Golden Oldies

continued with Transatlantic as a solo performer and recorded his first album, Can I Have My Money Back? His creation received enthusiastic praise but was ignored by the record-buying public.

In 1972, he and Egan reunited, this time to form a soft-rock outfit called Stealers Wheel. They promptly struck gold with “Stuck in the Middle with You,” which became a Top 10 single in America, the UK and Canada. That hit 45 gave Rafferty a chance to vent his spleen against the negative forces that controlled the music business.

In a voice that mimicked his idol Bob Dylan, Gerry set the scene for his tune at a record-company party that made him uncomfortable being in the midst of the power people he always preferred to avoid:

Well, I don’t know why I came here tonight

I got the feeling that something ain’t right

Rafferty just wanted to make music, revel in the satisfaction of its creation, and ignore that part of the picture bean-counters and “friends” who were supposedly furthering his career:

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

Here I am, stuck in the middle with you

He found his frustrations maddening:

Trying to make some sense of it all

But I can see that it makes no sense at all

Is it cool to go to sleep on the floor?

‘Cause I don’t think that I can take anymore

Stealers Wheel cut a trio of albums, but by the time the first one was issued, Rafferty had already left the outfit. Stealers Wheel officially disbanded in 1975, and for three years Gerry’s creative hands were tied by legal hassles that prevented him from releasing new material.

In 1978, his 6-millionselling LP ‘City to City’ featured his signature song, the worldwide hit “Baker Street.” As a result, his success brought Rafferty financial independence—thanks, ironically, to the industry that he despised.

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