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LISA LISA
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Does anyone else like the songs Baker Street and Right Down the Line?? I love those 2 songs...those songs were 2 that my mom and Dad both loved...so they are very nostalgic for me.
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I love Gerry Rafferty's songs, and not just the hit singles either! [Cool]

In 1972-1975, he was in a group called Stealer's Wheel, who had the hit song "Stuck In The Middle With You".

IMHO, his best solo albums are City To City (1978) and Night Owl (1979).

He recently came out with "Another World", his first album in six years.

His website:
http://www.gerryrafferty.com
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I didn't know he did Stuck in the Middle with You- I love that song!!! That's a cool piece of trivia.
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The Foo Fighters did a cover of Baker Street a few years back. It's really good considering how some artists trash covers...
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Devolution here,

I don't think it was the Foo Fighters, I could be wrong, but this cover was total crap.

We are DEVO
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I have heard other artists that I can't remember do covers of Baker Street. IMO, the Foos' cover was the best. I liked it better than the original. The original sounded so dull to me....
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Covers of Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street:

1980 - The Shadows [Album: String Of Hits]
1987 - Waylon Jennings {Album: Hangin' Tough]
1993 - Under Cover [Album: Check Out The Groove]
1993 - Ray [Album: Esplosiva]
1997 - Livingston Taylor [Album: Ink]
1997 - Ake Johansson [Album: Spinning Top]
1998 - Foo Fighters [Album: Essential
Interpretations]
2000 - Carnival In Coal [Album: French Cancan]
2000 - Foo Fighters [Album: My Hero]
2005 - Rick Springfield [Album: The Day After
Yesterday]

Hope this helps clear up any confusion

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quote:
2005 - Rick Springfield [Album: The Day After Yesterday]
Rick Springfield covered "Baker Street"?

AAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! [Mad]
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LISA LISA
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Wow....I have never heard any of them sing Baker Street.

Can anyone post a picture of Gerry Rafferty?? I have no clue what he even looks like.
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quote:
Originally posted by ISIS:
Wow....I have never heard any of them sing Baker Street.

Can anyone post a picture of Gerry Rafferty?? I have no clue what he even looks like.
Here is a pic of the man back in the day:
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Thanks Monty....for some reason I had a picture of him in my mind with a beard, so I must have seen him at one point and forgot.

PS- Welcome to the Rewind!!
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