#raphael ravenscroft

[brummie-man-interests]

Raphael Ravenscroft was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone on Gerry Rafferty's song "Baker Street"

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There are some second albums that turned their musicians into these figures we still know now, but was that really a good thing then? To give you an example – Gerry Rafferty became popular with his second album, though the latter sadly ruined him on the long run. Sure, he did have a career thanks to City To City, but ask anyone, if there's any other song by him besides the piece on the link they recall? You see, he had many great ones, yet I must admit I get well why that one resonated. While the tune does sound highly melancholic, one also notices a strong resilience of the protagonist thanks to the instrumental choices. He wishes to tell us that the things are quite bad at the moment, though he will survive and he will soar above them.

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♫ Baker Street ♫ (Redux)

I’ve played this one a few times, first in 2018 and most recently in March 2023.  It’s one most of you enjoyed, and tonight I am dead tired, so … I hope you’ll enjoy it one more time!  Last time I played this, a couple of my UK readers said they could not get the video, so I’ve changed the link and hope this one works for everyone! Baker Street is a song written and recorded by Scottish…

♫ Baker Street ♫ (Redux)

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♫ Baker Street ♫ (Redux)

This is a redux, but with a bit of additional information that I either didn’t have or was too lazy to include the first time I played it! Baker Street is a song written and recorded by Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. According to SongFacts … The song was the Scottish singer’s first release after the resolution of legal problems surrounding the acrimonious breakup of his band Stealers…

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[deez-nut-free-zone]

hearing the parts of this song with the sax cured my coronavirus

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♫ Baker Street ♫ (Redux)

♫ Baker Street ♫ (Redux)

I didn’t intend a redux tonight … there is enough beautiful music in this world that I should be able to come up with a new one every night and never run dry.  However, our friend Annie mentioned this one in a comment on another song this evening, and she included a link, which of course I listened to.  And then, I just had to play the song again tonight!  I do love this one, and hope you do…

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♫ Baker Street ♫

♫ Baker Street ♫

I might have skipped the song tonight and just gone to bed, for I haven’t felt well today and was tired.  But a recent conversation with our friend David left me with an earworm that just wouldn’t go away!  It is an old favourite, but one I hadn’t heard or thought about in years.  So, when it got stuck in my head tonight, I was excited at the thought of sharing it with you, my friends, and I hope…

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[heralde8]

Best ‘70s sax song EVER! Thank you, Raphael Ravenscroft!