On May 21, 2001, Tommy Eyre died aged 52. He was musician (keyboards, piano), as a session musician recorded and performed with John Martyn, Alex Harvey, Greg Lake, Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, B.B. King, John Mayall, Tracy Chapman Wham!, Marc Almond, Scarlet Rivera, Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation, Blue Whale, Jaklin, Riff Raff and ZZebra, but he was best known for playing on Joe Cocker’s “With A Little Help From My Friends”, Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street” and “Right Down the Line”. As leader Eyre has released seven albums.
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Gerry Rafferty: City To City
On January 20, 1978, “United Artists” released “City to City”, the second Gerry Rafferty studio album. It was recorded in 1977,at the “ Chipping Norton Recording Studios”, and was produced by Hugh Murphy. The album featured the song “Baker Street”, which reached 5 million plays on British radio, and became Rafferty’s best known song. “City to City” was certified Platinum the US by “RIAA”.
Personnel:
- Gerry Rafferty– lead and backing vocals, piano, acoustic guitar
- Tommy Eyre– piano, electric piano, grand piano, Moog synthesizer, organ, keyboards, brass arrangements
- Jerry Donahue– lead, rhythm and electric guitar
- Hugh Burns– acoustic, rhythm and electric guitar
- Nigel Jenkins, Andy Fairweather-Low– rhythm and electric guitar
- Micky Moody– acoustic guitar
- Brian Cole– steel guitar, dobro
- Graham Preskett– fiddle, mandolin, synthesizer, string machine, strings, bass, arrangements
- Paul Jones– harmonica
- Hugh Murphy – tambourine
- Willy Ray – accordion
- Mo Foster– bass, backing vocals
- Henry Spinetti– drums
- Glen LeFleur- drums, percussion, tambourine
- Raphael Ravenscroft– saxophone
- Roger Brown, Vivian McAuliff, John McBurnie, Rab Noakes, Barbara Dickson, Joanna Carlin – backing vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Gerry Rafferty.
- The Ark
- Baker Street
- Right Down the Line
- City to City
- Stealin’ Time
- Mattie’s Rag
- Whatever’s Written In Your Heart
- Home and Dry
- Island
- Waiting for the Day
Gerry Rafferty
On January 4, 2011, Gerald “Gerry” Rafferty died aged 63. He was musician (guitar, piano, keyboards), singer and songwriter, member of “The Humblebums” (from 1969 to 1971) and “Stealers Wheel”, together with Joe Egan. As leader, Rafferty released nine albums.
