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jj · 03-15-2007, 03:39 PM

big early Rafferty fan here...occasionally play the Humblebums (pre Steeler's Wheel) CD comp which many should enjoy ...always sounded to me like he sounds like could have been 5th Beatle (same opinion I have re Jeff Lynne), better actually, lol

somewhere you must be able to check out free samplers of:
I Can't Stop Now
Mary Skeffington
Steamboat Row
Can I Have My Money Back
Didn't I (later rerecorded on Snakes & Ladders)
+ many more fun tunes re drinking or commonly anti-music-biz themed

fave later stuff include:
Whatever's Written In Your Heart & Island (if you like the sax work in Baker's Street then this tune may also appeal, not to mention the melody and vox)

doubt you'll hear of him agreeing to rise like the phoenix again and appear on Soundstage (ala Frampton, etc) or do any Casino Rama stint, lol

then again, Cat stevens re-surfaced from his spider hole, anything's possible

thanks for topic start, what a great voice and neat melody writing with some interesting chord progressions (some I'm still trying to decipher 30+ years later, lol)

03-15-2007, 03:39 PM	#12
jj Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: ontario, canada Posts: 5,265	big early Rafferty fan here...occasionally play the Humblebums (pre Steeler's Wheel) CD comp which many should enjoy ...always sounded to me like he sounds like could have been 5th Beatle (same opinion I have re Jeff Lynne), better actually, lol somewhere you must be able to check out free samplers of: I Can't Stop Now Mary Skeffington Steamboat Row Can I Have My Money Back Didn't I (later rerecorded on Snakes & Ladders) + many more fun tunes re drinking or commonly anti-music-biz themed fave later stuff include: Whatever's Written In Your Heart & Island (if you like the sax work in Baker's Street then this tune may also appeal, not to mention the melody and vox) doubt you'll hear of him agreeing to rise like the phoenix again and appear on Soundstage (ala Frampton, etc) or do any Casino Rama stint, lol then again, Cat stevens re-surfaced from his spider hole, anything's possible thanks for topic start, what a great voice and neat melody writing with some interesting chord progressions (some I'm still trying to decipher 30+ years later, lol)