Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Gerry Rafferty - Can I Have My Money Back LP 71 w st LP 74 w City By City LP 78 w Stealer's Wheel, Best Of.. LP 78 w Night Owl LP 79 w Snakes And Ladders LP 80 w Sleepwalking LP 82


 REPOST AS PART OF JOE EGAN [R.I.P]:  Per Discogs:  Scottish guitarist, singer and songwriter. Rafferty was best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line" and, with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Born into a working-class family in Paisley (Scotland), his mother taught him both Irish and Scottish folk songs as a boy; later, he was influenced by the music of The Beatles and Bob Dylan. He joined the folk-pop band The Humblebums - whose line-up included Billy Connolly - in 1969, but left in 1971 and recorded his first solo album "Can I Have My Money Back". Rafferty and Joe Egan formed the group Stealers Wheel in 1972, producing several hits. In 1978, he recorded his second solo album, "City to City", which includes "Baker Street", his most popular song and a radio mainstay.   Brother of Jim Rafferty.

Born: 16th April 1947, in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Died at age 63 on 4th January 2011 at his daughters home in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK (liver and kidney problems).

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1 comment:

Viacomclosedmedown on youtube said...

Anonymous said...
We've Lost Joe Egan a few days (it's just been announced) Please re-upload

JULY 9, 2024 AT 5:20 PM

Unknown said...
Many thanks, love your vinyl rips)

MAY 23, 2017 AT 3:05 AM
DonHo57 said...
Wow...so much Rafferty. I may be up all night listening to it again after all these years. Thank you! Love all your rips.

MAY 28, 2017 AT 7:05 PM
Mikebench said...
Thank you for sharing these wonderful recordings!

JUNE 26, 2017 AT 7:36 PM

JUNE 22, 2021 AT 1:47 PM

What I wrote before: Another great lyricist who wears sunglasses all the time, kind of like Russ Ballard for example. I wonder if the fellow Scotsmen in TV21 influenced the name of the S&L LP since such a big hit. Viacom

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