Chris Rea Work Gang ( Birmingham Symphony Hall)

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