Biografia de Chris Rea

Chris Rea (2010)

Chris Rea. (Christopher Anton Rea). É um músico britânico de ascendência ítalo-irlandesa, nascido em 4 de Março de 1951 em Middlesbrough, Inglaterra. Além de ser cantor, guitarrista, compositor e produtor musical, também é pintor, ator e piloto de corridas. A maior parte da carreira musical de Rea se baseia numa fusão de pop, rock e blues, com ocasionais elementos orquestrais, de soul, gospel, jazz, música eletrônica, e música tradicional italiana e irlandesa, dominada pela sua voz inconfundível, grave e rouca, e pela sua característica técnica de guitarra, baseada no uso de slide de cristal, ou bottleneck. Desde a década de 2000, após sobreviver a uma série de operações cirúrgicas de alto risco, sua música foi derivando para o estilo Delta Blues, sua maior influência, mesclando com elementos gospel e jazz. Da sua extensa carreira musical, são famosas Fool (If You Think It's Over), I Can Hear Your Heartbeat, On The Beach, Josephine, Looking For The Summer, Julia, Auberge e The Road To Hell (Part II), entre outras.

Origens

Um dos sete filhos de Camillo Rea, um imigrante italiano proprietário de uma cadeia de geladeiras, e da esposa de este, Winifred, de origem irlandesa, Chris Rea foi criado num ambiente de forte tradição familiar e religiosa. Seu avô paterno, também chamado Camillo, morreu quando o Arandora Star, navio no qual navegava para o Canadá, foi afundado durante a II Guerra Mundial pelo submarino alemão U-47 sob o comando do tenente Günther Prien. Em consequência, foi-lhe incutido desde criança o culto aos ancestrais e o gosto pela música popular.

Santo Spirito Tour (2011)

Santo Spirito Tour (2011)

Vocalista

A voz de Rea é uma de suas principais características, sendo de tonalidade grave (possivelmente baritônica) semelhante às dos vocalistas Barry White ou Tom Waits. Segundo o próprio Chris Rea, ser um cantor nunca tinha sido uma de suas metas musicais, confessando que preferia ter sido o letrista e guitarrista, antes de ser o líder de uma banda. Por outra parte, no inicio de sua carreira, os produtores musicais trataram de ressaltar a sua faceta de cantor melódico, imagem que tem perdurado em boa parte das formas de promoção do artista, apesar dele rejeitar isso.

Ano	Álbum	Tracklist
1978	Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?	1-Whatever Happened To Benny Santini? 2-The Closer You Get 3-Because Of You 4-Dancing With Charlie 5-Bows And Bangles 6-Fool (If You Think It's Over) 7-Three Angels 8-Just One Of Those Days 9-Standing In Your Doorway 10-Fires Of Spring
1979	Deltics	1-Twisted Wheel 2-The Things Lovers Should Do 3-Dance! (Don't Think) 4-Raincoat And A Rose 5-Cenotaph/Letter From Amsterdam 6-Deltics 7-Diamonds 8-She Gave It Away 9-Don't Want Your Best Friend 10-No Qualifications 11-Seabird
1980	Tennis	1-Tennis 2-Sweet Kiss 3-Since I Don't See You Anymore 4-Dancing Girl 5-No Work Today 6-Every Time I See You Smile 7-For Ever And Ever 8-Good News 9-Friends Across The Water 10-Distant Summers 11-Only With You 12-Stick It
1982	Chris Rea	1-Loving You 2-If You Choose To Go 3-Guitar Street 4-Do You Still Dream? 5-Every Beat Of My Heart 6-Goodbye Little Colombus 7-One Sweet Tender Touch 8-Do It For Your Love 9-Just Want To Be With You 10-Runaway 11-When You Know Your Love Has Died
1983	Water Sign	1-Nothing's Happening By The Sea 2-Deep Water 3-Candles 4-Love's Strange Ways 5-Texas 6-Let It Loose 7-I Can Hear Your Heart Beat 8-Midnight Blue 9-Hey You 10-Out Of The Darkness
1984	Wired to the Moon	1-Bombollini 2-Touché D'Amour 3-Shine, Shine, Shine 4-Wired To The Moon 5-Reasons 6-I Don't Know What It Is But Love It 7-Ace Of Hearts 8-Holding Out 9-Winning
1985	Stainsby Girls	1-Stainsby Girls (Sax Mix) 2-And When She Smiles 3-Sunrise 4-Dancing Shoes 5-September Blue
1985	Shamrock Diaries	1-Steel River 2-Stainsby Girls 3-Chisel Hill 4-Josephine 5-One Golden Rule 6-All Summer Long 7-Stone 8-Shamrock Diaries 9-Love Turns To Lies 10-Hired Gun
1986	On The Beach	1-On The Beach 2-Little Blonde Plaits 3-Giverny 4-Lucky Day 5-Just Passing Through 6-It's All Gone 7-Hello Friend 8-Two Roads 9-Light Of Hope 10-Auf Immer Und Ewig
1987	Dancing With Strangers	1-Joys Of Christmas 2-I Can't Dance To That 3-Windy Town 4-Gonna Buy A Hat 5-Curse Of The Traveller 6-Let's Dance 7-Que Sera 8-Josie's Tune 9-Loving You Again 10-That Girl Of Mine 11-September Blue 12-I Don't Care Any More 13-Donahue's Broken Wheel 14-Danielle's Breakfast
1988	New Light Through Old Windows	1-Let's Dance 2-Working On It 3-Ace Of Hearts 4-Josephine 5-Candles 6-On The Beach 7-Fool (If You Think It's Over) 8-I Can Hear Your Heartbeat 9-Shamrock Diaries 10-Stainsby Girls 11-Windy Town 12-Driving Home For Christmas 13-Steel River
1989	The Road to Hell	1-The Road To Hell (Part I) 2-The Road To Hell (Part II) 3-You Must Be Evil 4-Texas 5-Looking For A Rainbow 6-Your Warm And Tender Love 7-Daytona 8-That's What They Always Say 9-I Just Wanna Be With You 10-Tell Me There's A Heaven
1991	Auberge	1-Auberge 2-Gone Fishing 3-You're Not A Number 4-Heaven 5-Set Me Free 6-Red Shoe 7-Sing A Song Of Love To Me 8-Every Second Counts 9-Looking For The Summer 10-And You My Love 11-The Mention Of Your Name
1992	God's Great Banana Skin	1-Nothing To Fear 2-Miles Is A Cigarette 3-God's Great Banana Skin 4-90's Blues 5-Too Much Pride 6-Boom Boom 7-I Ain't The Fool 8-There She Goes 9-I'm Ready 10-Black Dog 11-Soft Top, Hard Shoulder
1993	Espresso Logic	1-Espresso Logic 2-Red 3-Soup Of The Day 4-Johnny Needs A Fast Car 5-Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 6-Julia 7-Summer Love 8-New Day 9-Stop 10-She Closed Her Eyes
1996	La Passione	1-La Passione 2-(Film Theme) Dov'e Il Signore? 3-Shirley Do You Own A Ferrari? 4-Girl In A Sportscar 5-When The Grey Skies Turn To Blue 6-Horses 7-Olive Oil 8-Only To Fly 9-You Must Follow 10-Disco' La Passione 11-Le Mans 12-Dov'e Il Signore? Part II
1998	The Blue Cafe	1-Square Peg, Round Hole 2-Miss Your Kiss 3-Shadows Of The Big Man 4-Where Do We Go From Here? 5-Since I Found You 6-Thinking Of You 7-As Long As I Have Your Love 8-Anyone Quite Like You 9-Sweet Summer Day 10-Stick By You 11-I'm Still Holding On 12-The Blue Cafe
1999	The Road to Hell: Part 2	1-Can't Get Through 2-Good Morning 3-E 4-Last Open Road 5-Coming Off The Ropes 6-Evil No.2 7-Keep On Dancing 8-Marvin 9-Firefly 10-I'm In My Car 11-New Times Square 12-The Way You Look Tonight
2000	King of the Beach	01-King Of The Beach 02-All Summer Long 03-Sail Away 04-Still Beautiful 05-The Bones Of Angels 06-Guitar Street 07-Who Do You Love 08-The Memory Of A Good Friend 09-Sandwriting 10-Tamatave 11-God Gave Me An Angel 12-Waiting For A Blue Sky
2002	Dancing Down the Stony Road / Stony Road	1-Easy Rider 2-Stony Road 3-Dancing The Blues Away 4-Catfish Girl 5-Burning Feet 6-Slow Dance 7-Segway 8-Mississippi 2 9-So Lonely 10-Heading For The City 11-Ride On 12-When The Good Lord Talked To Jesus 13-Qualified 14-Sun Is Rising 15-Someday My Peace Will Come 16-Got To Be Moving On 17-Ain't Going Down This Way 18-Changing Times 19-The Hustler 20-Give That Girl A Diamond
2003	Blue Street (Five Guitars)	1-Blue Miles 2-Blue Street 3-Big C 4-Big C Big Sea 5-Hofner Break 6-Heading For The City 7-1st Snow Mingus 8-Piano Break 9-Still Going To A Go Go 10-Are You Ready 11-Funk 48
2003	Hofner Blue Notes	1-Spy 2-Expectations 3-Hofner Blue Notes 4-Paris In Minneapolis 5-Sao Paulo Blue 6-What Became 7-Detroit 8-Goodnight Joe 9-Take The Mingus Train 10-Alone 11-Saudi Blue 12-Kestrel Avenue
2004	The Blue Jukebox	1-The Beat Goes On 2-Long Is The Time, Hard Is The Road 3-Let's Do It 4-Let It Roll 5-Steel River Blues 6-Somebody Say Amen 7-Blue Street 8-Monday Morning 9-Restless Soul 10-What Kind Of Love Is This 11-Paint My Jukebox Blue 12-Baby Don't Cry 13-Speed
2005	Blue Guitars	1-01-West Africa (Instrumental) 1-02-Cry For Home 1-03-The King Who Sold His Own 1-04-White Man Coming 1-05-Where The Blues Comes From 1-06-Lord Tell Me It Won't Be Long 1-07-Work Gang 1-08-Praise The Lord 1-09-Sweet Sunday 1-10-Sing Out The Devil 1-11-Boss Man Cut My Chains Album Two: (Country Blues) 2-01-Walkin' Country Blues 2-02-Man Gone Missing 2-03-Can't Stay Blues 2-04-KKK Blues 2-05-Too Much Drinkin 2-06-Catwalk Woman 2-07-If You've Got A Friend In Jesus 2-08-Head Out On The Highway 2-09-Wild Pony 2-10-Steam Train Blues 2-11-Going Up To Memphis 2-12-Somewhere Between Highway 61 & 49 2-13-Ticket For Chicago 2-14-Dance All Night Long Album Three: (Louisiana & New Orleans) 3-01-Two Days Missing Down The Viper 3-02-Who Cares If I Do 3-03-What Made Me Love You 3-04-You Got Dixie 3-05-One Night With You 3-06-Talking 'Bout New Orleans 3-07-Le Fleur De La Vie 3-08-Catfish Girl 3-09-Only A Fool Plays By The Rule 3-10-Baby Come Home 3-11-Dance Avec Moi 3-12-L'ete Eternal Album Four: (Electric Memphis Blues) 4-01-Electric Guitar 4-02-Electric Memphis Blue 4-03-All Night Long 4-04-Born Bad 4-05-Let's Start Again 4-06-What I'm Looking For 4-07-Rules Of Love 4-08-What You Done To Me 4-09-Hobo Love Blues 4-10-Pass Me By 4-11-The Soul Of My Father's Shadow 4-12-My Blue World Says Hello 4:06 Album Five: (Texas Blues) 5-01-Lone Rider 5-02-Texas Blue 5-03-No Wheels Blues 5-04-Lone Star Boogie 5-05-Blind Willie 5-06-The American Way 5-07-Angellina 5-08-Truck Stop 5-09-Weekend Down Mexico 5-10-Texas Line Boogie 5-11-Too Big City 5-12-Houston Angel Album Six: (Chicago Blues) 6-01-I'm Moving Up 6-02-Maxwell Street 6-03-Bob Taylor 6-04-She's A Whole Heap Of Trouble 6-05-Jazzy Blue 6-06-Hip-Sway 6-07-That's The Way It Goes 6-08-To Get Your Love 6-09-Chicago Morning 6-10-Catwalk Woman 6-11-Since You've Been Gone 6-12-All Night Long 6-13-Here She Come Now Album Seven: (Blues Ballads) 7-01-Last Call 7-02-Maybe That's All I Need To Know 7-03-Deep Winter Blues 7-04-If I Ever Get Over You 7-05-I Love The Rain 7-06-My Soul Crying Out For You 7-07-If That's What You Want 7-08-There's No One Looking 7-09-What Became Of You 7-10-My Deep Blue Ways Album Eight: (Gospel Soul Blues And Motown) 8-01-Sweet Love 8-02-Break Another Piece Of My Heart 8-03-Ball & Chain 8-04-Gospel Trail 8-05-Shy Boy 8-06-Come Change My World 8-07-Call On Me 8-08-Just In Case You Never Knew 8-09-Let Me In 8-10-I'll Be There For You 8-11-The Pain Of Loving You 8-12-Are You Ready Album Nine: (Celtic & Irish Blues) 9-01-Celtic Blue 9-02-Til The Morning Sun Shines On My Love And Me 9-03-Lucky Day 9-04-What She Really Is 9-05-Wishing Well 9-06-Irish Blues 9-07-No More Sorrow 9-08-While I Remain 9-09-Last Drink 9-10-Till I Find My True Love's Name 9-11-Big White Door Album Ten: (Latin Blues) 10-01-Hey Gringo 10-02-Immigration Blues 10-03-Still Trying To Clear My Name 10-04-Sun Is Hot 10-05-Screw You And Your Deep Blue Sea 10-06-Nothing Seems To Matter No More 10-07-Sometimes 10-08-Lampiou 10-09-Keep On Dancing 10-10-Lucifer's Anger 10-11-How I Know It's You 10-12-Forever 10-13-You Got Soul 10-14-Bajan Blues Album Eleven: (60s & 70s) 11-01-My Baby Told Me (Blues) 11-02-Got To Be Moving 11-03-My Baby Told Me (Gospel) 11-04-Heartbreaker 11-05-Yes I Do (Instrumental) 11-06-Wasted Love 11-07-Cool Cool Blue 11-08-Clarkson Blues 11-09-Who Killed Love 11-10-Never Tie Me Down 11-11-Mindless 11-12-Ain't That Just The Prettiest Thing 11-13-Nobody But You 11-14-Waiting For Love 11-15-Blue Morning In The Rain Album Twelve: (Dancing Down The Stony Road DVD) 12 Documentary Accordion – Ed Hession* Banjo – Gerry O'Connor Bass – Sylvin Marc Drums – Martin Ditcham Executive Producer – John Knowles Guitar – Robert Ahwai Mixed By [Sound Mixer] – Douglas Dreger Narrator – Richard Williams (5) Producer – Andy Wilman, Chris Rea Written-By – Chris Rea 75:00 Notes 11 audio albums and a DVD comes with a 72-page book including more than 30 paintings, photos, lyrics and an interview with Chris Rea. (p) &(c) Navyback Ltd. exclusively licensed to Edel Records GmbH for the world outside the UK and North America.

Referências

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rea