On a Wing and a Prayer
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On a Wing and a Prayer is the seventh studio album by Gerry Rafferty
. He asked his friend Joe Egan to collaborate on some of the album's songs, some of which were new renditions of Stealers Wheel
-era songs.
Gerry Rafferty
Gerald "Gerry" Rafferty was a Scottish singer songwriter best known for his solo hits "Baker Street", "Right Down the Line", "Days Gone Down", "Night Owl", "Get It Right Next Time", and with the band Stealers Wheel, "Stuck in the Middle with You". Rafferty was born into a working-class family in...
. He asked his friend Joe Egan to collaborate on some of the album's songs, some of which were new renditions of Stealers Wheel
Stealers Wheel
Stealers Wheel are a Scottish folk rock/rock band formed in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty.The band broke up in 1975 and re-formed without Egan and Rafferty in 2008.-Biography:...
-era songs.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Gerry Rafferty; except where indicated- "Time's Caught Up on You"
- "I See Red" (Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
- "It's Easy to Talk"
- "I Could Be Wrong"
- "Don't Speak of My Heart" (Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
- "Get Out Of My Life Woman"
- "Don't Give Up on Me"
- "Hang On"
- "Love and Affection"
- "Does He Know What He's Taken On"
- "The Light of Love" (Rafferty, Jim Rafferty)
- "Life Goes On"
Personnel
- Gerry Rafferty - guitar, vocals
- Hugh Burns - guitar
- Arran Ahmun - percussion
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- guitar - Pavel Rosak - keyboards, drum programming
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- bass - Joe Egan - background vocals
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- string conductor - Melanie Harrold - background vocals
- Andrew Jackman - cor Anglais
- Jim Rafferty - background vocals
- Lianne Carroll - background vocals
- Julian Littman - background vocals
- B.J. Cole - steel guitar
- Nicky Moore - background vocals
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- guitar