Dancing Down the Stony Road es un álbum de Chris Rea, publicado en 2002 por Jazzee Blue. El disco incluye 20 canciones, entre ellas «Easy Rider», «Stony Road», «Dancing the Blues Away» y «Catfish Girl».
Sobre el álbum
Con Dancing Down the Stony Road, de 2002, Chris Rea inicia la etapa más personal y artísticamente pura de toda su carrera. Después de superar un grave problema de salud que casi le cuesta la vida el artista decidió abandonar por completo la música comercial para dedicarse exclusivamente a su verdadera pasión: el blues. Este doble álbum es una declaración de principios y el primer capítulo de su profunda inmersión en la música de raíces.
El sonido del disco es crudo, auténtico y sin concesiones. Chris Rea graba las canciones con su banda, buscando una energía de directo en el estudio. Su guitarra slide, ahora más que nunca, es el alma de cada tema, explorando todas las facetas del blues, desde el Delta hasta Chicago.
Su voz grave y rasgada encuentra en el blues su vehículo de expresión perfecto, transmitiendo un dolor y una autenticidad sobrecogedores. El álbum es una obra extensa y exigente, pero de una calidad y una honestidad extraordinarias.
Pese a su carácter anti-comercial, el disco tuvo una buena acogida, especialmente en Europa. 'Dancing Down the Stony Road' es el sonido de un hombre que vuelve a nacer y que decide dedicar el resto de su vida a hacer, simplemente, la música que ama.
Listado de Canciones
Disco 1
- Easy Rider4:50
Letra
Well now come on easy rider Give me something for my pain Well now come on easy rider Though I know you're not to blame. The dogs are out to get me And pull me down, again Well now come on easy rider Turn this screaming fire down low Yeah come on easy rider Pull this pain and let it go. This time around don't think I can take it This twisting pain I've come to know. Easy rider, help me, Easy rider - Stony Road5:32
Letra
This is the story. Oh this is the way. Gospel of reason. When the pain came to stay. The life of a loser, eho 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 a 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. - Dancing the Blues Away4:39
Letra
I been to the Mississippi Delta It's just like Middlesbrough Warmer lot warmer ***** Beat up soul, looking to find a smile Ain't nobody here to give you the reason why I need the wings of an Angel, need to find me a way to fly. Come on and dance with me baby, dancing my blues away Yeah dance with me baby, dance 'til my blues can't stay Come on and dance with me baby, dancing my blues away. There is something worth knowing, written behind those eyes Well I've got tears by the truckload Let's laugh 'til they all run dry Let's steal the wings from those Angels And kiss what we know goodbye -goodbye. Come on and dance with me baby, dancing my blues away Yeah dance with me baby, dance 'til my blues can't stay Come on and dance with me baby Dancing my blues away - Catfish Girl3:13
Letra
Catfish girl, makes it feel so fine Catfish girl, always pulling on my line When I see her smiling face, She get me every single time Yeah she does. Catfish girl, I miss you Lord I feel so blue Oh my Catfish girl, Oh and every little thing that you do Oh Catfish girl, I only want to be with you. Oh Catfish come on now... Aint' that the prettiest thing you ever did see......... - Burning Feet5:01
Letra
No standing with these burning feet I got to kill the fire, got to kill the heat I see a road and a river, I gotta go 'Cos there's fire in my shoes, and you're moving too slow For these burning feet. I got to move, burning feet Need a cool groove, burning feet Burning feet, win or lose Looking to kill the heat Of those burning shoes. One day they'll find me in pieces, by the side of the track Smoke trail behind, flames from my back This is what made me, Yeah how I was made Forever in the heat, and never in the shade Of these burning feet. Burning feet, I got to move Burning feet, need a cool groove Burning feet, win or lose Looking to kill the heat, of these burning shoes. - Slow Dance4:11
Letra
Well I screamed at Mama, what's that stuff going on Yeah I screamed at Mama, Where did that feeling come from She said - son I don't know what it is, But I know that's where you belong Mama looked at me, she smiled me a sunny day Yeah Mama looked at me, took all my fears away She said -son now I know for sure, What you gonna do one day. It's a slow dance, dance of the rythym and blues It's a slow dance, dance of the rythym and blues Now I screamed at Mama, Mama tell me where did you go Yeah I screamed for my Mama, Mama tells me what you come to know I was born with this feeling, and it ain't going to let go. It's a slow dance, dance of a rythym and blues It's a slow dance, dance of a rythym and blues. - Segway2:23
- Mississippi4:41
Letra
Nashville sky, in the morning sun Somewhere up north, a new life begun He was drawn to the twister, with a Memphis sound Kissed by an Angel, of a music town. Jump a train from Chicago, trace it back With the neck of a bottle, and the groove of the tracks Spend your life running, that Angels sweet sound Chasing the ghosts, of a faraway town. Oh Mississippi, running through my veins Oh Mississippi, never the same again. - So Lonely3:17
Letra
Sometimes I get......... ................So lonely - Heading for the City6:09
Letra
All my friend packing up, Loading up their Volvo's and their pick up trucks Going down the road, to try their luck So spin a dream, go heading for the city. Roll that dice, say a prayer Light a candle for me, when you get there Win or lose, we're heading for the city. Well I got a problem hear what I say They're tellin me I got to move away I was happy here, they tell me I can't stay Now whats screaming rain is heading this way For those who sleep and choose to stay The game they didn't know, they had to play So win or lose, we're heading for the city So roll that dice, say a prayer Light a candle for me, when you get there Win or lose, we're heading for the city.
Disco 2
- Ride On4:18
Letra
I got something in my pocket that makes it hard for me to stay When I lay down I can feel it, every night and every day It's a dream I can't get hold of, it's a certain way to be Lord knows I try to lose it, but it will not let me be. Ride on, ride on Is it something that I'm needing, is it something that I fear Am I chasing or am I running? do I want it to be here? So strap your scars up, pull your belt in tight Tell yourself it's worth the pain, 'till that something in your pocket Ain't never felt again Ride on, ride on, keep riding on. Are you looking out, for what's missing inside You can scream and shout, but you can never ever hide So strap your scars up, pull your belt in tight Tell yourself it's worth the pain To let something in your pocket Ain't never felt again Ride on, ride on, keep riding on. - When the Good Lord Talked toJesus4:16
- Qualified4:55
Letra
I got a beat up piece of paper - It's a message from a king He says - I got to get you out of here He say - I got to let you in 'Cos I've been down the darkest road there is - I've seen the other side I got a licence to go - Straight through your pain Ain't no big deal - 'Cos I'm qualified - Yeah I'm qualified Qualified in fear and pain - I'm qualified in lies and shame I'm qualified with a broken heart You knock me down - I get back up again 'Cos' I'm qualified I'm qualified - To get your love I'm qualified - To know what you're thinking of I'm qualified - in broken dreams I can save you from where you've been 'Cos I'm qualified I'm qualified to make you smile I'm qualified to save your pain Qualified to give a real good time Qualified to make your sun shine - Sun Is Rising6:48
Letra
Strange room - In a cold cold city I got to know this place so well The lights are shining - Make it oh so pretty In the church - of the buy and sell I dreamt I was a young boy My home fire is burning I hear the ringing of the bells Calling out - for the broken hearted Who lost their souls in the wishing well Lord help the sinners - Lord please hear what I say Lord help the dying - Let their fears fall away The key to the long lost door In the darkest of days Show us the guiding light - Let our fears fall away Sun is rising - sun is rising - sun is rising Let the good Lord show us the way - Someday My Peace Will Come3:49
Letra
Someday my peace will come Oh I know my peace will come I will sleep like a child without pain - without fear Like a smile in the afternoon sun Oh someday my peace will come Lord can you hear me - Oh I know you know my name It's written in the tears - That flow from my pain Broken hearted broken soul All my life on the run But someday Yeah someday My peace will come Someday my peace will come - Got to Be Moving On3:47
Letra
Sombody told me - there's something better down that way So don't try to hold me - 'Cos it's all I got to say Is can't stay I got to be moving - I got to be moving on Yeah I got to moving - I got to be moving on Next time you look around - you may find me gone I've got to be moving - moving on Free - nothing can hold me down What you're loving - is what you found So don't try to change it Oh free - I've got to keep moving on Where ever it takes me - where ever it goes Somebody told me - there's something better down that way So don't try to hold me - 'Cos it's all I got to say Is can't stay Got to be moving - got to be moving on Got to be moving - got to be moving on WHenever you see me - you'll know me by this song Yeah I - I got to be moving on Moving on - Ain't Going Down This Way3:14
- Changing Times3:05
Letra
Changing times - changing rules Make a wise man look a fool Gone before no longer here Look out for these signs of these changing rules Better look out You better look out Look out for these changing times Can't stop those changing times Changing times cold hard rain Everything's a changing Nothing's gonna be the same You'd better look out 'Cos you can't stop these changing times Nothing going ever to be the same You'd better look out Look out for these changing times - The Hustler4:12
Letra
Time to get up - make a move Put the brain in gear - cut the groove Moving slow - with a smiling face Never look like you want it - 'til it's right in your face I'm the hustler - playing my favourite game Yeah I'm the hustler - everybody knows my name Well I can get all around you - while I think you stand still The way you tell me you won't - Let's me know that you will Last thing you tell them - is what you came here for The're never going to find out - 'Til you way out the door 'Cos I'm the hustler - playing my favourite game Yeah I'm the hustler - everybody knows my name You got to love the work you do - how long it takes Ain't important to you - Don't care what's in it Loving every minute - every minute every hour Every second of the day - little by little I see it coming my way I'm the hustler - playing my favourite game Yeah I'm the hustler - everybody knows my name - Give That Girl a Diamond3:54
Letra
She shines her light where just before There was only - cold wind blowing She understands what makes me smile And let's me know that - without showing I need to tell her - need to show her How deep it goes - Inside of me She is the stone that breaks the hard shell And rings out the loudest bell With whispered words that scream out All the peace in me Give that girl a diamond - Yeah give that girl a diamond And say it's from me A blue reflected light - way past the darkest place my only private night - of fearful dreams She is the stone that stabs the my shield of steel The peace that she makes me feel - with whispered words I need to tell her - need to show her How deep she goes - inside of me Give that girl a diamond - give that girl a diamond And say it's from me