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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 album release was followed by a European tour with 37 dates which started in October until December, 2017. [12] During the tour he had to have daily three hours long therapy for nerves in his right hand. [13] On 9 December, Rea collapsed during a performance at the New Theatre Oxford, the 35th concert of the tour. [14]
It is an ambitious project about blues music with the 137 songs recorded over the course of 18 months with a work schedule—according to Rea himself—of twelve hours a day, seven days a week. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 2007 saw the release of a 2-CD "best of" compilation Blue Guitars: A Collection of Songs , [ 5 ] which with individual albums can be also ...
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.
Self Aid was an unemployment benefit concert held in Dublin, Ireland on 17 May 1986. [1] [2] The concert performances were primarily by Irish musicians, although Elvis Costello and Chris Rea, both Englishmen of Irish descent, were designated "honorary Irishmen" for the day; the event was promoted by Jim Aiken. [3]
Dancing with Strangers is the ninth studio album by British singer-songwriter Chris Rea, released in 1987.It became Rea's first major success in the UK, peaking at No. 2 behind Michael Jackson's Bad, and spent 46 weeks in the charts before going platinum. [6]
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Since 1989 or very early 1990s, the studio was in the property of Chris Rea until 2006, and there he co-recorded many of his songs and albums until 2006. In 2006 a Bonhams auction sold the Yamaha C7 piano which was used for The Road to Hell , The Blue Cafe , Stony Road , La Passione and Blue Guitars .