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The Chieftains - Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

Styles: Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic, Traditional Folk, Celtic Folk, Traditional Country, North American Traditions, Appalachian
Released: 2002
Label: RCA/Victor Records
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 88.1 MB
Time: 54:58
Art: full

1. The Chieftains & John Hiatt/Bela Fleck - Down The Old Plank Road - 2:04
2. The Chieftains & Buddy Miller/Julie Miller - Country Blues - 3:17
3. The Chieftains & Earl Scruggs - Sally Goodin - 3:17
4. The Chieftains & Vince Gill - Dark As A Dungeon - 3:27
5. The Chieftains & Ricky Skaggs - Cindy - 2:40
6. The Chieftains & Alison Krauss - Molly Ban (Bawn) - 4:50
7. The Chieftains & Lyle Lovett - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - 2:44
8. The Chieftains & Bela Fleck - Bela's Reels - 4:19
9. The Chieftains & Patty Griffin - Whole Heap Of Little Horses - 2:49
10. The Chieftains & Del McCoury - Rain And Snow - 2:54
11. The Chieftains & Martina McBride - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - 4:32
12. The Chieftains & Jeff White - Tennessee Stud - 3:11
13. The Chieftains & Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings - Katie Dear - 4:30
14. The Chieftains & Various Artists - Give The Fiddler A Dram (finale) - 10:18


Note: This a companion disc to an earlier release of 2002, THE WIDE WORLD OVER, celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Chieftains.
DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Sally Goodin" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Those eclectic ambassadors of Irish music are at it again, this time taking their act to Nashville for sessions with some of country music's most popular artists. On the one hand, you'd think that the most famous Irish folk group in the world would spend more time simply playing Irish music instead of guesting with artists from and dipping into seemingly every other conceivable genre. On the other, when you've recorded as much amazing Irish traditional music as exists in these guys' back catalog, you've pretty much got carte blanche to do whatever the hell you want.
Anyway, Irish music played a major role in the coalescing of early country music, so DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD turns out to house a pretty good musical fit. Still, there are plenty of musical surprises afoot. It might not be a revelation to hear Lyle Lovett singing a traditional tune like "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," but to hear it with added Celtic flavoring is quite an ear-turner. The lads work similar magic with everyone from Gillian Welch to venerable bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury, showing that this is one Irish outfit that refuses to be pinned down to a predictable sound.

Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions



• Barbara Dane - Anthology Of American Folk Songs •
• Jack Klatt and the Cat Swingers - Mississippi Roll •

Oznake: The Chieftains, Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Folk, Traditional Country