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Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

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{{Infobox album

| name = Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

| type = studio

| artist = The Chieftains
(among others)

| cover =Down the Old Plank Road The Nashville Sessions.jpg

| alt =

| released = 17 September 2002

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = *Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)

| genre = Celtic folk, Country, Bluegrass

| length = 52:28

| label = RCA Victor

| producer = Paddy Moloney

| prev_title = The Wide World Over

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Further Down the Old Plank Road

| next_year = 2003

}}

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.{{cite magazine|last=Stark|first=Phyillis|title=Walking the Plank|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_AwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA57|magazine=Billboard|volume=109|year=2002|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|page=52|issue=9|issn=0006-2510}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=PA2006-IA1190|year=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|page=2006}}

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

Chart performance

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! Chart (2002)

! Peak
position

U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums

| align="center"| 21

U.S. Billboard 200

| align="center"| 91

References

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Category:2002 collaborative albums

Category:The Chieftains albums

Category:RCA Victor albums