Artists
Musicians featured in this piece are:
Gary Moore – lead vocals, guitar
Mick Weaver – piano (electric piano)
Andy Pyle – bass guitar
Graham Walker – drums
Written by Gary Moore. Produced by Gary Moore & Ian Taylor. Released as the ninth track (4:58) on Still Got the Blues.
Moore and Ian Taylor recorded the track with the rhythm section of Andy Pyle and Graham Walker, who became the core of his Midnight Blues Band, and the strings were recorded at Abbey Road. According to Louder, “Midnight Blues” was probably among the early tracks Moore played to Virgin when pitching the blues album, and it opened his 1990 Montreux Jazz Festival show, which was released on video as Live at Montreux 1990.
Gary Moore – Midnight Blues Lyrics
It’s the darkest hour
Of the darkest night
It’s a million miles
From the morning light
Can’t get no sleep
Don’t know what to do
I’ve got those midnight blues
When the shadows fall
I feel the night closing in
There must be some reason
For this mood I’m getting in
Can’t get no sleep
Don’t know what to do
I’ve got those midnight blues
Every evening after sundown
As the light begins to fade
I feel so low, but I just don’t know
Why these blues won’t go away
Every evening after sundown
As the light begins to fade
I feel so low, but I just don’t know
Why these blues won’t go away
It’s the darkest hour
Of the darkest night
It’s a million miles
To the morning light
Can’t get no sleep
Don’t know what to do
I’ve got those midnight blues
I’ve got those midnight blues
I’ve got those midnight blues
I’ve got those midnight blues
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