Great Big Sea - Courage & Patience & Grit - Great Big Sea In Concert [CD/DVD Combo]
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Artist: Great Big SeaEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2006-11-21
Music Label: Zoe Records
Soundtracks:
- Captain Kidd - Great Big Sea
- Jack Hinks - Great Big Sea
- Sweet Forget Me Not - Great Big Sea
- Billy Peddle - Great Big Sea
- Concerning Charlie Horse - Great Big Sea
- I'm a Rover - Great Big Sea
- A Boat Like Gideon Brown - Great Big Sea
- The Mermaid - Great Big Sea
- The River Driver - Great Big Sea
- Scolding Wife - Great Big Sea
- Old Polina - Great Big Sea
- Shines Right Through Me - Great Big Sea
- When I'm Up - Great Big Sea
- The Night Pat Murphy Died - Great Big Sea
- When I Am King - Great Big Sea
- Danny Boy - Great Big Sea
- Run Runaway - Great Big Sea
- General Taylor - Great Big Sea
- Sea of No Cares - Great Big Sea
- Helmet Head - Great Big Sea
- Consequence Free - Great Big Sea
- Mari-Mac - Great Big Sea
- Ordinary Day - Great Big Sea
- Excursion Around the Bay - Great Big Sea
- Fortune Set - Great Big Sea
- Old Brown's Daughter - Great Big Sea
Music reviews of Courage & Patience & Grit - Great Big Sea In Concert [CD/DVD Combo]
Music Review: The next best thing to being there
Rating: 4 Stars
I was fortunate (REALLY fortunate, I live in the Southern U.S.) to have seen Great Big Sea on this tour. In fact, the material for "Courage & Patience & Grit" was recorded just over a month after I saw the band play. So I can say with certainty that this is a pretty close approximation to what I saw.
A previous reviewer complained that the boys look tired. But the album's liner notes reveal that the Hard and the Easy tour was divided into 2 parts: The first half is the more intimate, folk-based side of the band. The 2nd half really kicks things into gear.
This is GBS's third live album, and I was delighted with the 2-part concert approach. Old favorites like "Excursion Around the Bay" and "Mari-Mac" never sounded better, while a stripped-down "Sea of No Cares" is simply breathtaking.
In addition, there are 4 music videos that were not available on the excellent "Great Big DVD" collection from 2004. Longtime fans will surely be thrilled to have the video for "Lukey", which includes members of the Chieftains (and is a different mix of the song than previously released). The video clips for "Shines Right Through", "When I Am King" and "Captain Kidd" are mostly in the same vein as the band's other videos. That is, they're pleasing enough, if not exactly groundbreaking.
If I have one minor complaint about this set, it's the audio CD of the concert. Part of the charm of the band's live sets is their connection both to the audience and to the other band members. This is evident on the DVD, especially Alan and Sean's playful banter leading into "The Mermaid." This is completely absent on the CD (as are four of the concert's songs, a necessary concession due to the limitations of CD recording). But the real problem is that I noticed small gaps in between each track. This is irritating in that it breaks the continuity of the "live" recording. A minor point, like I said, but it just means I probably won't be playing the CD nearly as much as I do my "Great Big DVD" live CD.
If you're a fan, this is certainly a worthwhile--and very reasonably-priced--addition to your collection. It's not quite perfect, but it's ALMOST as good as the "real thing."
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Description of Courage & Patience & Grit - Great Big Sea In Concert [CD/DVD Combo]
Specially priced 2-disc set! Having sold millions of albums in their native Canada, Great Big Sea is now one of that country's most popular exports. Courage & Patience & Grit: Great Big Sea in Concert features a 26-song DVD with traditional live favorites such as "Jack Hinks," "Scolding Wife," and "Captain Kidd," plus Great Big Sea originals "When I'm Up," "Consequence Free," "Sea of No Cares," and many more, all presented in stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound. The DVD also includes 4 music videos, including a rare clip for "Lukey," a song the band recorded with The Chieftains. This specially priced package also includes a separate audio CD of 22 of the concert's 26 tracks (only 22 would fit on one CD!). "Great Big Sea has been more successful than any other contemporary North American band in bringing Anglo-Celtic folk sounds into rock clubs." - Dirty LinenSince they emerged in the early 90s, Newfoundland's own Great Big Sea have gradually consolidated a reputation as one of the greatest neo-Celt bands, from anywhere in the Six Nations or, as in this case, beyond. Drawing upon their homeland's strong Irish and Scottish ancestry and centuries-old seafaring heritage, they have fashioned a roistering, danceable sound and a live presence not unlike a bar-band but operating on a massive scale. But for all their good-time, party-hearty extroversion, they also demonstrate a rare affinity for love songs and more introspective types of material. Recorded in spectacular sound before adoring audiences, this "kitchen party," as one band member described it, is at once intimate and grand, folkloric and modern, acoustic and electric. Traditional instruments like fiddle, tin whistle, accordion are fused seamlessly with electric guitars and trap drums, plus tight and charismatic lead and harmony vocals, creating a spiraling energy that takes the crowd by storm and hurtles from living room speakers like a conquering wave. The CD is accompanied by a must-have DVD, which not only includes 26 tracks of concert footage but four essential music videos, one of which, "Lukey," features a collaboration with the Chieftains. --Christina Roden
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