Subj : Gerry Rafferty
To   : ACMEBBS
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun May 15 2022 11:56 am

 O> ** On Sunday 15.05.22 - 01:56, ACMEBBS wrote to All:

 A>> Am I the only one left who has always enjoyed his music?
 A>> Seems like when I play it on my bluetooth speaker after the
 A>> store closes while working...people don't remember him or
 A>> his music. Working with a lot of people in their 20-
 A>> 30's...they have no idea of who he was.

 O> Great talent. There is a video of him singing one of his songs
 O> that he wrote coming out of some major life-struggle/surgery or
 O> something.  Amazing art of poetry in that one.  I'll audition
 O> my collection and report back on which one it is. It's
 O> impressive because the studio recording is the SAME "live"
 O> perfect performance in the video.

Found it:

 https://youtu.be/I8UHCqvuUqY

 Whatever's Written In Your Heart (Official Video)

 A tear-jerker for me.


 O> I also note that his vocal "sound" is quite unique and
 O> fascinating. It's like he found the magic formula for the
 O> chord-combo for his voice and sticks to it for most of the
 O> tunes.

From what I remember, he struggled with alcohol and some  
personal demons leading to depression.  Dead at 63 - from liver  
failure and complications from that.

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