Courage & Patience & Grit

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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.

Contents

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

  1. "Captain Kidd" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 2:56
  2. "Jack Hinks" (Traditional) – 4:08
  3. "Sweet Forget Me Not (Graceful and Charming)"(Bobby Newcome, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 3:24
  4. "Billy Peddle" – (Traditional) 4:34
  5. "Concerning Charlie Horse" (Omar Blondahl) – 3:40
  6. * "I’m A Rover" (Traditional) 3:32
  7. "A Boat Like Gideon Brown" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:20
  8. "The Mermaid" (Shel Silverstein, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 3:59
  9. "The River Driver" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 3:20
  10. "Scolding Wife" (Traditional Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:59
  11. "Old Polina" (Traditional, Arranged Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett) – 2:34
  12. "Shines Right Through Me" (Alan Doyle, Kalem Mahoney, Séan McCann) – 3:17
  13. "When I’m Up" (Ian Telfer, Alan Prosser, John Jones) – 4:19
  14. "The Night Pat Murphy Died" (Johnny Burke) – 3:37
  15. "When I Am King" (Alan Doyle) – 2:48
  16. * "Danny Boy" (Traditional) 3:01
  17. * "Run Runaway" (Noddy Holder, Jim Lea) 3:30
  18. "General Taylor" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:33
  19. "Sea Of No Cares" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Chris Trapper) – 4:15
  20. "Helmet Head" (Bob Hallett) – 3:00
  21. "Consequence Free" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:23
  22. "Mari-Mac" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:25
  23. "Ordinary Day" (Alan Doyle, Séan McCann) – 4:40
  24. "Excursion Around The Bay" (Johnny Burke) – 2:41
  25. "Fortune Set" (Arranged by Alan Doyle, Séan McCann, Bob Hallett, Darrell Power) – 3:15
  26. * "Old Brown’s Daughter" (Traditional) 2:48

Personnel

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