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RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« on: January 04, 2011, 03:19:13 PM »
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 04:30:57 PM »
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 10:46:43 PM »
i loved this guy ..
ok shoot me
but
i did and i love stealers wheel way before i guy got his ear cut off to the song ...
gerry rafferty was a piece of my childhood ...

is a sad story ...really too bad
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2011, 06:44:53 AM »


Yeah, that song struck a chord with me too, when I was quite young. I'm sorry he seems to have led such an unhappy life.



Bubba Kron wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 21:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcpUdBw7gs



OT, but that is quite an incredible recording, isn't it?


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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #4 on: January 05, 2011, 06:37:40 PM »
I really loved his Baker Street, and the killer back end.  Few songs roll off with that long of an insturmental ending. Loved it!
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #5 on: January 05, 2011, 07:08:34 PM »
Ross Hogarth wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 22:46

i loved this guy ..
ok shoot me
but
i did and i love stealers wheel way before i guy got his ear cut off to the song ...
gerry rafferty was a piece of my childhood ...

is a sad story ...really too bad

Why would you be embarrassed about loving Stealers Wheel?

But what a wasted life. To be such a lovable musician and to still not feel the love. So sad. I have to say I always wondered what happened with his family because of the "please" line in "Stuck in the middle with you". He really hated his father and that's enough to ruin anyone's life.

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2011, 08:12:56 PM »
totally man!!  Great recording!!!!




Bubba Kron wrote on Tue, 04 January 2011 21:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzcpUdBw7gs



OT, but that is quite an incredible recording, isn't it?


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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2011, 09:25:43 PM »
At my weekly Tuesday gig, we did "Stuck In the Middle" and "Baker St." last night, in honor of Gerry.  His music is a part of my childhood, too.  
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011, 09:48:34 PM »
I really liked Gerry's music, and production.  
In the track 'Right Down the Line", the guitar lines in the intro are set back in the mix, I always thought that subtlety was a great idea. RIP

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #9 on: January 06, 2011, 12:01:26 AM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPxs212oAyU&feature=playe r_embedded

I always thought that was a Les Paul
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2011, 03:24:13 AM »
RIP

I liked Baker Street at the time when it was a radio hit, but never knew who did it.

Well, at least he apparently saw a decent (IMO) yearly income from the tune.

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2011, 03:42:38 AM »
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2011, 01:49:06 PM »
I was like..."Who?"

And they said..."He sang Baker Street".

I was like..."What song is THAT?"

So we pulled it up on the web.  I recognized it within milliseconds.  And I said..."But, where the heck does he say Baker Street in this song."

First line.  Oh.  Duh.

I always thought we were winding our way down a VEGAS STREET.

My bad.  How did I hear that song so many damn times as a kid and never, ever hear the title of it?

Love that song.
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #13 on: January 06, 2011, 01:50:42 PM »
Skullsessions wrote on Thu, 06 January 2011 10:49


My bad.  How did I hear that song so many damn times as a kid and never, ever hear the title of it?
I've been wondering the same thing!
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #14 on: January 06, 2011, 02:58:06 PM »
djwaudio wrote on Wed, 05 January 2011 20:48

I really liked Gerry's music, and production.  
In the track 'Right Down the Line", the guitar lines in the intro are set back in the mix, I always thought that subtlety was a great idea. RIP



+1.
Here is a clip in the studio, nice desk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKSeq_5ZyXI&feature=relat ed

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2011, 03:57:31 PM »
Here's another one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WgDAp5AF8o

Looks like the same "session", but with a half-emptied Whisky glass replacing the half-emptied carton of Rothmans on top of the Rhodes...

-Miming the synth instrumental melody by blowing down the end of a flute is a bit hokey though...

Keith
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MDM (maxdimario) wrote on Fri, 16 November 2007 21:36

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2011, 01:01:22 AM »
Wow...he wrote all those great songs...had no idea.

Thanks Gerry!
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« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2011, 01:27:32 AM »
Gerry was a genius and a huge inspiration to me. The best advice he ever gave was: If I ever got it wrong, I should just get it right next time.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wiCQHWUbUY&feature=relat ed

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2011, 11:25:02 PM »
I loved Gerry's tunes way back to when i was knee high to a grasshopper. Two words here: Talent, Melody - that of which are both tough to come by, in any era. Great singer; great songs.

I'm not worthy. RIP.

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #19 on: January 07, 2011, 11:50:35 PM »
ssltech wrote on Thu, 06 January 2011 15:57



-Miming the synth instrumental melody by blowing down the end of a flute is a bit hokey though...

Keith


Looks like he's playing a Lyricon.
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2011, 01:02:38 AM »
What a terrific musician.  His songs were among the first "hifi" recordings I ever heard -- they had that 70s vibe without being sterile.  Hooky as hell, laid back, just terrific.  Sad loss.
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2011, 02:46:34 AM »
JimK wrote on Sat, 08 January 2011 05:50

ssltech wrote on Thu, 06 January 2011 15:57



-Miming the synth instrumental melody by blowing down the end of a flute is a bit hokey though...

Keith


Looks like he's playing a Lyricon.





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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2011, 08:15:06 AM »
oops!

-There you go... -That's me showing the limits of my experience!!!

-Thanks for that. -I've learned something already today. (I love it when days start of like that!)

Keith
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MDM (maxdimario) wrote on Fri, 16 November 2007 21:36

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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #23 on: January 09, 2011, 02:44:18 PM »
He's sold out at amazon.
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2011, 09:11:04 AM »
Right Down the Line.

Great songs. Inspirational to a kid caught between Joe Pass, and Jimmy Page.

I like pop songs.
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Re: RIP GERRY RAFFERTY
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2011, 12:18:54 PM »
Hey,
Re: Lyricon.  I can't help but asking... is that your Lyricon with the cwejman synth on top of it?  

If so, that is seriously bad ass.  If not... it's still seriously bad ass.

Thanks!    
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