Byline: Simon Cosyns

1 CHRIS REA Blue Guitars

CHRIS REA has been on his own road to hell...and back.

The multi-million album selling singer/guitarist was so ill with cancer at the turn of the Millennium that doctors gave him only a 50-50 chance of surviving.

He beat the odds. But the brush with death focused his mind on the things he loves -music and painting.

Known for his easy, almost cheesy soft rock, he returned with a couple of acclaimed blues-based albums, illustrated by his own cover art.

They marked the start of a journey that led to one of the most extraordinary projects in contemporary music.

And here it is. Blue Guitars, 130 new Rea songs over 11 CDs, presented in a beautiful book...