Further Down The Old Plank Road (2003)

Product Summary UPC: 00828765289726 Release Date: 9/9/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60612539 Item#: MJXNDD Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Raggle Taggle Gypsy - (featuring Nickel Creek) ~ The Chieftains 2. Jordan Is Hard Road To Travel - (featuring John Hiatt) ~ The Chieftains 3. Hick's Farewell - (featuring Allison Moorer) ~ The Chieftains 4. Shady Grove - (featuring Tim O'Brien) ~ The Chieftains 5. Girl I Left Behind, The - (featuring John Prine) ~ The Chieftains 6. Rosc Catha Na Mumhan / Arkansas Traveler / The Wild Irishman - (featuring Jerry Douglas) ~ The Chieftains 7. Lambs In The Greenfield - (featuring Emmylou Harris) ~ The Chieftains 8. Moonshiner / I'm A Rambler - (featuring Joe Ely) ~ The Chieftains 9. Wild Mountain Thyme - (featuring Don Williams) ~ The Chieftains 10. Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe - (featuring Chet Atkins) ~ The Chieftains 11. Bandit Of Love / The Cheating Waltz - (featuring Carlene Carter) ~ The Chieftains 12. Squid Jiggin' Ground / Larry O'Gaff - (featuring Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) ~ The Chieftains 13. Three Little Babes - (featuring Patty Loveless) ~ The Chieftains 14. The Fisherman's Hornpipe / The Devil's Dream - (featuring Doc Watson) ~ The Chieftains 15. Talk About Suffering / Man Of The House - (featuring Ricky Skaggs) ~ The Chieftains 16. Lily Of The West, The ~ The Chieftains   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The Chieftains: Kevin Conneff (vocals, bodhran); Matt Molloy (flute); Paddy Moloney (tin whistle, Uillean pipes); Sean Keane (fiddle); Derek Bell (harp, keyboards, tiompan). Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: Jeff Hanna (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Ibbotson (guitar); Jerry Douglas (resophonic guitar); Bela Fleck (banjo); Jimmie Fadden (harmonica, drums); Edgar Meyer (bass). Additional personnel includes: John Hiatt (vocals, guitar); Tim O'Brien, Christopher Thile (vocals, mandolin); Nickel Creek, Sara Watkins (vocals, fiddle); Allison Moorer, Patty Loveless, Rosanne Cash, Ricky Skaggs (vocals); Jeff White (acoustic guitar, mandolin); John Leventhal (acoustic guitar); Chet Atkins, Doc Watson, Merle Watson (guitar); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Caroline Lavelle (cello); Martin O'Connor (accordion); Matt Rollings (piano); Glenn Worf (upright bass); Kenny Malone, Shannon Forrest (drums); Caroline Goodgold, Deborah Lyons, Margaret Dorn, Teddy Thompson (background vocals). Includes liner notes by Robert K. Oermann. In 2002, the legendary and insanely prolific Irish ensemble the Chieftains released Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions. Utilizing American icons like Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, and Lyle Lovett alongside the blossoming Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, their interpretations of traditional Irish and Appalachian staples yielded a surprisingly lucid bounty. Not surprisingly, the sessions also yielded another record. Further Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions follows the same thread on the neo-traditional loom, pitting the Celtic heroes against such heavyweights as Doc Watson, John Prine, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, while incorporating younger artists like Nickel Creek. The Chieftains, possibly the tightest veteran band still performing, have made a career out of effortless creativity and sheer enthusiasm, especially for projects like this one. On the gorgeous "Chief O'Neil's Hornpipe," Paddy Maloney's bittersweet piping effortlessly segues into Chet Atkins' understated picking. It's like listening to a couple of old friends sharing a beer on a Sunday evening. Emmylou Harris croons "Lambs in the Greenfield" that'll leave a lump in your throat, and Tim O'Brien tears through a version of "Shady Grove," fueled by the ancestral flames of its birth. Only the forced soul of Allison Moorer's "Hick's Farewell" and Don Williams' generic rendering of the classic ballad "Wild Mountain Thyme" keep Further Down the Old Plank Road from being a major achievement. ~ James Christopher Monger The successor to the phenomenally successful DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, this mixed-bag collection of folk perennials and newer material features the same cast as the former album in much of the same folk-meets-country setting. A welcome result of the hugely successful O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? movie soundtrack, this pair of albums brought together the Chieftains and a plethora of country artists in a meeting of old and new worlds, a physical manifestation of the cultural cross-pollination that has been ongoing between Europe and America for centuries. Here, as on the former album, old-timers such as Doc Watson, Don Williams, John Prine, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band share equal time with such comparative newcomers as Allison Moorer and Patty Loveless, whose reading of "Three Little Babes" is a highlight. Sadly, FURTHER DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD features what was to be the last performance of Chieftains member Derek Bell, who died shortly after the album was completed. Producer: Paddy Moloney Musical Guests Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Emmylou Harris Patty Loveless Tim O'Brien John Hiatt Allison Moorer Doc Watson Nickel Creek John Prine Jerry Douglas Joe Ely Don Williams Chet Atkins Carlene Carter Ricky Skaggs   Compilation Appearances Greatest Hits-Vol. 2 Irish Album Celtic Tides Celtic Spectacular Celtic Spectacular (SACD) Little Worlds (Limited Edition) Celtic Circle 2 Greatest Irish Artist Dreams:corrs Collection Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits Dreams: The Ultimate Corrs Collection Best Of Van Morrison Vol 3 E2   Associated Artists and Works Ears, Rabbit Galway, James Largo Largo ~ Largo Morrison, Van Morrison, Van Morrison, Van Original Soundtrack Original Soundtrack Rabbit Ears Streep, Meryl Van Morrison Van Morrison Van Morrison   Technical Info Release Date : 09/09/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 52897 Label : RCA Victor Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00828765289726   Professional Reviews Dirty Linen (4/04, p.53) - "[T]his one was well worth it, and provides interesting and challenging listening."    Product Image