Gerry Rafferty: Last News

A local duo are set to reunite their musical talents to freshen up the live music scene.

Joe Egan, who co-founded Stealers Wheel with Gerry Rafferty and co-wrote and sang on the enduring hit “Stuck in the Middle with You,” died July 6. He was 77. The news was shared on the late Rafferty’s official Facebook page, but no details were provided.

Gerry Rafferty, has died aged 77.The news was confirmed on the Facebook page of the late Rafferty, who died in 2011. His daughter Martha, who runs the official page, shared a series of images of Rafferty and Egan together alongside her message.“Very sad news that the other half of Stealers Wheel, Joe Egan, passed away peacefully yesterday afternoon with his nearest and dearest around him,” she said.

Music fans have paid tribute to Stealers Wheel co-founder Joe Egan following the news that he has died at the age of 77.The Scottish singer-songwriter, who co-founded rock band Stealers Wheel alongside bandmate Gerry Rafferty, co-wrote the group’s 1973 song Stuck In The Middle With You which features in Quentin Tarantino‘s hit film Reservoir Dogs and peaked at number eight in the UK Official Chart. A social media post uploaded to the official Gerry Rafferty Facebook page, which is run by a family member of Gerry’s, confirmed the news on Sunday, 7 July and described Joe as being a “sweet and gentle soul”. The post read: “Very sad news that the other half of Stealers Wheel, Joe Egan, passed away peacefully yesterday afternoon with his nearest and dearest around him.

Matt Helders, Beck and St. Vincent have all appeared at the recent ‘Josh Homme & Friends’ beefit gig – watch fan-filmed footage of their performances below.Earlier this month, the Queens Of The Stone Age frontman announced a one-night only benefit gig in support of his charity, The Sweet Stuff Foundation. The gig took place on March 20 at the Belasco Hall in Los Angeles.Now, footage of the concert has appeared on social media, where an impressive lineup of artists took to the stage.

Paul Rudd recently teamed up with his Wet Hot American Summer Costars’ on stage to perform covers of hit songs by Gerry Rafferty and the Spin Doctors.The actor joined the Middle Aged Dad Jam Band – made up of filmmaker and comedian David Wain and actor Ken Marino – during their show at the City Winery in New York City on October 20.They performed a cover of the Spin Doctors’ 1991 hit ‘Two Princes’ as well as Gerry Rafferty’s ‘Baker Street’ with Rudd cosplaying the late singer in a black wig. The band were also joined by actor Justin Theroux, John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants and Wet Hot American Summer and Yellowjackets composer Craig Wedren.Special Guest Jared Rafferty aka @Paul Rudd at the @David Wain Middle Aged Dad Jam Band show at City Winery in NYC on 10/20/23 #madjb ♬ original sound – Blair Neal paul rudd is the best singer in the world, true or false pic.twitter.com/LM2AGAncN4— hourly rudd OMITB S3 8/8 (@hourlyrudd) October 21, 2023JUSTIN THEROUX E PAUL RUDD TOPICO SENSÍVEL pic.twitter.com/Yx5XyZVYDx— annabel (@annaisabellag) October 21, 2023The Middle Aged Dad Jam Band are currently on their first-ever tour and have a handful of live shows left.

Paisley’s favourite music maestro Paolo Nutini is to be featured in a new colouring book celebrating Renfrewshire as part of this year’s Spree Festival.

Naman Ramachandran Comedian, actor, artist, writer, musician and presenter, Billy Connolly (“Mrs. Brown”), will be honored with the BAFTA Fellowship at this year’s Virgin Media BAFTA TV Awards.The fellowship is the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA in recognition of an individual’s contribution to film, television or games across their career. Previous TV honorees include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Jon Snow, Bruce Forsyth, Joanna Lumley, Melvyn Bragg, Michael Palin, Trevor MacDonald, David Attenborough, Julie Walters, Ray Galton, Alan Simpson, Katie Adie and Joan Bakewell.In 1995, Connolly won the BAFTA Scotland entertainment category for “Billy Connolly’s World Tour of Scotland.” He has since received five BAFTA nominations, and has been presented with a BAFTA special award in 2002 and the BAFTA Scotland outstanding contribution to television and film in 2012.

A social media page dedicated to finding the best bands according to voting by their followers has just named the top 100 from Scotland.

PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happensNow his daughter Martha has revealed the previously unheard works have been put together in a new record 'Rest in Blue.'She has given a 38-second taster by publishing a sample of the first single 'Slow Down' which is now available.The news has been welcomed by Rafferty followers who thought they'd heard the last from the great Buddie.Rest in Bue will be out on September 3 and will be a mix of songs Gerry had planned as well as previously uncompleted demos.Martha now runs the official website and Facebook page of her father, who died of organ failure in 2011 after decades of struggling with alcohol.The last Rafferty album 'Life Goes on' was published two years before his death.Martha has stripped