Due to the lack of Chris Rea slide guitar covers I have decided to make some semi-tutorial videos myself regarding this unfairly underrated musician. While testing some free-software audio tools I managed to record this full instrumental version of Nothing To Fear from the 1992 album Gods Great Banana Skin. No tabs but Id give some reasonable playing tips upon request as long as my limited musical knowledge allows it. GEAR: GUITAR: Squier Strat Affinity – Metallic Red Rosewood (Open E tuning). EFFECTS CHAIN: 1) Ibanez TS-808 Tube Screamer (Overdrive: 9 oclock; Tone: max.; Level: 11 oclock). 2) Boss CS-3 Compression-Sustainer (Level & Sustain: 12 oclock; Tone: maximum; Attack: 11 oclock). 3) Boss RV-3 Digital Reverb Delay (Mode: 10; all the other knobs: 12 oclock). 4) Boss GE-7 Equalizer: adjust to avoid noise and too much bass. SLIDE: Jim Dunlop 211 Bottleneck. FREE SOFTWARE (running on a Debian GNULinux wheezy sid amd64 box): 1) Ardour: track recording, mixing and processing. 2) Hydrogen: drum sequencing. 3) Qsynth VMPK: synth sequencing. 4) JACK: audio server router 5) Kdenlive: video editing

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23 thoughts on “Nothing To Fear (full instrumental) – Chris Rea cover”

  1. wewanticecream
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    thx, i`ll def check that vid; by the way, great guitar work,saw that walk of life cover, that fingerstyle riff so good, you should do more mark knopfler covers as well:)

  2. Fenderado
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    Rea uses open E almost always for slide work with some few exceptions which is not the case of Auberge IMHO as he can be seen playing Pinky (which is always in open E). You may want to check Nakke144 uploaded video of Chris showing slide guitar playing on his special Signature Stratocaster (you can also find it in my channel).

  3. wewanticecream
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    I see you are very into Chris Rea, so I was wondering… do you have any idea what tuning does he use for his slide work on auberge??:) and I mean that 1993 live version in Germany, with that long and cool intro? I so want to learn it and play along with him!:D

  4. Hueman Mellody
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    Great work. I hope you’d like a synth-based Chris cover I made … Regards.

  6. jhaley101
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    Thanks for even considering it! Superb job with Nothing to Fear, I like to listen and sing along

  7. Fenderado
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    That would be nice. Wish I could have time to rehearse and play enough but two children take a lot of time resources 😉 I’d like to play and record Let’s Dance, Texas, I Can’t Wait For Love, 90’s Blues and stuff like that but need to find some time slots! I’ll take your suggestion though…

  8. jhaley101
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    Any chance you could do "johnny needs a fast car?" Excellent work!!!

  10. TheZacdes
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    I realize that man, i was referring to the ACTUAL A and D strings in normal tuning, it only went out a "bit" as you went on..no biggie, sounds great:)) Sounds damn near as good as Chris:) Love this guy, have for decades:) Just never bothered working it out before. I have mainly used slide for blues, but ime expanding that now, thanks to you, again, GREAT WORK:)

  12. Fenderado
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    Maybe! But there is neither A nor D strings in open E tuning 🙂

  13. TheZacdes
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    Think the A or D string is a touch out of tune bud, but great work:)

  15. TheZacdes
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    Fairly underrated, hes bloody brilliant man, as you know. We have a lot of music and guiytar in common:)

  16. rfreua
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    Truly a Chris Rea is a Hidden Treasure in a bunch of 80’s junk. Congrats for your performance. U sound great.

  17. Leanne McDonald
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    Not that good?? This is the best thing next to the real thing, my friend! You are a legend!

  21. Fenderado
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    Gracias! La intención era crear un semi-tutorial (y no llega ni a semi-) sobre la parte de guitarra de esta canción tal cual (más o menos) aparece en el álbum, como orientación para otros aficionados a la guitarra. De todas formas, no soy muy partidario de sustituir partes vocales por líneas melódicas, así que preferí rellenar con unos pocos arpegios para dejar respirar el tema. El solo central está desafinado. (cosas de no practicar lo suficiente) 🙂

  22. Miguel True
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    Está muy bien la parte de guitarra que, al fin y al cabo es la misma que toca el gran Chris Rea pero, la parte que se supone que usted va a tocar también instrumental, osea la que Rea canta, aquí es donde se nota el vacío por su parte. Debería de haber significado más cada nota, a veces parece que el silencio domina la escala. Es mi opinión claro. De todas formas enhorabuena, tiene un gran técnica con la guitarra y el slid que ya los quisiera yo para mi jejeje. Saludos.

  23. Fenderado
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    Thanks! I’m not that good but you’re right: just practice and we’ll be soon enjoying your own covers.

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