Gerry Rafferty, former Stealer’s Wheel frontman and most remembered for the saxophone-tastic ‘Baker Street’ has died aged 63.

Born in Paisley, he played in the Humblebums with Billy Connelly, before joining Stealer’s Wheel and then becoming a solo arist. ‘Baker Street’ became an AOR classic, and the rumour -started as a joke by Stuart Maconie that the saxophone solo had been played by Bob Holness stuck around for many years. In the 1990s, the use of Stealer’s Wheel’s ‘Stuck In the Middle Of You’ in Reservoir Dogs continued to keep Rafferty in songwriting royalties.

He had been ill for a number of years, but according to reports passed away peacefully.

In your honour, Mr. Rafferty: