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, Ricky Skaggs, and Patty Loveless.
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Track listing

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" - 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 Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She has released dozens of albums and singles over the course of her career and has won 14 Grammys, the Polar Music Prize, and numerous other honors, including ...

# " The Moonshiner / I'm a Rambler" -

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# " 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" -

# "Three Little Babes" - Patty Loveless # "Fisherman's Hornpipe /

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" - Doc Watson # "Talk About Suffering / Man of the House" - Ricky Skaggs # " The Lily of the West" - Rosanne Cash

Personnel

;The Chieftains * Paddy Moloney - bagpipes illeann tin whistle * Kevin Conneff - bodhrán, vocals * Derek Bell - dulcimer iompán 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 Caroline Lavelle is an English singer-songwriter and cellist who has created three solo albums and contributed vocals, music, and production help to many other artists and bands. Career Lavelle studied at the Royal College of Music in London. ...

- cello (1,16) *

Shannon Forrest Shannon Forrest (born August 22, 1973 in Easley, South Carolina) is an American drummer and percussionist known primarily for his session work. As a session drummer, he has contributed to the work of many well-known artists, and he is also a pr ...

- 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 Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo. Life Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...

- fiddle (2,7) * John Hiatt - guitar, vocals (2) * Jeff Taylor - accordion (2) * Randy Kohrs - resonator guitar

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(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) *

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- double bass (5,8) * John Prine - vocals (5) * Frankie Lane - resonator guitar

(5) *

Kenny Malone Kenny Malone (August 4, 1938 – August 26, 2021) was an American drummer and percussionist. Life and career Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acoustic ...

- drums (5) * Mairtin O'Connor - accordion (5) * Jerry Douglas - resonator guitar

(6,12) *

- vocals (7) *

- vocals (8) * Edgar Meyer - bass (9,12) * Don Williams - guitar, vocals (9) * Béla Fleck - banjo (10,12,15) * Chet Atkins - guitar (10) *

David Hungate William David Hungate (born August 5, 1948) is an American bass guitarist noted as a member of the Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1976 to 1982 and again from 2014 to 2015, and the son of judge William L. Hungate. Along with most of his T ...

- bass (10) * Carlene Carter - vocals (11) * Kevin Bents - piano (11) * Adam Frehm - resonator guitar

(11) * Mike Gordon - bass (11) *

Sharon Shannon Sharon Shannon (born 8 June 1968) is an Irish musician, best known for her work with the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, ''Sharon Shannon,'' was the best-selling ...

- 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

References

{{Authority control 2003 albums The Chieftains albums Collaborative albums RCA Victor albums