''Another Country'' is a 1992 album by The Chieftains. It is a collaboration between the Irish band and many top country music musicians including Ricky Skaggs, Don Williams, Colin James,

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, members from

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, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins and

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. The album won the 1993 Grammy Award for

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and was nominated in three other categories: Best Pop Instrumental Performance (for "Tahitian Skies"), Best Country Vocal Collaboration (for "Killybegs"), and Best Country Instrumental Performance (for "Cotton Eyed Joe"). The Chieftains also took home the Award for Best Traditional Folk Album that year for their 1992 live album, ''

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''. There was also an ''Another Country'' documentary with video footage of the performances.

Track listing

# "Happy to Meet" (Moloney) - 3:03 # "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Gibson) - 3:26 Don Williams">erformance with Don Williams# "Wabash Cannonball/Morning Dew/Father Kelly's Reels" (Moloney, Traditional) - 3:22 Ricky Skaggs">erformance with Ricky Skaggs # "Heartbreak Hotel/The Cliffs of Moher Jig" (Axton, Durden, Presley/traditional) - 3:19 Chet Atkins">erformance with Chet Atkins# "Goodnight Irene" (Leadbelly, Lomax) - 4:16 Willie Nelson">erformance with Willie Nelson# "

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" (Traditional) - 3:36 Colin James">erformance with Colin James # "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (Davis, Pruett) - 3:37 [performance with

] # "Cotton Eyed Joe" (Traditional) - 2:37 [performance with Ricky Skaggs] # "Tahitian Skies" (Flacke) - 3:28 Chet Atkins">erformance with Chet Atkins # "Killybegs" (Ibbotson, Moloney) - 3:40 [performance with members from

] # "Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore" (Traditional) - 4:40 [performance with Kevin Conneff] # "Finale: Did You Ever Go-A-Courtin', Uncle Joe/Will the Circle Be Unbroken" (Traditional) - 12:06 [performance with Ricky Skaggs, Emmylou Harris and members from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band]

Personnel

* Derek Bell (musician), Derek Bell -

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

, tiompán, keyboards *

Martin Fay Martin Joseph Fay (19 September 1936 – 14 November 2012) was an Irish fiddler and bones player, and a former member of The Chieftains. He was born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scot ...

fiddle A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including classical music. Although in many cases violins and fiddles are essentially synonymous, th ...

* Seán Keane - fiddle * Kevin Conneff - bodhrán, vocals * Matt Molloy -

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Paddy Moloney Paddy Moloney ( ga, Pádraig Ó Maoldomhnaigh; 1 August 1938 – 12 October 2021) was an Irish musician, composer, and record producer. He co-founded and led the Irish musical group the Chieftains, playing on all of their 44 albums. He was parti ...

- uilleann pipes, tin whistle *Guests: * Jimmy Ibbotson - Guitar, vocals (1,10,12) * Jeff Hanna - Guitar, vocals (1,10,12) * Jimmy Fadden - Drums, harmonica (1,10,12) * Don Williams - Guitar, vocals (2) * Ricky Skaggs - Guitar, mandolin, vocals (3,8,12) * Chet Atkins - Guitar (4,9,12) * Willie Nelson - Vocals (5) *

- Vocals (7,12)

References

External links

*
Another Country
' page at thechieftains.com {{Authority control 1992 albums The Chieftains albums Collaborative albums RCA Victor albums