Chris Rea Live from 2006 - The Road To Hell And Back "The Farewell Tour".
Stony Road from 2002 Album Dancing Down the Stony Road.
The Road To Hell And Back "The Farewell Tour" DVD
Filmed live at the Birmingham - Symphony hall • April 18th, 2006.
Τhe DVD captures a brilliant performance on Chris Rea's farewell tour set. 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/jazz/roots 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 in the accompanying documentary DVD - all his songs start out as blues songs).
The recent cuts benefit from the live renditions, delivered as they are by a collection of rather excellent musicians who have worked with Rea for quite a long time.
Credits:
Composed By, Liner Notes, Artwork By [Paintings], Vocals, Slide Guitar -- Chris Rea
Bass Guitar -- Sylvain Marc
Drums -- Martin Ditcham
Guitar -- Robert Ahwai
Keyboards -- Paul Hirsh
Liner Notes -- David Sinclair
Mastered By -- Simon Heyworth
Producer, Engineer, Liner Notes -- Simon Honywill
Art Direction, Design [@ Peacock] -- Jon Tricklebank
Lyrics:
This is the story
Oh this is the way
Gospel of reason
When the pain came to stay
The life of a loser
Who wins with a smile
The sinners redemption
In the tears of a child
Me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
See her laughing through the pain
Of such a heavy load
Me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
You're looking for sugar
To kill the grey
You're looking for the laughter
To take the pain away
God don't give nothing
No you got to steal your own smile
Learning to find it,
In the tears of the child
And me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
See her laughing through the pain
Of such a heavy load
Me & Katie
We go dancing down the stony road
Let's go dancing, let's go dancing
Dancing down that stony road.