Gerry Rafferty was the son of a hard drinking Scotman who physically abused him when he was a younger fellow. At the age of 16, Rafferty ran away from home, dabbled some musically... wound up with a band named "Stealers Wheel" and had success with this song...
No... this wasn't John Lennon nor was it Bob Dylan...
After experiencing some legal troubles, the band broke up... and some years later, Rafferty re-emerged with this song...
It seems that Rafferty had started drinking rather heavily, and early in the 1990's, his wife divorced him.
In December, 2010, Rafferty was admitted to a hospital with acute liver disease, and died there on January 4, 2011....
As an artist, he was so much more than "Stuck In The Middle" or "Baker Street," but these were two of his better songs...
Rest In Peace...
~shoes~
Well they are two of my favourite songs ever!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that Shoes. I found his voice very soothing and as such he was one of my favourite performers of all time xx
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ReplyDeletei have on my flashdrive that it's bob dylan... or john lennon... maybe eric clapton? huh. who knew? that's sad... i love "stuck in the middle with you"
c'mere.
xoxoxo
gobbles
Red is my favorite color but I prefer my chucks with rainbows. :) Gonna keep reading your site!
ReplyDeleteBaker Street...brings back memories
ReplyDelete@ Sandra...Mine too!! I've read that Life is Fatal. :oD
ReplyDelete@ Leah...yeah, I always liked him. I remember when "Stuck In The Middle" first came out... I thought it was Lennon. Shows what I know!! :oD
@ gobbles... I've even seen it come up as Steve Miller... M'kay...
@ Stephanie... I'm not sure I could pull off the Rainbow chucks, but Hell, I'd try anything a couple of time... :o) Thank you for coming by! I will return the visit!!
@ Lynn... well, are you just going to leave us hanging, or are you going to share some of those memories with us?? ;o)
~shoes~
Great music! Gerry Rafferty was a legend for sure.
ReplyDeleteAlcohol: Somedays I imagine it will kill me too. Other days I shun that shit like it's the devil. Time will tell...friend or foe.
ReplyDeleteDid I not JUST this week download "Stuck In The Middle" to my retro playlist? Why yes I did. I caught your wave.
RIP Gerry!
I remember the songs, lyrics etc...but didn't know who the artist was. Blast from the past. And forget about everything......
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I have loved Stuck in The Middle With You for a long time. I knew it was by Stealer's Wheel. It was a bit before my time. I didn't know the names of the individual band members. Honestly, I think it is so sad when anyone is beaten by addiction. Of course, the beauty is that no one is ever over. You know that. Thanks for catching us up on the man behind the music.
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