Blue Guitars 2005 Album Number Eight Gospel Soul Blues & Motown.
While the basic structures and rhythms of the Blues remained true to the original, still a new generation moved the Blues onwards, banjo style played on electric guitar became the electric "sitar", the sound hit the nerve of the Indy/Hippie generation, instantly recognizable: Tamla Motown. Softer and easier accessible than previous hybrids of the Blues, basically every song was a hit.

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

The collection is the fifth and last release in a line of Blues recordings Chris Rea has made since recovering from a serious disease at the turn of the millennium and promising himself a return to his Bluesy roots in the event that he survived. According to Rea "Blue Guitars" will be his last solo effort; however, he will continue to release albums as a member of the band "Memphis Fireflies".

And your life
Is blowing over
A little faster every day
Better stop for a while
And it think it over
Cos you know for sure
You lost your way
Does what's around you really matter?
is there something left undone?
A simple dream you left behind you
Now the truth has got you
Undone

Are you ready?
Oh tell me
Are you ready?
Are you ready? ...


Жизнь твою уносит ветер
День наполнен суетой.
Лучше сделать остановку
И подумать в этот вечер,
Ведь утерян был путь твой.

Что вокруг и правда, важно?
Что же не завершено?
То мечтой было однажды,
Правдой, знать что не дано.

Ты готов?
О, скажи мне
Ты готов?
Ты готов?

Special thanks to Dmytro Bryushkov for his valuable contribution on Russian translation ! http://lyricstranslate.com/el/transla...

This video has been published with absolute respect and admiration to Chris Rea's music !

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