RIP Gerry Rafferty

Loved his music, and Baker Street had a lot of meaning in my teen life.

 

Hard to quantify his importance in my life and musical development. Sad tonight.

 

Great singer, great songs. RIP.

 

I've owned his greatest hits for years, one of my all-time favs, along with Paul Davis and Dan Fogelberg, who left us too soon.
When I got home from work last night, I cranked up Baker Street, Right Down the Line, Get It Right Next Time, Home and Dry and Days Gone Down.
RIP, Gerry, hopefully you'll find peace in the next level.

 

"Get It Right Next Time" is my fave. A poignant reminder that no matter how bad we screw up, sometimes there are do-overs.

RIP.

 

The summer I lived in London, I had to pass through the Baker Street tube stop pretty much every day. I never got annoyed that the song got stuck in my head. RIP Gerry.

 

"Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty were a duo known as Stealer’s Wheel when they recorded this Dylanesque, pop bubble-gum favorite from April of 1974. That reached up to number five, as K-Billy’s Super Sounds of the Seventies continues..."