Chris Rea Live from 2006 - The Road To Hell And Back "The Farewell Tour".

Til The Morning Sun Shines On My Love And Me from Blue Guitars. Album Number Nine - Celtic & Irish Blues.

The Road To Hell And Back "The Farewell Tour" DVD
Filmed live at the Birmingham - Symphony hall • April 18th, 2006.

Τhe DVD captures a brilliant performance on Chris Rea's farewell tour set. To the the delight of fans present on the night, Rea delivers a balanced set of his greatest hits (Road to Hell parts 1 & 2, Stainsby Girls etc) along with selections from his more recent blues/jazz/roots orientated releases.

The hits work because they are presented in a stripped back, simplified way that represents more closely how they were original conceived and written (as Rea says in the accompanying documentary DVD - all his songs start out as blues songs).

The recent cuts benefit from the live renditions, delivered as they are by a collection of rather excellent musicians who have worked with Rea for quite a long time.

Credits:

Composed By, Liner Notes, Artwork By [Paintings], Vocals, Slide Guitar -- Chris Rea
Bass Guitar -- Sylvain Marc
Drums -- Martin Ditcham
Guitar -- Robert Ahwai
Keyboards -- Paul Hirsh
Liner Notes -- David Sinclair
Mastered By -- Simon Heyworth
Producer, Engineer, Liner Notes -- Simon Honywill
Art Direction, Design [@ Peacock] -- Jon Tricklebank

Blue Guitars is a Blues album released by Chris Rea on October 14, 2005 consisting of eleven CDs, one DVD and a full colour book, including paintings by the artist, liner notes and song lyrics. The album is an ambitious project with the 137 songs recorded over the course of 1½ years with a work schedule - according to Chris Rea himself - of twelve hours a day, seven days a week. Initially the project was inspired by Bill Wyman's "Blues Odyssey" and can be called an "odyssey" in its own right, for depicting a journey through the various epochs of Blues Music, starting at its African origins and finishing with modern-time Blues from the 60s and 70s. Subsequently the eleven CDs are titled the following: "Beginnings", "Country Blues", "Louisiana & New Orleans", "Electric Memphis Blues", "Texas Blues", "Chicago Blues", "Blues Ballads", "Gospel Soul Blues & Motown", "Celtic & Irish Blues", "Latin Blues" and "60s & 70s".

Lyrics:

It's a dream I know
We all know so well
Everywhere I go
She's only one step behind
I could search the world over
But I'll never be free
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me

I have taken so many
Turns on this road
I don't know east from west
North or south which is best?
I will never know now
The best way to be
'Til the morning sun shines
Oh my love, and me

I went looking for my home
On a cold winter's day
Waved goodbye to my best friend
As he faded away
Somewhere between fortune and reason to be
I found out there was only one thing
That really mattered to me

Oh the busted and the lonely
Are my only true friends
Feel like a wounded old fighting dog
Waiting for the end
I've exchanged all my victories
For just a short time to see
The morning sunrise
On my love, and me.

This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea's music !

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