Release 2017
From a Irish Italian family backround he had a band together with his 4 sisters and
2 brothers lasting from early 70s till his start as solo artist-songwriter in 1978.
A single taken from his 1st solo album charted in the USA in 1978, the next LPs
went nowhere till WATER SIGN reached many european charts in 1983.
After a illness (cancer) he started his own label in 2002 and changed his former
poprock to his beloved bluesrock.
Hes a great guitarplayer, who often is involved as session player too.
Style-Genre: Poprock - Singer-Songwriter ; Bluesrock ; Rock ;
see: Delmonts; Hofner Bluenotes ;
Musicians:
Chris Rea - lead vocals, guitar, slide-guitar;
Martin Ditcham - drums; James Ahwai - bass-guitar, rhythm-guitar; Neil Drinkwater - keyboards;
Producer: Chris Rea; Engineered & mixed by: Alex Robinson; Mastered by: Tim Young;
Art Direction & Design: Melanie Fordyce, Stuart Crouch Creative; Cover-Collage: Chris Rea;
Photos: Adam Crowe;
Tracks all songs by C.Rea
Happy on the Road
Nothing left behind
Road Songs for Lovers
Money
Two lost Souls
Rock my Soul
Moving on
The Road ahead
Last Train
Angel of Love
Breaking Point
Beautiful