Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty has died at the age of 63 after suffering a long illness.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12115604 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12115604)
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What a f*cking legend. 'Right Down the Line' is one of my all-time faves. Sad, sad news. And combined with Mick Karn's demise, it's a bad day for music.
I see on the CNN obit:
'He recorded the 1978 album "City to City" in his wife's parents' house using a four-track machine, playing every instrument himself'
This is the LP that featured Bakers Street... a real favorite. Really impressive.
I remember hearing 'Baker Street' on the FM band a lot back in the day, and yet unlike other songs that got perhaps too much play at the time, I never tired of hearing that song. I especially liked the contrast between the saxophone and electric guitars, and Gerry Rafferty's cool, cool vox.
I also enjoyed 'Right Down The Line' and 'Stuck In The Middle With You' - they all seemed to be getting a lot of air play around the same time as 'Baker Street'.
Sad news, indeed...
bugger.
followed him since the humblebums , recently heard billy connolly mention in an interview that gerry was very ill. sad.
dug out his last cd life goes on, and there is a song on it called the maid of coolmore, tried to youtube it,but no versions by gerry, tho i think its a traditional song. but as i listen, i can imagine andyr doing this, if you are reading this andy seek it out seek it out.
I am very saddened by this news. When I was about 15-16 every party I went to had three recoeds on high rotation : Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", Meatloaf's "Bat out of Hell", and Gerry Rafferty with "City to City", and like Cuthbert, even today I still get a kick out of hearing Baker Street. It was just about an anthem at the time. Vale Gerry.