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Gerry Rafferty, Singer of Baker Street dead at 63...
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| Jan 4 2011
| Dan Reilley
Posted on 01/04/2011 2:19:55 PM PST by GSP.FAN
The Scottish singer-songwriter best known for the hits 'Baker Street' and 'Stuck in the Middle With You,' died Tuesday, the Guardian reports. The 63-year-old was hospitalized in November 2010 with liver failure and had been ill ever since.
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: bakersstreet; gerryrafferty; stealerswheel
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:19:58 PM PST
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GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:21:32 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: GSP.FAN
I always loved Baker St and his song Right Down the Line.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:21:44 PM PST
by
Huck
(Do talk radio hosts get paid extra when they use the word "impugn"? It sure seems like it.)
To: GSP.FAN
I never realized he was part of Stealers Wheel.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:23:11 PM PST
by
Huntress
(Who the hell are you to tell me what's in my best interests?)
To: GSP.FAN
“Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am Stuck in the middle with you.” RIP.
To: GSP.FAN
Drat, liked his music. Rest in Peace, prayers for his family.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:27:37 PM PST
by
brytlea
To: GSP.FAN
Just damn. I've got
City to City in the cd player in the truck right now.
Always wondered how it would sound to get him together with Van Morrison.
To: GSP.FAN
Just damn. I've got
City to City in the cd player in the truck right now.
Always wondered how it would sound to get him together with Van Morrison.
To: GSP.FAN
This guy had a sting of hits through the 70's. "Right Down the Line" and "Home and Dry" are some of my favorite. RIP
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:29:19 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: GSP.FAN
What a shame! I love that song. Rest in peace, Gerry.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:30:26 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
Back in the day that was a great song to slow dance with your girl...
Brings back good memories....
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:32:56 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: GSP.FAN
Ouch. I had no idea he was having such personal issues. It sounds like he inherited (or at least learned) his alcoholism from his father.
Liver failure is a particularly painful way to die. May he RIP.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:33:41 PM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: GSP.FAN
Baker Street is a great song.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:34:39 PM PST
by
backwoods-engineer
(The future? Imagine Cass Sunstein's boot stamping on Lincoln's beard, forever.)
To: GSP.FAN
Baker Street came out during the middle of the dark days of disco, nothing else sounded like it then.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:34:53 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Yeah i know i would stand in the corner and wait for the slow set which consisted of about 6 or 7 songs and then pounce on a unsuspecting prey i mean female....
Good times and Baker street reminds me of it......
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:39:49 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
To: GSP.FAN
Been a long while since I heard that. A favorite too. I never kept up much with musicians and bands. I know what I like when I hear it I guess.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:39:50 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
To: GSP.FAN
A few tears here after playing the video.A great song.
Takes me back to another time in my life.
Music always does that to me.
R.I.P.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:45:30 PM PST
by
Mears
To: GSP.FAN
A few tears here after playing the video.A great song.
Takes me back to another time in my life.
Music always does that to me.
R.I.P.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:45:30 PM PST
by
Mears
To: GSP.FAN
I really was intrigued by his chord changes. He was a fine guitarist, and had a seemingly innate sense of how good, mellow folksy-rock should sound.
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posted on
01/04/2011 2:47:35 PM PST
by
Migraine
(Diversity is great... ...until it happens to YOU.)
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