Purpose + Grace is a 2011 album recorded by the English guitarist and banjo player Martin Simpson and released on the Topic Records label. The album features a mixture of traditional and original material.
Track listing "The Sheffield Apprentice" – 4:15 "Bold General Wolfe" – 4:58 "Brothers Under the Bridge" (Bruce Springsteen) – 5:14 "Little Liza Jane" – 4:08 "Brother Can You Spare a Dime" (Yip Harburg)– 2:50 "Jamie Foyers" (Ewan MacColl) – 4:04 "In The Pines" – 6:01 "Strange Affair" (Richard Thompson) – 4:36 "Banjo Bill" (Martin Simpson) – 3:17 "Barbry Allen" – 6:46 "Don't Leave Your Banjo in the Shed, Mr. Waterson" (Martin Simpson) – 1:55 "Bad Girl's Lament" – 4:08 "Lakes of Pontchartrain" – 5:17 All titles trad. except where noted.
Personnel Martin Simpson – banjo, slide guitar, lap steel guitar, guitars, vocals, production Andy Cutting – accordion BJ Cole – pedal steel guitar Andy Seward – bass, production, mixing Keith Angel – drums, percussion June Tabor – vocals on "Strange Affair" Dick Gaughan – vocals on "Jamie Foyers" and "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" Fay Hield – vocals on "Bad Girl's Lament" Jon Boden – fiddle Richard Thompson – electric guitar Will Pound – harmonica Barry Phillips – cello
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