Article 14: Baker Street singer Gerry Rafferty dies at age of 63

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12115604 

Summary

Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, born in Paisley, has died at the age of 63 because of a long illness. He began with a musical career, but he especially became famous from his songs Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle with You (those were hits in the 70s). He recorded this songs with his band Stealers Wheel. Gerry Rafferty had a big drink problem and got a liver failure because of the alcohol. After all he died peacefully at home with his daughter at his bedside. People said Rafferty never enjoyed the fame he got, he hated it. Gambaccini (a BBC Radio 2 presenter) said: "He just wasn't of the constitution to deal with the music business, or to respect it. And thus he found fame and artistic success incompatible, and he became a wanderer, a lonely man, allegedly a drinker. And now we have this unhappy end."

Response

Baker Street is my favorite song from Gerry Rafferty. My father always played that song in the car on the way to France or Italy in the summer holidays. I think everyone knows the songs written by Gerry Raffery. He is a very good singer-songwriter and a big quality of him is to translate his feelings with his songs to other people. Rafferty always wrote songs with a lot of emotions in it. It’s very ironic he wanted to become famous by starting a musical career, but he hated the fame though anyway. I wasn’t a big fan of him, I still like his music though, but of course I feel sorry about his death.