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]

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

• Paddy Moloney - bagpipes [Uilleann], flute, tin whistle
• Kevin Conneff - bodhrán
• Derek Bell - dulcimer [Tiompán], harp, keyboards
• Seán Keane - fiddle
• Matt Molloy - flute

Guests

• Buddy Miller - vocals (2)
• Julie Miller - vocals (2)
• Vince Gill - vocals (4)
• Ricky Skaggs - vocals, mandolin (5,14)
• Alison Krauss - vocals, viola, backing vocals (6)
• Lyle Lovett - vocals (7)
• Patty Griffin - vocals (9)
• Del McCoury - vocals, acoustic guitar (10)
• Martina McBride - vocals (11)
• David Rawlings - vocals (13)
• Gillian Welch - vocals (13)
• Shannon Forrest - drums, percussion (1-4,6,8-9,12-14)
• Jeff White - vocals, acoustic guitar (1,3-9,11-14)
• Béla Fleck - banjo, violin (1,4,6,8,14)
• Glenn Worf - double bass (1,4,8,12,14)
• Tim O'Brien - mandolin, backing vocals (1,4,8,14)
• Matt Rollings - piano (1,4,11,14)
• John Hiatt - backing vocals (1,14)
• Marc Savoy - accordion (1)
• Jeffrey Lesser - backing vocals (1)
• Bryan Sutton - acoustic guitar, clawhammer banjo, mandolin, octave mandolin (2-3,6,9,11,13-14)
• Barry Bales - double bass (2-3,6,9,13)
• Earl Scruggs - banjo (3)
• Glen Duncan - fiddle (3)
• Randy Kohrs - resonator guitar [Dobro] (4,12-14)
• Jim Mills - banjo (5)
• Mark Fain - double bass (5)
• Cody Kilby - acoustic guitar (5)
• Andy Leftwich - fiddle (5)
• Steve Buckingham - mountain dulcimer (6)
• Viktor Krauss - double bass (7)
• James Gilmer - percussion (7)
• John Hagen - cello (7)
• Robbie McCoury - banjo (10)
• Jason Carter - fiddle (10)
• Mike Bub - double bass (10)
• Ronnie McCoury - mandolin (10)
• Stuart Duncan - mandolin (11-12)
• Jeff Taylor - accordion (11)

Chart performance

References