Another icon from my (relative) youth enters the clearing at the end of the path: Gerry Rafferty, dead yesterday at age 63. Obit here.
Rafferty released "Baker Street" as a single in 1978; I probably bought "City to City" (the album from which "Baker Street" comes) late that year or very early in 1979. The Second Mrs. Pennington and I were living in Oregon at the time but we found ourselves winding our way down Baker Street from time to time about a year later. It was a rare thing for us to be in that part of London without Mr. Rafferty accompanying us.
Photograph: Rex Features, via The Guardian.
I saw this on the news yesterday, but did not recognize the name. I'm glad you shared his music this morning.
ReplyDeleteI didn't hear this. My God - Baker Street was one of my favorite songs of that time. And I also loved the group Stealer's Wheel.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sad life he lived. All that talent - which, sad life and talent do seem to go hand-in-hand with so many.
"Baker Street" was the soundtrack to a certain job I held in the late 70's. I drove a school bus for a couple of months, and that song, without fail, came on at least once during every run I made. RIP, Mr. Rafferty.
ReplyDeleteLou: We live only to serve! ;-)
ReplyDeleteKris: I liked Stealer's Wheel a lot, too. Another one of those journeymen bands of the '70s that deserved more success than they got.
Jim: You always add the most interesting vignettes!