True Facts About Chris Rea

[Grant Fondo]

Chris generally has a good lie-in on December 26th.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Thor actor and perfume advertiser Chris Hemsworth was named after Chris Rea.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Chris generally has a good lie-in on December 26th.

Well he deserves it. He is the real Father Christmas after all.

 

[Grant Fondo]

When Chris covered Bo Diddley's 50's classic, 'Driving Home For Christmas' he kept the title.
But changed all the words.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Bo Diddley was originally going to release "Chris Rea's a Gunslinger" but due to legal threats changed it at the last minute to "Bo Diddley's a Gunslinger"

 

[Grant Fondo]

Chris stole his first guitar from Django Reinhardt in 1937, who on the night was playing at the Cock & Bull in Thornaby with his 20 piece Peruvian pan-pipe ensemble.

 

[Drago]

The Auberge field from Chris Rea's time machine was responsible for the infamous crash of the DeHavilland DH110 at the Farnborough air show in 1952.

 

[Grant Fondo]

In his autobiography, Chris confronts the depression he faced after being overlooked in favour of Graeme Garden for the cast of 'The Goodies'.

He did secure a walk-on part in Citizen Smith later that year (episode 2 - 3 second slot, busker outside Bejam) for which he received £2.50)

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Chris Rea was going to be the Green Cross Code guy, but at the last minute, the producers decided his beard might scare young children.

 

[DRM]

Chris stole his first guitar from Django Reinhardt in 1937, who on the night was playing at the Cock & Bull in Thornaby with his 20 piece Peruvian pan-pipe ensemble.

He a;so obtained his first Strat the same way, when he went to see Buddy Holly and The Crickets, at the Synthonia Suite in Billingham, Buddy only nipped to the loo for a minute, before packing up after the show, by the time he realised his beloved Strat had gone, Chris was on the last bus back to Middlesbrough, he was unable to grab an amp though

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea took his time machine back to 1941 to watch the sinking of the Bismark by the Hood. However, the wayward Auburge flux from the faulty Road To Hell brand flux capacitor caused an explosion on the magazine and the Hood was blown apart. Once again, Chris Rea re wrote history.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Chris Rea likes to go onto private property in Accrington and wind up the residents.

 

[Drago]

Chris Rea is notoriously tight. Instead of carpet through his house he has bare concrete floors and instead has glued a carpet sample to the soles of his slippers for that authentic carpet feel.

 

[lazybloke]

Chris Rea looks quite old/haggard because he spent 15 years in the future fighting Tholians as Commander-in-Chief of Starfleet

 

[Grant Fondo]

Chris, a keen fisherman, favours a mayfly early in the season, although he's known to switch to a nymph mid August. What a legend.