley: "Ladies Pantalettes; Belles of Blackville; First House in Connaught" (with Béla Fleck) - 2:18
  9. "Whole Heap of Little Horses" (with Patty Griffin) - 2:47
  10. "Rain and Snow" (with The Del McCoury Band) - 2:52
  11. "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight" (with Martina McBride) - 4:30
  12. "Tennessee Stud" (with Jeff White) (Jimmy Driftwood) - 3:08
  13. "Katie Dear" (with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings) - 4:31
  14. "Give the Fiddler a Dram" (with Béla Fleck) - 10:18

Personnel

The Chieftains
Guests

Chart performance

Chart (2002)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums21
U.S. Billboard 20091

References

  1. Stark, Phyillis (2002). "Walking the Plank". Billboard. Vol. 109, no. 9. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 52. ISSN   0006-2510.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2006. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.