Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

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.

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)