Hi everyone, here is a fresh English article on Chris entering the UK leg of the tour.
http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/whats-on/m ... ng-8184676
The article is generally good, but it is comprised of the trivia and Chris's cites from different times and sources and thus contains same old deceptive information which I would like to comment on.
"He soon went on to perform in various bands, including one in which he replaced David Coverdale who later formed Whitesnake, and also played on a Hank Marvin solo album."
I wonder when this mistake will be wiped off all the general public souces like Wikipedia, Allmusic, etc. One more time, Chris NEVER replaced Coverdale in a band called Magdalene, it is just a chain of poorly linked coincidences. Dave had nothing to do with the bands Chris was playing in. And on Hank Marvin 1977 release it is Chris RAE (jazz bassist) who feautures on the record, not Chris REA.
"“Fool If You Think It’s Over is still the only song I’ve ever not played guitar on, but it just so happened to be my first single, and it just so happened to be a massive hit. It was in the US Top 10 for seven weeks.”"
I heard Chris telling this in the well-known Sky TV interview from Apr 2008. I could agree if he told that Fool is the only HIT song he initially had not played guitar on, but Chris wrote and played quite a lot of non-guitar songs thoughout his career.
"“We’re playing all the old hits on this coming tour,” he says. “But most are new versions of the old songs. We tend to tweak and mess about with them. We’ve just got a new version of On The Beach sorted, which is half reggae.”"
For the record, Chris has been playing the 'new' reggae version of On the Beach since 2002. Yes, it has been changing slightly over the years, but the general way it is played remains the same for over a decade. And all the other old hits he keeps on playing, have different versions each new tour and vary slightly from gig to gig through a tour. So these are again the words 'just to say something.'
"In 2001, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and had his pancreas removed."
Why no one ever cares of at least correct year of a case? Chris's major operation took place in summer of 2000, in May 2001 he was already touring again.
Okay, I shall change the key. Anyone who attended the gig in Amsterdam, do you remember which guitar Chris used for The Morning Sun? Maybe my ear deceives me, but it seems to be the Bluey Strat! Anyway, it was 100% neither Thinline nor Italia as before. Maybe 'sunburst' battered Strat?..
Thanks for the answers and best regards
Andrey