Originally posted by Ivan Basso:
Gerry Rafferty also passed away yesterday Don't know very much by him... If my memory serves me correctly he started out with Billy Connolly
Gerry teamed up with Billy when he joined the folk group the Humblebums at the end of the 60's. Steelers Wheel was formed in the early 70's. TBH I don't know that much about him, my only earlier knowledge of his music was
Baker street and I have to say that I love the singing on it but always felt it was kitsch soft rock with sax, (apparently the royalties from it were still earning Gerry £80,000 a year!)
I think that like a lot of people Reservoir Dogs gave me awareness of
Stuck In The Middle, and forever made me think of Gerry as 'that guy with the ultra cool song'.
I came across a reasonable piece on Gerry at the weekend in the Sunday Herald, (found it on a train), covering his rags to riches and alcohol addicted life, (his father was also an alcoholic, and used to beat him and his mother), with contributions from the Proclaimers Charlie Reid, Alan McGee, the extremely charming Paolo Nutini (no fan of his music, but what a lovely guy), and artist John Byrne.