The Chieftains - Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
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Artist: The ChieftainsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-09-17
Music Label: RCA Victor
Soundtracks:
- Down the Old Plank Road (w/ John Hiatt, Bela Fleck, Jeff White and Tim O'Brien)
- Country Blues (w/ Buddy & Julie Miller)
- Sally Goodin (w/ Earl Scruggs)
- Dark as a Dungeon (w/ Vince Gill)
- Cindy (w/ Kentucky Thunder & Ricky Skaggs)
- Molly Ban (Bawn) (w/ Alison Krauss)
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (w/ Lyle Lovett)
- Medley: Ladies Pantalettes; Belles of Blackville; First House in Connaught (w/ Bela Fleck)
- Whole Heap of Little Horses (w/ Patty Griffin)
- Rain and Snow (w/ The Del McCoury Band)
- I'll Be All Smiles Tonight (w/ Martina McBride)
- Tennessee Stud (w/ Jeff White)
- Katie Dear (w/ Gillian Welch & David Rawlings)
- Give the Fiddler a Dram (Finale)
Free Music Notes for Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
Free Music Review: Roots of Bluegrass
Hit: 5 Stars
The Chieftains..BLUE GRASS?
Yep, shure 'nough is, y'all.
Well, sorta...
When people hear "Chieftains" they're thinking Irish, Gaelic..but BLUE GRASS? Actually it's not a stretch at all considering that Irish folk music played a major role in the creation of American folk music, Blue Grass (Tenessee, Kentucky)--and via Blue Grass to Country & Western. Of course other ethnic flavors are involved including Scottish & colonial British, French, Spanish & African (Gospel, Blues, Jazz.)
To offer a comparison, the soundtrack of "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" gives a pretty good sampler of Blue Grass, & this CD does the same--but with more songs, more A-List US artists (John Hiatt, Bela Fleck, Earl Scruggs, Vince Gill, Alison Krauss, Lyle Lovetti, Paty Griffin & other greats) resulting in this more artistically cohesive CD.
So where are the Chiefains you might ask? Well, it's true they are more in the studio background than the forefront, but once you realize how effective that the background is, you can enjoy the final result.
The CD features the original musical treatment of such standards as Don't Let Your Deal Go Down, Whole Heaps of Little Horses, Tennesse Stud, and Katie Dear [A variant of Silver Dagger]
Long Black Veil
Water From the Well
Tears Of Stone
Northern Journey
Four Strong Winds
Early Morning Rain
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The First 10 Years
Joan Baez
In Concert
Basket of Light
Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions Poster
Now that bluegrass is (again) momentarily cool, leave it to the Chieftains to (again) plunge an all-star country cast into the Celtic wellsprings of old-time music, just as they did 10 years ago with 1992's Another Country. It's no surprise that the Chieftains can handle the rapacious rhythms of a hot fiddle tune; whether they can go toe-to-toe with the likes of Tim O'Brien, B?la Fleck, Ricky Skaggs, and Del McCoury is another matter. Rest assured they can, and they even coax some inspired jamming from Earl Scruggs--who sounds like he has something to prove on "Sally Goodin"--and a chilling vocal from Alison Krauss on "Molly Ban," the Celtic equivalent of "Fair and Tender Maidens." The Chieftains' only miscue comes in wasting Vince Gill's talents on a busily arranged "Dark as a Dungeon." While this set will likely appeal more to fans of contemporary Irish music than to hard-core twang fans, anyone who loves acoustic roots music will find these collaborations refreshing, if not down-right bracing. --Roy KastenFolk Music CDs
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