Duration: 9:47

this is chris rea's farewell concert, if your here looking for the old rock and roller, then piss off, he's not here, instead we have the chris who has just recovered from bouts of illness, and also a return to his "rocky blues" style. This is a very laid back concert, with fantastic electric guitars solos and something that tries to approximate rock and blues. Particularly I think he here what happened in the 70's and 80's blues' transition, I mean in that time blues went to a more sophisticated instrumentals accords with more popular lyrics. So, Rea presents now to us a transition from that time to a new way to make Blues, what i define as Rocky Blues. 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 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 "all my songs start out as blues songs" delivered as they are by a collection of rather excellent musicians who have worked with Rea for quite a long time and have now become known as the Fire Flies, so no more Chris Rea (hence the farewell tour).