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Blues Alive
Live album by Gary Moore
Released	May 1993
Recorded	20 May – 5 October 1992
Genre	Blues rock, blues
Length	76:11
Label	Virgin
Producer	Gary Moore
Gary Moore chronology
After Hours (1992) Blues Alive (1993) Around the Next Dream (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]

Blues Alive is a live album by Northern Irish guitarist Gary Moore, released in May 1993. ^[3] It is a collection of recordings taken from his 1992 tour and draws most of its material from Moore's then-recent Still Got the Blues and After Hours albums. It was by far the most successful of all his live albums, reaching number 8 on the UK Albums Chart and being certified Gold. Its release was preceded by the single " Parisienne Walkways" (live).

Track listing

1. "Cold Day in Hell" ( Gary Moore) – 5:35
2. "Walking By Myself" (Kirke, Lane, Jimmy Rogers) – 5:00
3. "Story of the Blues" (Moore) – 7:32
4. "Oh, Pretty Woman" (A.C. Williams) – 4:25
5. "Separate Ways" (Moore) – 5:48
6. "Too Tired" ( Maxwell Davis, Johnny "Guitar" Watson, Saul Bihari) – 4:34
7. " Still Got the Blues" (Moore) – 6:44
8. " Since I Met You Baby" (Moore) – 3:02
9. " The Sky Is Crying" ( Elmore James, Clarence Lewis, Morgan Robinson) – 8:50
10. " Further on Up the Road" (Joe Medwick, Don Robey) – 5:34
11. "King of the Blues" (Moore) – 6:13
12. " Parisienne Walkways" ( Phil Lynott, Moore) – 7:03
13. "Jumpin' at Shadows" ( Duster Bennett) – 5:51

Personnel

• Gary Moore – guitar / vocals
• Tommy Eyre – keyboards
• Andy Pyle – bass guitar
• Graham Walker – drums
• Martin Drover – trumpet
• Frank Mead – alto saxophone / harmonica
• Nick Pentalow – tenor saxophone
• Nick Payn – baritone saxophone
• Candy Mackenzie – backing vocals
• Carol Thompson – backing vocals

Guest musician Albert Collins appears on "Too Tired" on guitar and vocals.

Charts

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