Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty

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Baker Street: Gerry Rafferty

Amazing Music Facts: This is one for the wrinklies. In the mid 1970s there was a vibrant Welsh music scene in London. The big names, ie the likes of Billy Connolly, Ralph McTell and Gerry Rafferty were great friends as well a competitors.In 1975 Ralph McTell had released "Streets of London" which is about how the streets in London all connect (either at right angles, as a continuation or around corners)---(see below for how the Guiseley Country Band 'Talking Heads refuted this in their classic song about Cul-de-sacs inside the M25, "I am on the Road to Norwich").One day in a Welsh Cafe on Baker Street Billy Connolly was teasing Gerry about Ralphs earnings from the London street & transport songs.Gerry said that he would go one step further, and write about the 'underground streets of London' ie the Underground and how many of these were named about charectars in Sherlock Holmes books. The song 'Baker Street' was a result of that meeting. Listen out for them.
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