{"id":15385,"date":"2024-05-09T12:20:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=15385"},"modified":"2024-05-09T15:19:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:19:53","slug":"music-city-to-city-night-owl-gerry-rafferty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=15385","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: City to City\/Night Owl, Gerry Rafferty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This arrived yesterday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I were a wee nipper, mum and dad had Sleepwalking<\/em>, by Gerry Rafferty, in their record collection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nostalgic (but very vague) memories\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Despite, like anyone else with ears, hearing Baker Street ad nauseam,<\/em> over the years, I failed to realise that it was Gerry Rafferty – despite his very distinctive voice – singing \u2018Stuck In The Middle With You\u2019, with Stealer\u2019s Wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I watched a documentary about Gezza yesterday, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I liked in particular his ornery non-compliance with Music-Biz diktats\u2026 so I bought this cheap twofer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And now I\u2019m eating a Big Breakfast lunch in Tesco, whilst reading – or rather browsing – the above tome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nice to see the Angel roof of St Wendreda\u2019s receiving fulsome praise and two decent photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Interesting\u2026 I hadn\u2019t spotted ol\u2019 Nick!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I think I\u2019ll go visit a church or two, on this, my first (full) day off in a while. But I\u2019ll post about that separately. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I were a wee nipper, mum and dad had Sleepwalking, by Gerry Rafferty, in their record collection. Despite, like anyone else with ears, hearing Baker Street ad nauseam, over the years, I failed to realise that it was Gerry Rafferty – despite his very distinctive voice – singing \u2018Stuck In The Middle With You\u2019, … <\/p>\n

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