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Gerry Rafferty has Left the Building :(

by Bill Farnham
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This guy was one of my all time favorites for somebody that didn't have but a few songs out there.

You'll recognize the second tune as a Steelers Wheels tune...


Gerry Rafferty, the Scottish singer-songwriter behind hit songs "Baker Street" and "Stuck in the Middle With You," has died. He was 63





Man, those are great songs...

~Bill
  • Profile picture of the author Andie
    I think I have an album of his in my closet...
    yup...he did good stuff
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Rafferty
    May he RIP.
    This is one of my favorite songs by him.
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  • Profile picture of the author Audrey Harvey
    Sorry to hear that, I love Baker Street.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    Aww...

    Here are two more...





    Rock on in peace, Gerry!
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    Wow.

    I love Stuck in the Middle With You and Baker St., etc.

    RIP in the Great Artists Wonderland, Gerry Rafferty.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Baker Street is one of my all time favorites. Oh, I was still waiting for him to come out with something new. Damned.

    At this rate we aught to just start a Favorite Celeb of the week thread -- they seem to be going about that fast.
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  • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
    Baker Street was a favorite of many it seems. Mine too. May you always find harmony, Mr. Rafferty.
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      Baker Street was a favorite of many it seems.
      When this was announced on the news they said that Baker Street had been played over 5 million times on the radio sonce it was released.

      I've no doubt it was played a few thousand times on the day he died as well, and no doubt will be played many millions of times in the future as well.

      In a portfolio of songs that "I Wish I'd Written", Baker Street is definitley one of them.

      For trivia fans, apparently the first band he played in also featured funny man Billy Connolly.

      RIP GR.
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      • Profile picture of the author Frank Donovan
        Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

        For trivia fans, apparently the first band he played in also featured funny man Billy Connolly.
        Spot on. The band was called 'The Humblebums':



        RIP GR. I still find it almost impossible to walk along Baker Street without thinking of Gerry's tune. Classic song.


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  • Profile picture of the author Sumit Menon
    Yes.. Bill Farnham's Death Diaries Season 2!
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    As Per XM Radio today, the 'jury' is still out on cause of death. They said he was a heavy drinker and it may have been related to that (or not).
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by Patrician View Post

      As Per XM Radio today, the 'jury' is still out on cause of death. They said he was a heavy drinker and it may have been related to that (or not).
      Liver failure was what I'd heard.
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    • Profile picture of the author Phoenyx
      He is a legend. Here in SA I can remember our radio stations playing baker street almost daily as a child, and people that send in their own music requests on sundays, always had a gerry rafferty song included.
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