Further Down the Old Plank Road

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]

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

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.
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