Gerry Rafferty gone now

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

But you know he’ll always keep moving
You know he’s never gonna stop moving
Cause he’s rollin’, he’s the rolling stone.
And when you wake up it’s a new morning
The sun is shining, it’s a new morning
But you’re going, you’re going home.

alybaba · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 12:16 am

Yes very sad news that liked everything he done excellent singer RIP

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 1:12 am

R.I.P. Gerry!!!! sadx

I wonder if Bob Holness will be one of the Pallbearers????

tonyparry · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 4:33 am

RIP. GR
(note Bob Holness did NOT play sax on Baker street, its an Urban Myth)

Optimistic · **Joined:** Sun May 31, 2009 4:07 pm **Posts:** 1065

RIP Gerry Rafferty and it was Raphael "Raff" Ravenscroft who played the sax on Baker Street

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37763

tonyparry wrote:

RIP. GR
(note Bob Holness did NOT play sax on Baker street, its an Urban Myth)

... everyone knows it was Reg Varney..... :wink:

paulus the woodgnome and a side salad · **Posted:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 9:37 pm

....Baker Street?.....I thought it was Flaxton Street...

effionthedragon · **Joined:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:49 pm **Posts:** 309

"Jokers to the left -Jokers to the right.
Stuck in the middle with you".

Great Rafferty lyrics from his time in Stealers Wheel.

Shame the sherberts brought him down eventually.

Baker Street is all about his alcoholism isn't it?

Bob Holness did play sax but it wasn't THAT Bob Holness . It was the ex-studio musician of the same name.

tonyparry · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:59 am

Sorry effion you are wrong it was nobody called Bob Holness and Mr optimistic is correct.
Also its Clowns to left of me Jokers to the right :coool:

alleztfc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 11:00 am

Correct Mr Parry!

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:32 pm

effionthedragon wrote:

"Jokers to the left -Jokers to the right.
Stuck in the middle with you".

Great Rafferty lyrics from his time in Stealers Wheel.

Shame the sherberts brought him down eventually.

Baker Street is all about his alcoholism isn't it?

Bob Holness did play sax but it wasn't THAT Bob Holness . It was the ex-studio musician of the same name.

The song which was used for the torture scene in Reservoir Dogs I believe.

Tarantino must have had a thing for using American-sounding British songs in his films.

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:53 pm

Poolie of Kent wrote:

The song which was used for the torture scene in Reservoir Dogs I believe.

Tarantino must have had a thing for using American-sounding British songs in his films.

I though that was stuck in the middle with you

Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:56 pm

Compo wrote:

Poolie of Kent wrote:

The song which was used for the torture scene in Reservoir Dogs I believe.

Tarantino must have had a thing for using American-sounding British songs in his films.

I though that was stuck in the middle with you

I guess you're to Mr PoK's left.

Mandy · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:03 pm

MadJohn wrote:

I don't know if I'm in a minority here, but I always thought that Baker Street was a decent song apart from that bloody saxophone. confised

I NEVER like Sax Solo's in ANY song!!! Bloody Awful instrument, sounds like Sweep most of the time. Orrible.

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:16 pm

Mandy · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:22 pm

The Zutons are shit too!

PoolieBarnes · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:30 pm

Always thought Candy Dulfer was tidy enough . . .

alleztfc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:31 pm

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alleztfc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:32 pm

...she could blow my horn etc...etc...

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:33 pm

This bloke was also a keen saxophone player.

:laugh:

alleztfc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:34 pm

...not my type :shock:

Poolie of Kent · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 3:36 pm

Monica Lewinsky didn't think so..... :laugh:

alleztfc · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 4:55 pm

...apparently she played the pink oboe expertly...

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Jan 06, 2011 6:16 pm

tonyparry wrote:

RIP. GR
(note Bob Holness did NOT play sax on Baker street, its an Urban Myth)

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6476

MadJohn wrote:

I don't know if I'm in a minority here, but I always thought that Baker Street was a decent song apart from that bloody saxophone. confised

This isn't a bad cover of it and no saxophone

dawlishmonkey · **Joined:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:53 am **Posts:** 1588

effionthedragon wrote:

"Jokers to the left -Jokers to the right.
Stuck in the middle with you".

Great Rafferty lyrics from his time in Stealers Wheel.

Shame the sherberts brought him down eventually.

Baker Street is all about his alcoholism isn't it?

Bob Holness did play sax but it wasn't THAT Bob Holness . It was the ex-studio musician of the same name.

he did die of symptoms of alcoholism....but he was getting 80k a year just from royalties from baker street a song he wrote about alcoholism

effionthedragon · **Joined:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 8:49 pm **Posts:** 309

dawlishmonkey wrote:

effionthedragon wrote:

"Jokers to the left -Jokers to the right.
Stuck in the middle with you".

Great Rafferty lyrics from his time in Stealers Wheel.

Shame the sherberts brought him down eventually.

Baker Street is all about his alcoholism isn't it?

Bob Holness did play sax but it wasn't THAT Bob Holness . It was the ex-studio musician of the same name.

he did die of symptoms of alcoholism....but he was getting 80k a year just from royalties from baker street a song he wrote about alcoholism

Enough for a few sherberts then!

My Uncle has reminded me that Rafferty started out with the Big Yin, Billy Connolly in the Humblebums in the late sixties & that Rafferty's father also died of alcoholism.

Real shame he's gone.

A nod to Mr O -it was Rarf Ravenscroft who played sax on the orginal Baker Street recording.

Gerry Rafferty gone now

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