Saturday 8 October 2016

Gerry Rafferty (1978) City to City

 The title track from his famous late 70s comeback album which spawned his latter day hit and the most iconic saxophone lick in history Baker Street. This country hoedown of a song chugs along with at a happy prospector pace with wailing harmonicas, the undercurrent of synths and even a bagpipe this has a rootsy jug band feel mixed with Rafferty's typically subdued, smoothed pop tenor that nicely counterpoints the jaunty vibe. The country overtones always present in his work capture a serious subject matter but in a more positive fashion similar to Baker Street, it also covers the same lonesome feeling of a man away from his family as this train pulls into to the station.


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