Chris Rea - Forever, Album Number Ten " Latin Blues" Blue Guitars 2005.
Blue Guitars is a Blues album released by Chris Rea on October 14, 2005 consisting of eleven CD's, one DVD and a full colour book, including paintings by the artist, liner notes and song lyrics. The album is an ambitious project with the 137 songs recorded over the course of 1½ years with a work schedule - according to Chris Rea himself - of twelve hours a day, seven days a week. Initially the project was inspired by Bill Wyman's "Blues Odyssey" and can be called an "odyssey" in its own right, for depicting a journey through the various epochs of Blues Music, starting at its African origins and finishing with modern-time Blues from the 60s and 70s. Subsequently the eleven CD's are titled the following: "Beginnings", "Country Blues", "Louisiana & New Orleans", "Electric Memphis Blues", "Texas Blues", "Chicago Blues", "Blues Ballads", "Gospel Soul Blues & Motown", "Celtic & Irish Blues", "Latin Blues" and "60s & 70s".
Album Number Ten - Latin Blues
Latin Music may not be the most obvious direction to look for the Blues, still there were great influences from the African culture with slaves landing in Brazil, who influenced the Caribbeans from their own direction, Cuban guitar and some kind of trademark piano were added, creating a mix so different from Mississippi Blues, and yet, Bossa Nova Blues was a direction in its own right. The Blues was even swapping over into Reggae, but in spite of its "sunshine feeling" the themes and topics were just as sad.
Tracklist:
" Hey Gringo (Latin Blues) - 6.04
" Immigration Blues - 5.19
" Still Trying To Clear My Name - 4.26
" Sun Is Hot - 4.28
" Screw You And Your Deep Blue Sea - 4.43
" Nothing Seems To Matter No More - 3.55
" Sometimes - 5.00
" Lampiou - 5.46
" Keep On Dancing - 3.56
" Lucifer's Angel - 5.08
" How I Know It's You - 4.17
" Forever - 5.03
" You Got Soul - 5.27
" Bajan Blue - 4.57
Hearing now
The sound of the waves breaking on the shore
Feel that sun
Late in the day
It's touching forever more
You and me
Together we should be
You and me
We should be together
Forever
This place in time
Can never be replaced
This chance to see
Will go without a trace
How we really are
Is how that we could be
The rest is useless pain
Let it go and you will see
We all have plans
But it's not because of
We just get full of what we really need
You and me
Together we should be
Forever
Forever
You and me
Together we should be
You and me we should be
Together
Forever...
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