Chris Rea - Work Gang (Birmingham Symphony Hall) video free download

Chris Rea Live from 2006 - The Road To Hell And Back "The Farewell Tour".

Work Gang from Blue Guitars. Album Number One - (Beginnings).

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

Blue Guitars is a Blues album released by Chris Rea on October 14, 2005 consisting of eleven CDs, 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 CDs 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".

Lyrics:

Well you chop the wood, you bring the hammer down

But when your work is done,well you're

chained and bound

You get up next day, with your aching pain

Well you take the whip

And you start again

Now you're long gone, where you came from

It's the same song from way back home

Days are so long, pray to someone

Maybe white god

Will take us home ...

Now you're long gone ...

Your hear the sound in church

Hear the white folks sing

Maybe some sweet day

You hear them church bells ring

And your chains will break

And the pain be gone

See me dancing on a Sunday

To a freedom song

Yeah, you're long gone,where you came from

It's the same song

From way back home

Days are so long

Pray to someone

Maybe white god

Will take us home

Days are so long

Pray to someone

Maybe white god

Will take us home ...

Yeah you're long gone ...