Back to the Blues (Gary Moore album)

Back to the Blues
Studio album by Gary Moore
Released	12 March 2001
Genre	Blues rock, hard rock
Length	53:25
Label	Sanctuary
Producer	Gary Moore, Chris Tsangarides
Gary Moore chronology
A Different Beat (1999) Back to the Blues (2001) Best of the Blues (2002)

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AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

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 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 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

All tracks are written by Gary Moore, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Enough of the Blues"		4:47
2.	"You Upset Me Baby"	Joseph Bihari, B.B. King, Jules Taub	3:13
3.	"Cold Black Night"		4:18
4.	"Stormy Monday"	T-Bone Walker	6:53
5.	"I Ain't Got You"	Calvin Carter	2:53
6.	"Picture of the Moon"		7:14
7.	"Looking Back"	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	2:19
8.	"The Prophet"		6:19
9.	"How Many Lies"		6:09
10.	"Drowning in Tears"		9:20

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