One of the iconic songs of the 70s that isnt about what you think - TopicsExpress



          

One of the iconic songs of the 70s that isnt about what you think it is, at all. Written and recorded by Gerry Rafferty in 1978, Its about the protracted 3 years of lawsuits and counter lawsuits that surrounded the breakup of his former band Stealers Wheel in 1975. Rafferty was barred from publishing or recording any material for 3 years after the band’s breakup. He was regularly traveling between his family home near Glasgow and London, where he often stayed at a friends flat in Baker Street. As Rafferty put it, everybody was suing each other, so I spent a lot of time on the overnight train from Glasgow to London for meetings with lawyers. I knew a guy who lived in a little flat off Baker Street. Wed sit and chat or play guitar there through the night.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:10:28 +0000

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