title: The Big Picture (Bap Kennedy album)
text: # The Big Picture (Bap Kennedy album)
  
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  The Big Picture is the sixth solo studio album by Bap Kennedy, released on August 2, 2005 on Loose Records. It is a mix of country, Americana and Celtic soul with guest vocals by Shane MacGowan and also features a song co-written with Van Morrison. On "Moriarty's Blues", Carolyn Cassady recites from her book, Off the Road.
  
  In a review by Mojo it was given four out of five stars.
  
  ## Track listing
  
      All songs and music by Bap Kennedy, except where noted.
  * "Rock and Roll Heaven" – 2:46
  * "The Truth is Painful" – 4:00
  * "Moriarty's Blues" – 3:15
  * "Streetwise" – 3:28
  * "Too Old for Fairy Tales" – 4:43
  * "Milky Way" – (Van Morrison, Bap Kennedy) - 3:49
  * "Loverman" – 3:16
  * "Fireworks" – 3:06
  * "On the Mighty Ocean Alcohol" (vocals by Shane MacGowan) – 3:22
  * "The Sweet Smell of Success" – 3:09
  * "The Beautiful Country" -3:17
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Bap Kennedy - lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar
  * Ed Deane - acoustic, electric and lap steel guitar
  * James Walbourne - guitar, mandolin
  * Carwyn Ellis, Rory McFarlane - bass
  * BJ Cole - pedal steel guitar
  * Kieran Kiely - piano, accordion, low whistle, organ
  * Johnny Mac, Martin Hughes - drums
  * Michele Drees - drums, percussion
  * Damian Hand - tenor and alto saxophone
  * Dave Priseman - trumpet, horn
  * Jake Walker - violin, viola
  * Alison Limerick, Carlton Webster, Vera Haime - backing vocals
  