Courage & Patience & Grit is a DVD/CD set released by the band Great Big Sea on November 14, 2006. It contains video of the live performance from a concert at the Empire Theatre in Belleville, Ontario along with music videos for the songs "Captain Kidd", "When I Am King", "Lukey", and "Shines Right Through Me". The live performance was recorded during their The Hard and the Easy tour.
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| Released | November 14, 2006 |
| Genre | Folk |
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The name of the album comes from a line in the song "Tickle Cove Pond" ("It's only by courage and patience and grit"), a song on The Hard and the Easy, which provides the name for that album but which does not appear on this DVD.
Track listing
edit- "Captain Kidd" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 2:56
- "Jack Hinks" (Traditional) – 4:08
- "Sweet Forget Me Not (Graceful and Charming)"(Bobby Newcome, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 3:24
- "Billy Peddle" – (Traditional) 4:34
- "Concerning Charlie Horse" (Omar Blondahl) – 3:40
- * "I’m A Rover" (Traditional) 3:32
- "A Boat Like Gideon Brown" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:20
- "The Mermaid" (Shel Silverstein, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 3:59
- "The River Driver" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 3:20
- "Scolding Wife" (Traditional Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:59
- "Old Polina" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 2:34
- "Shines Right Through Me" (Alan Doyle, Kalem Mahoney, Séan McCann) – 3:17
- "When I’m Up" (Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones) – 4:19
- "The Night Pat Murphy Died" (Johnny Burke) – 3:37
- "When I Am King" (Alan Doyle) – 2:48
- * "Danny Boy" (Traditional) 3:01
- * "Run Runaway" (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) 3:30
- "General Taylor" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:33
- "Sea Of No Cares" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper) – 4:15
- "Helmet Head" (Bob Hallett) – 3:00
- "Consequence Free" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:23
- "Mari-Mac" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:25
- "Ordinary Day" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann) – 4:40
- "Excursion Around The Bay" (Johnny Burke) – 2:41
- "Fortune Set" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:15
- * "Old Brown’s Daughter" (Traditional) 2:48
- Tracks marked with an asterisk not available on the audio CD.
Personnel
edit- Eric Beausejour – Design
- Chris Butler – Photography
- Yves Dion – Editing
- Alan Doyle – Guitar (Acoustic), Bouzouki, Guitar (Electric), Liner Notes
- Murray Foster – Bass, Vocals
- Bob Hallett – Fiddle, Liner Notes, Tin Whistle, Button Accordion, Tenor Banjo
- François Lamoureux – Liner Notes, Mixing
- Pierre Lamoureux – Director, Liner Notes
- Kris MacFarlane – Guitar (Acoustic), Percussion, Drums, Vocals, Piano-Accordion
- Andrew MacNaughtan – Photography
- Séan McCann – Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Liner Notes, Bodhran, Shaker, Tin Whistle
- John McCullagh – Scratching
- Denis Normandeau – Mixing