b. c.1944 Scotland. The former partner of Gerry Rafferty in Stealers
Wheel, Egan recorded two low-key albums after their final
disintegration. Out Of Nowhere contained the charming ‘Back On The Road
Again’, a turntable hit on UK radio.
Both albums were similar in
structure to the three Stealers Wheel collections and demonstrated the
considerable songwriting ability of Egan, who sadly was unable to find
his own ‘Baker Street’. After a number of years of musical inactivity
Egan worked with Rafferty by adding some backing vocals on his 1993
album On A Wing & A Prayer. He also benefited from the use of the
Rafferty/Egan composition ‘Stuck In The Middle With You’ in the film
Reservoir Dogs that same year (allmusic.com)
Wonderful album from a great pop musician and songwriter. Egan and Rafferty were one of the greatest pop songwriter teams from Great Britain of all time but that's just my humble opinion. :-)
Enjoy. (Frank)
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In terms of success, what separates two equally gifted artists sharing the same musical origin, interests and ideas, who worked in a complementary fashion from which the corresponding albums were greatly benefitting ? A short saxophone phrase (for which, by the way, Raf Ravenscroft got an uncovered check for about 20 £), iconical enough to get constant airplay till today while - at the same time - most people only shrug their shoulders when Joe Egan's name is mentioned.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot, Frank, great album...
Thanks, I had never even heard of this. Would be great to get his other album "Map", if anyone has it.
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Deletei can't believe you never heard of Joe Egan. I am sorry but i haven't that album.
All the best,
Frank
I knew of him as part of Stealers Wheel but didn't know he had solo albums.
DeleteThanks for this music, but the link is down. Could you re-up?
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
Better late than never. The Flac link is up again.
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