"On his experience with streaming, illegal downloading: Every Christmas we got a nice little present off God, you know, with sales of The Best Of… and since it’s gone in to YouTube the shortfall is over 90 per cent because people don’t need to buy the record. They would but you’re offering them Driving Home For Christmas for 32p. [...] You see, I’m lucky - we did very well. I feel sorry for the young Chris Reas who aren’t pop stars but love music, but they don’t have anywhere to go with the music, you know? I mean Derek Trucks, it’s just criminal what’s happened to his potential sales because of what’s happened to the business."
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David Mead (2017 June 15) "Chris Rea on his guitar origins, Strats, the blues and La Passione" by MusicRadar
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Chris Rea
Christopher Anton Rea (4 March 1951 – 22 December 2025) was an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer.
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