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.

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)