Conference mr1pst::music

    My favorite GR song is "Home and Dry" from the Baker St. LP.  Check it
    out.  

    
    
    Incidently, GR is bringing out a new album this month.
    
    That's all I know though...
    
    
    Kevin.
    
    

For you trivia buffs, Gerry Rafferty was in a band called Stealer's Wheel.
I think the only hit they ever had was "Stuck In The Middle With You".

-Hal

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> For you trivia buffs, Gerry Rafferty was in a band called Stealer's Wheel.
> I think the only hit they ever had was "Stuck In The Middle With You".

You mean "clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am, stuck in
the middle with you"?

Isn't that Bob Dylan?

adam

    
    
    It just sounds like Dylan - after he quit smoking.  But if you're
    trying to cover this tune to the max, have the vocalist start with
    Dylan and kinda modulate back a couple of steps into a decent voice...
    
    

    Yeah, Steven Wright called it "Dylanesque" in "Reservoir Dogs", which
    supplies a great video clip for it.
    
    Ray

    
    
    Steven Wright appears in "Reservoir Dogs"?  Maybe I'll go see it...
    
    

    
    	Actually, I think that song sounds alot like The Beatles'
    	stuff.
    
    							GTI

    re .7
    
    steven wright is heard, but not seen in resevoir dogs.
    
    	ann

    re .0
    Don't give up on me is a track of his latest album, 
    On a wing & a prayer, released last year.
    
    Minne

    Actually, it is a well known fact that Gerry Rafferty, Paul McCartney,
    and Emitt Rhodes are one and the same person.  As proof, I offer the
    following:  Has anyone every seen any two of these together?  Come to
    think of it, has anyone other than me ever even heard of Emitt Rhodes?

    Re: .11
    
    Not only have I heard of him, I own one of his albums on cassette and
    even have a copy of the sheet music to "Live Till You Die".  A friend
    had a copy of the Merry-Go-Round LP for A&M (Emmitt's earlier group).
    
    And, yes, he sounds so much like Macca that you gotta wonder.
    
    Wonder where he is today, the last LP I saw was maybe 74-75 time frame.
    
    						Brian

    I have the Merry Go Round LP and each of his other three LP's.  Don't
    know what happened to him, or why none of his stuff has ever come out
    on CD.

    Stealer's Wheel had a minor hit with their follow-up single "Star".
    Not nearly as much airplay as "Stuck in the Middle with You", though.
    
    I've heard about the accompanying sequence in "Reservoir Dogs", but
    have yet to see the film.  I'll have to catch it to compare and
    contrast with the other boffo Harvey Keitel flick of 1992 - "Bad
    Lieutenant".
    
    - Dave
    

    GR has a couple of early albums that preceded his Baker st. LP.  These
    albums have some real gems, such as "To Each and Everyone".

    
    RE: .10
    
    >    re .0
    >    Don't give up on me is a track of his latest album,
    >    On a wing & a prayer, released last year.
    
    
    How was this new album compared to his early LPs, such as "City to
    City" and the "Night Owl".
    
    I like every song on the "City to City" album but on the "Night Owl"
    the most memorable were "day gone down" and "get it right next time".
    
    IMHO, "City to City" should be his best. what do you think ?
    
    S.L.
    

    I agree, he peaked with City to City. After that the albums
    were pleasant, but average.
    I do like his earlier stuff. Stealers Wheel had some great songs.
    Late Again from their debut album is a favourite of mine.
    BTW he started with The Humblebums, a duo he formed with Billy
    Connolly (the Scottish former folkie, now comedian).
    They both wrote the songs, but the GR songs are the best.
    Best songs are Steamboat row, Shoeshine boy and
    Her father didn't like me anyway.
    
    - Minne
    

    
    I think his 2nd best album will be either the "North and South"
    or the "Night Owl".
    
    I like his "Sleepwalker" album too.
    
    S.L.

    
    RE: .10
    
    which record label did the record "on a wing and a prayer" come out ?
    how was it ? anyone ?
    
    sl
    

	re .19:

	I like it very much. Good songs, good singing, BUT: the use of
	electronic drums is annoying to my ears. I don't think it fits
	to the kind of music Gerry Rafferty normally is identified
	with. I think it's a 'smart' producer's idea.
	One thing I like about it, guitarist Jerry Donahue is only fea-
	tured on one track. On all the earlier recordings he has been
	playing the same riff again and again, that is bending one
	string up & bending the same down again.

	Poul

    
    what is record label from ? Is it Polydor ?
    
    can you list what songs are in this record ? and which stand out ?
    
    thanks.
    
    sl

	It's on Polydor: 517 238-2.

	The songlist:

		1. Time's Caught Up On You
		2. I See Red
		3. It's Easy To Talk
		4. I Could Be Wrong
		5. Don't Speak Of My Heart
		6. Get Out Of My Life Woman
		7. Don't Give Up On Me
		8. Hang On
		9. Love And Affection
	       10. Does He Know What He's Taken On
	       11. The Light Of Love
	       12. Life Goes On

    
    after "On a wing and a prayer", the latest album from Gerry
    is "Over my head".
    
    how is it, anyone ?
    
    sl.