''Back to the Blues'' is the thirteenth solo
studio album by Northern Irish
guitarist Gary Moore, released in 2001. As implied by its title, it saw Moore return to the
electric blues
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music with which he had found fame since 1990, after two more experimental albums. It was also Moore's first album to feature
Darrin Mooney on drums; Mooney would go on to fill the drumming spot on Moore's next two studio albums, as well as his short-lived ''
Scars
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'' project and several live albums.
The cover photograph is of Moore at
Therapia Lane Tram Depot, Croydon.
All tracks from this album were re-released on the multi-disc compilation, ''"Blues and Beyond"'' in 2017.
Track listing
Personnel
*
Gary Moore - guitar, vocals
*Vic Martin - keyboards
*Pete Rees - bass
*
Darrin Mooney - drums
Horns on track 2:
*Martin Drover - trumpet
*Frank Mead - tenor saxophone
*Nick Payn - baritone saxophone
*Nick Pentelow - tenor saxophone
Brass arrangement by Gary Moore & Nick Payn
References
Gary Moore albums
2001 albums
Albums produced by Chris Tsangarides
CMC International albums
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