# 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

* "The Raggle Taggle Gypsy" - Nickel Creek
* "Jordan is a Hard Road to Travel" - John Hiatt
* "Hick's Farewell" - Allison Moorer
* "Shady Grove" - Tim O'Brien
* "The Girl I Left Behind" - John Prine
* "Rosc Catha Na Nuimhain / Arkansas Traveller / The Wild Irishman" - Jerry Douglas
* "Lambs in the Greenfield" - Emmylou Harris
* "The Moonshiner / I'm a Rambler" - Joe Ely
* "Wild Mountain Thyme" - Don Williams
* "Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe" - Chet Atkins
* "Bandit of Love / The Cheatin' Waltz" - Carlene Carter
* "The Squid Jiggin' Ground / Larry O'Gaff" - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
* "Three Little Babes" - Patty Loveless
* "Fisherman's Hornpipe / The Devil's Dream" - Doc Watson
* "Talk About Suffering / Man of the House" - Ricky Skaggs
* "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 |