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22 Dec 25
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Absolute legend. A fav of my Dads who introduced me to him.
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74.....What a life.
Saw an interview with him the other day where he said Driving Home For Christmas saved him from being bankrupt and possibly losing his house. |
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always a titter hearing that one...driving home to Middlesbrough
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A brilliant Christmas song.
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not heard of him
rip anyway. 74 not that old |
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He was on TV with Mortimer and Whitehouse a couple of years back,
he said there wasn't much holding him together. |
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Saddo the restaurant they were in is top class.
Hope you are well. Happy Xmas. |
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I'm not too bad thanks, same to you and Mrs ronnie.
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I watched that as well Saddo and thought the same, not much left to bury.
Seemed a nice chap, I like the way he left the interview, " Ah well I am off now" and off he went.  RIP. |
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Where was the restaurant Ronnie if you don't mind me asking?
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Crowthorne near Yarm Chris was a regular. Owned by Eugine Mcoy who owned the Tontine.
Ronnie. |
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Sad loss, liked many of his songs.
Auberge a favourite. "This is the naked truth, this is the light. There's only one place left to go". Auberge. Very apt. R.I.P |
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Auberge means Bistro.
(Had to look it up, not that clever). |
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Some cracking tunes in Chris's back catalogue, he often went under the radar as he didn't like being a "star".
Have a look at a best of compilation of his and you may be surprised just how many tunes you know. Auberge a favourite of mine too Barstool, often played on Radio Caroline along with many others of his. Given he had pancreatic cancer in his early 30's it was a miracle he lived as long as he did, but he certainly made the most of it. |
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Thanks Ronnie
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fair play to him for that
Paul Allen, microsoft geezer was told he had little time left and he went ballistic indulging his passions as soon as his quack told him he couldnt buy his health that must be hard to handle |
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When you do go through his song list there really are some belters.
Looking For The Summer Fool Josephine On The Beach Auberge as above I Can Hear Your Heartbeat Stainsby Girl Lets Dance Working On It You can see why drivers always liked his stuff.....Long distance lorry drivers belting them out driving home on a Friday afternoon....must have been some buzz |
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Stainsby Girl is a terrific song
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Tontine restaurant
Lovely place  |
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We all have to die but some great songs on his list
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wasn't a fan of the music but did share his love of c7s
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unusual to like a bone so much
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HEADLINE NEWS ON BBC NEWS.
RIP. |
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Bombollini....
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aqs a kid in 60,s had a season tkt at ayresome park with my auntie and she always took us to Chris,s family cafe/ice cream parlour REA,s 100 yds from ground,been a lifelong boro fan,steelworker and working on the river tees, ,my life has followed/been the soundtrack of some of his most famous songs RIP
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Heard this song by Elkie Brooks Fool(If You THink It's Over) in the late seventies loved it. Later on I found out that Chris had written the song and have to say that his version is best. Great lyrics. RIP Chris definately a big fan of your work.
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"Raincoat and a Rose" and "Nothing Happening By the Sea" other good tracks,he picked up a guitar for the first time aged 28 and boy did he get good at it.
RIP |
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copped with a lass from newcastle after my divorce from my first wife in early 90s when on holiday in the canary islands. she invited me to newcastle for the weekend so i drove up to see her.
on the sunday she drove me to this countryside pub for a sunday lunch. they had a live band on . the lead singer /guitarist was chris rea i couldnt beliuve it. amaxzing rip m8 sadly missed |
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https://youtu.be/H0WiwB1Cjbg?si=27Fy3pVeRy0JFqCx
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Another sporting ancecdote
I Don't Know What It Is (But I Love It) was played regularly in the great early 80s Liverpool team dressing room They all started singing it in the tunnel before the 1984 European Cup Final to a bemused and spooked Roma team. https://youtu.be/PHGZ6sE7l2I?si=mZQH-TWvW-PjHBtN Great song |
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His brother Dire is on here.
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Lovely tribute on bbc tees well worth a watch.Have a good day think it's going to be a very very quiet one.
Happy Xmas to you all. Ronnie. |
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Road to hell was my fav.R.I.P.Chris
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Remember the ice cream too , Cloughie said to have met Barbara there .
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Tell me there's a heaven, wonderful song,hope there is for Chris, marvellous singer/songwriter, Rip.
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Has everyone heard Bob Mortimers "egg in the bath" story about him?
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https://youtu.be/H0WiwB1Cjbg?si=nTDIsjidCe71CJ8m
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On a trip to Ireland as 10 yr olds with the church choir . We found a nest of new born kittens and they had mixamatosis. They were in a terrible state . We were upset but didn't know what to do . Chris took over . He put them in a bag and drowned them in a stream . At the time we thought he was heartless but soon realised it was theopposite .
He put them out of their misery . That was some act of compassion and bravery ,,,,,from a ten Yr old . |
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I'd bet that his younger sister, who 'Fool if you think it's over' was written for after her first serious boyfriend dumped her, must have been especially cut up at the passing of her big bro'.
Probably a little underrated as a writer and performer, the world is a sadder place without Chris. As you get older, I'm now in my 66th year, the passing of those who you admired from your youth is a horrible, but unavoidable, thing. |
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The Knight.Didn't know Fool was about Chris's sister. I'm going to listen to it next time bearing that in mind. My favourite song of his.
When you hear all the rubbish of today he was extremely underated. |