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Chris Rea - RIP
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I'm a massive fan, if only (many other) people knew how great a guitarist and musician he actually was, he was also a fantastic and down to earth human being. As good as the songs Driving home for Christmas and The road to Hell are, they are merely a microcosm showcasing a much broader and far deeper talent. RIP Chris5
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Years ago I remember hearing him on the Danny Baker Morning Show when he was saying quite how ill he had been, and that no-one expected him to survive that. RIP1
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Agreed - I think he’s a bit like Billy Joel - those that don’t know see the driving home for Christmas or uptown girl gimmicky type stuff and don’t realise some of the real quality tunes that made them famous in the first placeandipandi said:I'm a massive fan, if only (many other) people knew how great a guitarist and musician he actually was, he was also a fantastic and down to earth human being. As good as the songs Driving home for Christmas and The road to Hell are, they are merely a microcosm showcasing a much broader and far deeper talent. RIP Chris3 -
RIP Chris.
Amways been a favourite of mine!0 -
Chris Rea is one my favourite artists, so please forgive me if I say a more than a few words. I was hooked when he appeared on the Old Grey Whistle Test around 1980 and after his first song he said "Mah name's Chris Rea - ah com from Middlesbrough" with an emphasis on the final word. When he became really big in the late 80s-early 90s I wasn't much keen on some of the poppy stuff; but it turned out he wasn't either. He did an interview early 90s on BBC London where he passionately argued that he'd been pushed into all that by the industry, as opposed to what he really wanted to play (blues guitar, as it turned out).
I was horrified when I heard he had pancreatic cancer (although I never knew he had first been diagnosed with it back in 1984) as we all know it's one of the most deadly, but he pulled through it, and put out Stony Road, a dark testimony to what he had been through; and then came all the blues stuff he had always wanted to play. He'd been given a second chance and he wasn't going to pass it up, I guess. I've got his colossal 11 CD opus "Blue Guitars", and Blue Street which I'm playing now, a lovely instrumental showcase of his bottleneck guitar style- recommended!. I was so glad to get to see him when one of his European tours came to Prague - he looked frail but musically he was shining brighter than ever. I thought that after all he'd been through he must be made of Tees-side steel, to be able to tour like that . It turns out I didn't know the half of it.
If you've never listened to his post 2000 work, and you like blues guitar, give it a try. He'll be happy, I'm sure.
Rest in peace, by the Steel River, Chris.14 -
One of the best slide guitar players and some truly brilliant blues tracks he’s left us with. Lovely fella too and I’m amazed he made it to the age he did with the terrible health problems he had. Rest in peace Chris.
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RIP Chris0
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RIP. First big concert I went to was Eric Clapton at Wembley arena and he was the support act. Got there so early that we saw him do his soundcheck. He had a chat with us and couldn’t believe we were there so early.3
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A supremely talented musician and song writer, and by all accounts one of the world's genuinely nice guys. Thanks for the music and memories, Chris.No more pain, Rest in Peace.1
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Here you go, something to enjoy over the festive season, if you have a VPN. Select Czech Republic, click on the link below, and enjoy this 85 minute live concert from Basel on his 2017 tour. No annoying ads apart from possibly right before the broadcast
https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/14026130583-chris-rea-v-basileji/
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Bob told the story on Would I Lie To You that he was staying on Chris Rea's houseboat and Chris ran a bath for him and cracked an egg into the water for him. Hence the above.MrWalker said:
RIP Chris.1
