Further Down the Old Plank Road

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Further Down the Old Plank Road
Further Down the Old Plank Road.jpg
Studio album by
The Chieftains
(among others)
Released9 September 2003
Recorded1980-81, 1992 during the Another Country Sessions, 2002, April–May 2003
Genre Celtic folk, country, bluegrass
Length55:03
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]

Contents

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
Guests

Chart performance

Chart (2003)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums28
U.S. Billboard 200180

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References

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