Further Down the Old Plank Road

Further Down the Old Plank Road
Studio album by The Chieftains (among others)
Released	9 September 2003
Recorded	1980–81, 1992 during the Another Country Sessions, 2002, April–May 2003
Genre	Celtic folk country folk bluegrass
Length	55:03
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Paddy Moloney
The Chieftains (among others) chronology
Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions (2002) Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003) Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell (2005)

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. ^[1]

Track listing

1. "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" - Nickel Creek
2. "Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel" - John Hiatt
3. "Hick's Farewell" - Allison Moorer
4. "Shady Grove" - Tim O'Brien
5. "The Girl I Left Behind" - John Prine
6. "Rosc Catha Na Nuimhain / Arkansas Traveller / The Wild Irishman" - Jerry Douglas
7. "Lambs in the Greenfield" - Emmylou Harris
8. "The Moonshiner / I'm a Rambler" - Joe Ely
9. "Wild Mountain Thyme" - Don Williams
10. "Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe" - Chet Atkins
11. "Bandit of Love / The Cheatin' Waltz" - Carlene Carter
12. "The Squid Jiggin' Ground / Larry O'Gaff" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
13. "Three Little Babes" - Patty Loveless
14. "Fisherman's Hornpipe / The Devil's Dream" - Doc Watson
15. "Talk About Suffering / Man of the House" - Ricky Skaggs
16. "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)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	28
U.S. Billboard 200	180

References

1. Further Down the Old Plank Road , Retrieved 12 April 2014.