NOT A CLUE WHO GERRY RAFFERTY IS?! 😅 First Time Hearing Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street Reaction!

Get ready for a musical treat as we react to Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" for the first time! Famous for its iconic saxophone solo and unforgettable melody, we're eager to experience the magic of this classic track that has stood the test of time.
🎷 About Gerry Rafferty: Gerry Rafferty was a talented singer-songwriter known for his unique blend of folk, pop, and rock elements. "Baker Street," one of his most beloved songs, is celebrated for its smooth vocals and the saxophone solo that's become synonymous with the song's identity.
🎵 In This Video: Join us as we delve into "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty. We're anticipating a song that's not just pleasing to the ears but also resonates on a deeper, emotional level. Expect reactions full of amazement, appreciation, and our thoughts on Rafferty's musical genius and the song's lasting impact.
👫 Why React as a Couple?: Experiencing the timeless and iconic music of Gerry Rafferty together adds a special dimension to our reactions. We're both excited to explore the richness of "Baker Street" and share our musical journey with you.
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💬 Your Thoughts: What's your take on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street"? How does the saxophone solo enhance the song for you? Let us know in the comments section below, and feel free to suggest other tracks by Gerry Rafferty or similar artists for future reactions!
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[@henrybialik8333]

This is the most recognized sax solo in the world.

[@ClickToPreview]

This one, and the Careless Whisper one.

[@alec5004]

Al Stewart featured it to good use around this time in Year of the Cat, Time Passages, and Song on the Radio

[@thomasbarr5940]

Vnomits not 😂😂

[@raystevens2380]

Definitely

[@graemey]

This is the single version with a very abridged sax outro. The album version is almost two minutes longer. I always feel short-changed hearing this version.

[@softshoes]

Agreed. This is the AM version.

[@user-ex3uz5ll6q]

Yeah agree

[@markharris1125]

Thanks for the warning, I'm out.

[@davidkelly5459]

The entire album is fantastic. I bought it when it was released and it's remained one of my favorite recording of all time. His life was tragic but, he left us with some great tunes. RIP, Gerry!

[@geraldjensen6831]

If this doesn't blow you completely away, nothing will...the saxophone gets all the attention, but the guitar riff at the end is SPECTACULAR...

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

the album has a much longer instrumental ending that just carries it to another level.

[@Mediawatcher2023]

The track your listening to is the single edit

[@mrkrinkle72]

I can smell the summer of '78 when I hear this!

[@Brian-om2hh]

Yes, it was the biggest selling single of that year.....

[@andreafaloona4059]

I was 16 and we moved from where I'd lived since I was 5, a hundred miles away. This song got me through my teenaged angst

[@GinMae]

YES - see my comment to the listeners.. lol

[@theodoreritola7641]

GREAT DECADE TO BE A TEEN i was there 17 in 1978

[@dagmar.6954]

Love this song. Especially the sax solo. In 1972 Gerry Rafferty was in the Scottish folk rock band Stealers Wheel & had a big hit with "Stuck In The Middle With You". Later on, he went out on his own & then had the big hits "Baker's Street", "Right Down The Line" & "Night Owl".

[@penelopehornswaggle102]

When my eyes scanned your comment, I read "especially the sex solo"😂😂🤪🙄

[@barblessable]

He was in a band with Billy Connolly before Stealers Wheel they were called The Humblebums or something like that.

[@KevinPierce-pu4bd]

Night owl was the little river band. 🤔

[@williammackenzie6115]

@@KevinPierce-pu4bd Gerry had an album and song called Night Owl released in 1979.

[@martinhazel2050]

Well, you guys are really good at finding the MTV videos. But...the song is actually 6 mins long and you really missed out on the rest of the song.

[@nolaspeaker5656]

Nobody ever mentions "Get it right next time" It's so funky!

[@burtonmediaprod]

Probably my favorite!

[@TheNewton47]

Spot on I ❤️ Get it right next time along with Baker Street I make it his best song ❤️ it,3 absolute classic along with stuck in the middle, being Scottish and born in Paisley his home town I definitely have a soft spot and ❤️ for the man may he rest in peace having left it with some absolutely classic songs ❤️

[@andrewcole7895]

My favourite

[@GinMae]

Yes - I love that one!

[@richelliott9320]

It is great. For years I dint realize he was singing it! Dah what an idiot lol

[@paladino444]

Rafferty not only wrote, arranged and sang the song, he did in fact also write the sax solos, the most famous sax solos in music history. Research it the song has been licensed by 100s of sources for 40 years because of that sax solo Rafferty wrote.

[@steverichmond7142]

I played at a gig with Gerry Rafferty then went for drink with him and his band, two days later I was still drinking. Scottish legend. Nice guy... died of booze. Big mate of Billy Connolly.

[@NoxiousRob]

Gerry started off in a Scottish folk duo called the Humblebums, his partner was a certain Billy Connolly who played banjo before going on to become our most famous comedian. Gerry went on to form the band Stealers Wheel, who had a few UK hits in the early 70s, the most famous of which was Stuck In The Middle With You, which will probably be best known to most Americans as the track that featured in the famous scene in Reservoir Dogs when Mr Blonde slices off the cop's ear. He went on to have a successful solo career, with Baker Street being his biggest hit. Sadly, he had a long term struggle with alcoholism and it eventually took it's toll when he passed away aged 63.

[@SaverioP]

Steelers Wheel is the band, and they had a hit called "Stuck in the Middle With You" . Great song also worth a reaction.

[@graemey]

They asked which was his *first* group, which was the Humblebums with the Big Yin.

[@montylc2001]

Actually no, Stealers Wheel was not the band playing with him on this. Maybe some of its members., but the band had broken up a few years before. This is off one of his solo albums.

[@CB-xr1eg]

@@montylc2001 I think th OP was saying Stealers Wheel was the answer to the quiz question.

[@richardcramer1604]

This is the shortest version of Bakers Street I've ever heard. The famous group Gerry was with before going solo was Stealers Wheel whose big hit in 1972 was "Stuck in the Middle With You'. If you've seen Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs you will recognize the song (it's played while one of the crooks is torturing the cop). That's why Gerry was visiting London (Lawsuit against record company when he quit Stealers Wheel). While visiting London from Scotland he would stay at a friends house on Bakers Street (famous residence of Sherlock Holmes in the books). It's his friend (another musician) that wants to give up the booze, one night stands and move to a small town.

[@Pokafalva]

This short version was the single release.

[@spikeysnack]

@@Pokafalva "Radio cuts" were released by the record companies because they thought that it had to fit the same time as other pop stuff. Many many musicians famously would put in their contracts not to do that when they got big enough to actually demand it, or leave for another company that promised not to do it. Corporations now that "own" catalogs will sell 15 second cuts for tiktok.

[@tonyburton5706]

Its Baker St no s.

[@richardcramer1604]

@@tonyburton5706 , good catch, my mistake, I know it's Baker Street (don't know why I wrote Bakers).

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

One of the greatest songs I've ever heard. The level of instrumentation. Whoa!

[@roseoconnor5938]

Gerry sold more than 10 million albums over 3 decades. One song "" Stuck in the middle with you "" was played in the Quinten Tarantino film Resevoir Dogs .....an unforgettable scene zlways associated with that song 🫣.

[@gazurtoids1]

Billy Connolly once told a story about smoking a page from the Bible with Gerry back in the day 😆

[@user-sr4gw3gs4v]

RIP Gerry Rafferty a great Musician😢

[@peterglynn2128]

Gerry Rafferty was a brilliant musician. Baker Street was incredible !! R I P Gerry.

[@joncurry4294]

"Right down the line" is a masterpiece.

[@RobertMichaelStewart]

I lived on Baker Street when this song came out.... An all time classic!

[@asseyez-vous6492]

I was travelling to Baker St. station every day from Northants. The song was always in my head. Good job it’s a great one!

[@silversurfer8278]

This was Gerry Rafferty's biggest hit, no.3 in UK and no.2 for six weeks on the USA Billboard charts in 1978. One of the best Scottish singer-songwriters ever, sadly missed. I have two of his albums, and still love the stuff.

[@carlh429]

There must have been two really strong songs that stopped this classic from reaching number 1.

[@aidencox790]

I'm an 80++ year old Englishman who's been into music all his life. Gerry has a special section in my collection, not only for his phenomenal music but because he never sold out to "the business" / dirty con club that ran most of the music biz in the day. Take a look at a compilation Gerry Rafferty - The Very Best Of, released 1995. All he was is there - a wildly under appreciated performer outside the UK.

[@Eyyoh755]

You guys should hear: "Right Down The Line" from Gerry Rafferty, too.

[@correctlyrics]

Sultry sultry sultry sax!!!! As soon as you hear that sax, you stop and say, " ohh..."

[@user-us8le6lu4h]

His first band included a Scottish comedian/musician called Billy Connolly who is worth checking out (I recommend 'Dwarf on a bus') His second band was Stealers Wheel whose track 'Stuck In The Middle' With You' I am positive you will have heard (in a movie). Keep up the great work guys, all the best for 2024.

[@tannadice1000]

The Humblebums

[@barsandbarbells2022]

Dwarf on a Bus got blocked!

[@user-us8le6lu4h]

@@barsandbarbells2022 Shame, but he has others, Lady on a bus and Colonoscopy are two good ones.

[@ChrisSmith-xh9wb]

I saw the Humblebums back in 1971. I could not have predicted at the time that international fame awaited them. Gerry's career was cut too short by his addiction to alcohol, but he left us some great music before he passed on. @@tannadice1000

[@sligobhoy8152]

Movie was Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino asked permission for use, Rafferty agreed, got the script later and was shocked and said he would not have agreed to it`s use had he known.

[@theivory1]

My Mom and I came out of the grocery store after school in 1984 and a Tornado was descended on town. This played on the radio on the way home. We made it home just in time to get to the basement. We were lucky, only lost power for three days. I was 10 then and I can see the wicked sky still if I close my eyes when this plays.

[@StatsJedi]

This was such a megahit that the airwaves were utterly SATURATED with it. And even so, it took many weeks before it got old. After a few years, it kept surfacing as a classic banger.

[@davestubbs7274]

‘Night Owl’ is another good one from Gerry👍

[@vinnywarren2144]

Raphael Ravenscroft was the English saxophonist who played so brilliantly on baker street.Trevor Ravenscroft his father wrote the famous book 'The Spear of Destiny'.

[@Brian-om2hh]

Raph Ravenscroft also played on a number of Gerry's tracks, although not all playing sax.

[@raystevens2380]

He only got paid £27 50 pence and did it in one take and gerry got £80 THOUND from the song. Ralph was a session player.

[@JohnSmith-oe4ci]

holy **** so he is - for some reason I never connected the two

[@raystevens2380]

£27 pounds he got paid to do that he was a session player it was hin who make that record with his saxe RIP RAVENCROFT and jerry got 80 thound pounds

[@trevorgibson1190]

As someone who remembers when this first came out , this song is epic now as it was then . 😊

[@dennisflury6942]

Right down the line is as good, and a love song to boot!

[@kevinehle6637]

Iconic!! ❤

[@mowglieneil]

I will always remember this song as i was courting my girlfriend ,now my wife of 45 years and this brings me back to wonderful times for us.

[@scottyarthuraustralia7567]

My all time favourite song. ❤❤❤

[@tonybennett4159]

This is a track from "City to City", one of the greatest albums in pop history. Every track is a winner. The Humblebums was a group that I believe included fellow Scot and comedian Billy Connelly, very early in their careers. Stealers Wheel was a later group that he formed with Joe Egan, and their greatest hits album, which I own, is packed with great songs.

[@dr.strangelove7788]

I think you’ll like “Right down the line” too

[@keithygadget381]

Humblebums with the comedian Billy Connolly

[@markproffitt4935]

Another great reaction to a great song. Gerry Rafferty had such a smooth, calming, mellow voice. One of my all time favorites of his is "Right Down The Line".

[@stevemurrell6167]

Must be one of the most famous sax riffs in music history.....and a big reason this song was a massive global hit and put Rafferty on the music map. Great song.....I went straight out and bought the album.....so did so many others! A sad footnote....Gerry could not 'give up the booze' and it eventually took him way too early. RIP.

[@alisonanthony1228]

That's the great Raf Ravenscroft on the sax. Another massive talent gone too soon. RIP Raf 🖤

[@Royal_BLT]

🇨🇦 Lived in London during this time ! Yes Baker Street is the same as the fictional address of Sherlock Holmes, but it is also one of the 'gateways' into the 'City of London' ! Sam is spot on, as most go getters in London believed that the future was having a job in the City ! The Promises that this held was for amazing success ! And when this didn't pan out, they talked about getting away from the City ! Long days of pressure, followed by long nights of drinking to forget ! This song said a lot about working in the City alongside a lot of other souless people ! Gerry captures it all in a great song that will live forever ! LOL

[@lawrenceb5236]

I agree, my all time favorite of his is "Right Down The Line".

[@omegafirelord7469]

One of the greatest sax solos ever, used in many different movies! Every successful song needs a great hook, the instrumentals are the hook for Baker Street!

[@scottlaughlin9897]

Yes this has been used a lot in movies and such. Even the Simpsons. Massive hit.

[@michael7286]

Takes me right back to the 1970s and hearing this great record being played on the pub Jukeboxes along with other great music from that brilliant decade. Love this song - Baker Street. 🇬🇧

[@curiousman1672]

His other big song was "Right Down The Line". Great song.

[@johnnordberg6904]

No one ever thought of using a sax in a rock song. Once this song was released in 1978, everybody loved the sax. Many top 40 songs afterwards had sax solos. It was like a new phenomenon for that era of music. I still have the 45 at home.

[@flerbus]

other rafferty hits worth checking out..."right down the line", "get it right next time", " days gone down"

[@deantitus9734]

You guys should have played the LP version of this song to truly appreciate the musicianship and the musicality of this true masterpiece of a song!!

[@Suzannesmith6335]

Gives me chills everytime I hear this been feeling this forever and I’m 68

[@paulgeary47]

Probably the most popular choice of song played on radio but lots more terrific music on city to city album

[@tinamakaneole]

Huge radio hit.❤

[@gailjohnson5950]

This has always been a favorite of mine. When it comes on the radio, it immediately makes me smile, and makes me have to sing along! Love the sax solos in any composition, but this one is timeless. So glad you both enjoyed this. I don't know whether you've gone into any music by Al Stewart, another amazing story teller, but give a listen to "Year of the Cat" or "Time Passages". These and some of his other cuts were produced by the great Alan Parsons, and include elaborate instrumental sections as well as a mesmerizing story. As an "oldie" myself, I always enjoy watching the younger generations discover the songs and performers who set the stage for future artists and remain timeless after 40-50 years.

[@Inglese001]

Year of the Cat is wonderful ! I believe Al Stewart is Scottish, too.

[@chrisbenson6683]

Yes! Great songs!

[@Triton_Secure]

@@Inglese001 yes... were there ANY actual ENGLISH around at that time? (hint: tongue firmly in cheek!)

[@mjwaldrep]

This is a classic. You should check out his other solo hit Right Down the Line!

[@Brian-om2hh]

His "other" solo hit? Gerry Rafferty had quite a few solo hits.......

[@markrich7171]

Jerry Rafferty is one of the most underrated singer/songwriters of all time

[@Brian-om2hh]

Gerry with a G......

[@oldmanghost219]

Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street!!! Great Song Great Sax !!! One of my all time favorites.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

all time classic! Great sax & guitar solos! ♥

[@jackhargrove4275]

You will Love This , Truly Enjoy !💗💯👌

[@FrancisMaxino]

One of the most played songs on radio stations that play hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, how could they not have heard this immortal classic before?!

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Upon release, I picked up the cassette and played it SO MUCH. while driving. Nobody knew who he was, but I did. Great memories.

[@georgesafford8663]

My favorite of his.

[@chuckwhite3176]

You know who Gerry Rafferty is now! Great song.

[@EmisEkim]

Billy Connolly the Scottish stand up comedian was also a member of the Humblebums with Gerry Rafferty

[@rthompson938]

Never get tired of listening to this track.

[@lv2465]

Baker Street is probably one of the greatest songs ever produced. It's flawless production makes this song rock from 40+ year's ago up to 2024 and beyond. Night Owl and Get it Right Next time are also well worth listening to. I salute the late Gerry Rafferty and the musicians and producer's behind the tracks.

[@mikedytham9996]

Still listen to his albums - it's just fine music. Really, really good. It's aged like a good wine.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@mikedytham9996 100% agree. I bought most of them....

[@todvball]

This past summer..., August of 2023, I attended a Cincy Reds game one Friday and there was an unknown band... for post game. The Reds had won in 9th.... 1-0, and the crowd was crazy...but how could the post game "cover band" top it off?!? Well they did... with the song Baker Street. Incredible saxaphone player..nailed it!!!!! I want to say the band was "Yacht Rock" .... Great night in Cincy .

[@RalphWigg1]

Every year, the whole town of Paisley in Scotland, Gerry's birthplace, get together to perform this song!

[@shelleyjackson8793]

I always get goosebumps from the guitar riff. I prefer it to the sax and that is iconic. Everything about this song makes you ‘feel’.

[@corringhamdepot4434]

It's difficult to imagine how huge Brit Pop was in the 70s/80s, unless you were there.

[@kevinhennessy1615]

This Song Is a Masterpiece From Gerry Rafferty

[@Brian-om2hh]

Quite a few of his albums merit the word masterpiece too.....

[@DavidSingerSongwtr]

Right Down The Line is another great song by him. He is from Scotland.

[@dannywachowski5880]

That's an all time classic here in the UK - you can't give it a genre label and that doesn't matter. It's a song that just sounds so good in many ways. I think it's a great example of music dynamics that goes through light and shade

[@winstonsmith7095]

I've been listening to this track for more than 40 years since it was released, and it's an all time classic that never gets old. Quality always lasts.

[@user-wy4sj7dr8z]

Y'all are great, Phil lucky man a raven haired beauty & you know some music!😮

[@bretttodd6470]

Right Down the Line by Rafferty is a must listen. I can't hear his song Stuck in the Middle With You without seeing a cop get his ear cut off in the movie Resevoir Dogs. It happens every time I hear it. Thanks Quentin Terantino.

[@BigTimeRushFan2112]

Look up his first band called Stealers Wheel, you'll know the one hit song they had called "Stuck in the Middle". Maybe do a review on that one eventually?

[@tonybennett4159]

It wasn't his first band as The Humblebums was a folkie group with Rafferty and Billy Connelly and others way back.

[@Brian-om2hh]

@@tonybennett4159 Until Gerry noticed the music tracks were getting shorter, and the jokes were getting longer....(Gerry's words)

[@DanielElliott-ui4qf]

Right down the line is another good one by him,

[@TheEricthefruitbat]

The sax solo in Baker Street is THE sax solo. Baker Street is just a great piece of music; probably top 10 all-time for me.

[@jorgennilsson4168]

Omg, we played this song over and over on the jukebox at the pool hall I used to hang out in at my early teens back in the 70-s!

[@togs0762]

Paisley's finest....RIP Gerry

[@graymouser6599]

I remember slow dancing to this song at middle school dances. Good memories!

[@user-lt2nd2pv5o]

Each time i hear this reminds me of my teen years and high school, that time of my life. Im 62 now so you can imagine. For me it sounds like a pop folk music

[@davidboivin7996]

Right Down The Line and Get It Right Next Time are a couple more favs.

[@billyboy4774]

VERY UNIQUE SONG WHEN IT CAME OUT. SO DIFFERENT FROM THE NORMAL SONGS OF THE TIME. SMOOTH SAXOPHONE SO SEXY SOUNDING. LOTS OF LAYERS OF INSTUMENTS. LOVED IT. BILLY BOY

[@EclecticInstinct]

Great reaction. You may have reacted to this recommendation before, but another Scottish artist I would humbly suggest is Al Stewart - "The Year Of The Cat".

[@geoffmorgan2794]

Still have The "Cassette" of this Album I brought back in 78!!!

[@lesgrice4419]

Ita song about one of many young girls who leave home and think the streets of London, Baker St. are paved with gold, she meets a guy but he has dreams that he'll never fulfill and the reality of life in the city finally hits home and she leaves him to go home, its a sad song, Rafferty was a beautiful songwriter, exquisite songs, sadly his life was both lifted and brought down by alcohol, but his contribution to songwriting is immense, quality muscianship too, Baker Street is where Madame Tussauds is, Regents Park, all humanity seems to be there......

[@keithewright]

Oh and he was also in a band called Stealers Wheel. "Stuck in the Middle With You" was their big hit (yes the song from Resevoir Dogs)

[@timcastle1844]

Another of the greatest songs because it never gets tired and is instantly recognised after the first hearing.

[@FionaEm]

This is my favourite track of all time ❤ Every element of the music is sheer class and sophistication, set against simple yet evocative lyrics. I was just a kid when this came out, but I've never tired of it. Check out other tracks from Gerry Rafferty's album Baker Street or his next album Night Owl, like Home and Dry, Waiting for the Day, Royal Mile, and Get it Right Next Time. Sheer genius 😊

[@jamesmorgan4121]

The best cruising in a car song ever written.

[@Ghengiskhansmum]

I remember being in Amsterdam 1979. Some lovely weather while Baker street and Sultans of swing (dire straits) could be heard booming out of cafes and bars everywhere.

[@jimreid4367]

@BARS & BARBELLS , Before Stealers Wheel Gerry Rafferty used to work alongside his best friend comedian Billy Connolly in the Clyde Shipyards in Glasgow as welders . They both formed a folk music band called the Humblebums . Eventually they went their seperate ways Gerry formed Stealers Wheel and as well as his solo career . Billy Connolly went on to become a comedian and he also had some chart success with a few songs of his own .

[@michaelgoldberg7127]

The most underrated artist of our time He had MANY great songs-Get It Right Next Time, The Royal Mile, Right Down The Line, Whatever's Written In Your Heart, Night Owl(my fav), Don't Speak Of My Heart, Home & Dry, The Light Of Love(most beautiful). After he passed, Scotland dedicated a highway in his name-Gerry Rafferty Boulevard. He ranks with William Wallace as 2 of Scotland's hero's!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😀😀😀

[@raycardy4843]

Don't forget Billy Connolly..!! He was in Gerry's earlier group, The Humblebums! He would be another great comedian for you to react to!

[@AzulinhoAzulinho]

It's called Gerry Rafferty Drive and it's in my hometown of Paisley. It's not a highway, just a humble residential street in the same area where Gerry grew up.

[@michaelgoldberg7127]

Feel better now??????@@AzulinhoAzulinho

[@AzulinhoAzulinho]

@@michaelgoldberg7127 lots of question marks, as if you're upset. It's just a FYI, I can literally walk to that street in 15 minutes from where I sit. I just let you know the facts.

[@michaelgoldberg7127]

No Biggie! There are MANY people that LOVE to correct and make others wrong. Me, I just let people have the space to say what they may say without judgement or opinion. I don't feel the need to correct them. BTW, I LOVE Gerry and am sad he is not here to thrill us more with his wonderful songs. To me, he should be in the HOF.@@AzulinhoAzulinho

[@user-ky5kv6sl2p]

Great song from a great Scott's man gerry from Paisley outside Glasgow Scotland

[@christopherstone2691]

That sax riff was written originally for guitar by Rafferty. The guitarist was late for the session so it was adapted to the sax.

[@maureencollins5177]

Gerry was also in a group called Stealers Wheel that had a big hit called "Stuck in the MIddle With You". Other great solo songs include "Get it Right Next Time" and "Right Down the Line".

[@bradconrad936]

Pure ear candy..takes me back to being 15 yr old in the summer of 1978. Pool Parties and great tumes. One of my all time favorite songs.

[@francispower1418]

The lovely, tortured Gerry Rafferty was in two notable bands prior to his solo career. The Humblebums (with comic Billy Connelly) and Steeler’s Wheel, who had a major hit with ‘Stuck in the middle with you’. When this song was released it kind of came out of radio speakers all over the UK like a ballistic missile. There are something like seven personnel on the recording, including a large percussion section which keeps it rhythmically intense without getting overbearing, and of course the legendary sax solo. The saxophonist had his alto sax in his car when he went to the session, although the intention was for him to use his standard instrument. The way I heard it he swapped them out during the session and they got this take. One of the great songs. RIP Gerry. Wish you hadn’t drunk yourself to death.

[@golfbn]

The Humblebums was his first band and it also included comedian Billy Connolly. Then he was in a more well known group called Stealers Wheel.

[@psilvers100]

Classic! I love this song!

[@Shortstring5]

A very very very popular song when it was released. It's a song you never forget if you heard it once. Very distinctive sax riff. Just the sax is all you need to hear to jog your memory.

[@michaelbarnes4403]

when this song came out I was in Il. in the military, you could walk through the dorm and find this song coming from at least 3 rooms.... thanks for the vid...