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Christopher Anton Rea (/ ˈ r iː ə / REE-ə; born 4 March 1951) [1] is a British rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist from Middlesbrough.Known for his distinctive voice and his slide guitar playing, Rea has recorded twenty five studio albums, two of which topped the UK Albums Chart, The Road to Hell in 1989 and its successor, Auberge, in 1991.
The Electric Revelators are a blues band, formed in Swansea 2004, Wales, added Jerry Donahue ex-member of Fairport Convention and Chris Rea Band to the line-up in 2011. . Originally called The Revelators they added Electric to the name in 2009 when they toured with The Animals and David "Honeyboy
Thereby Chris Rea and his band imitate the various styles and lyrical topics, creating an instantly recognizable atmosphere on each record, with the first few songs usually setting up the direction in which the record is going and then developing to various styles within the field of each record.
Hofner Blue Notes is the nineteenth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 2003 by his own record label, Jazzee Blue. [1] The album was part of series of largely instrumental blues and jazz albums released by his label Jazzee Blue and mostly fronted by his band members, [2] of which this album was preceded by Rea's eighteenth studio and instrumental album Blue Street ...
The discography of British musician Chris Rea consists of 25 studio albums, 14 compilation albums, 1 live album, 1 soundtrack album and 72 singles—including 32 UK top 75 hit singles. He has fourteen UK top 20 albums, nine of them in the Top 10, including two No. 1s.
The book is lavishly illustrated with period photos and mocked up posters and newspaper cuttings about the band, together with some of Rea's paintings, and photos of Hofner guitars. The music was recorded by Rea (guitars), Colin Hodgkinson (bass) and Martin Ditcham (drums), who feature in the book, together with Neil Drinkwater and Robert Ahwai ...
The band's lineup remained stable until early 2012, when Dreja was forced to stop performing after suffering two strokes. [21] [22] The following July, it was announced that Dreja would be leaving the band, with original member Top Topham taking his place. [23] On 30 January 2015, this lineup played its final show at the 100 Club in London. [24]
Blue Café are a Polish musical group with jazz, soul and Latin influences. The band was formed in Łódź in 1998 and had three consecutive hit singles in Poland in 2002-03. . They were nominated in the category Best Polish Act at the 2003 MTV Europe Awards, and are also known internationally for representing Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2