Gerry Rafferty

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Gerry Rafferty posing for a photograph in the 1970s

The life and death of Gerry Rafferty, the singer who couldn’t escape his biggest hit – or his demons

By Paul Rees published

There was much more to late Scottish singer Gerry Rafferty than Baker Street

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Gerry Rafferty, Baker Street, and the sax intro that gave birth to an urban legend

By Bill DeMain published

Raphael Ravenscroft's sax intro gave Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street its classic status - but no one can agree how it happened

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Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly

How Gerry Rafferty and Billy Connolly made old ladies faint on the streets of Glasgow

By Scott Rowley published

The Baker Street hitmaker and the comedy legend had a prank that would make eyes roll

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Gerry Rafferty: Rest In Blue album cover

Gerry Rafferty's Rest In Blue is a suitable memorial to a much-missed talent

By David Quantick published

Rest In Blue is a posthumously-completed, career-spanning collection from singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty

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Gerry Rafferty in 1998

New Gerry Rafferty album to be released, a decade on from his death

By Fraser Lewry published

Gerry Rafferty's Rest In Blue will be released in September, and Billy Connelly says "I've never heard Gerry sing so well" - listen to first single Slow Down

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Gerry Rafferty: The Man Who Hated the Music Business

By Scott Rowley published

Gerry Rafferty’s former manager Jon Brewer recalls what it was like managing the Baker Street star in the wheeling-dealing 70s – the age of chart-fixing, payola and big money.

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The Sensational Alex Harvey Band

10 of the best rock bands from Scotland

By Martin Kielty published

O Power Of Scotland, when will we see your like again? Right here as it happens, as we proclaim the names of 10 of the greatest Scottish rock bands ever

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