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.

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, 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)

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