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 Celtic folk, Country, Bluegrass
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

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