Over My Head (album)
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Over My Head is the eighth studio album by Gerry Rafferty
, released in 1994. It is the follow-up to his album On a Wing and a Prayer
and features many of the same musicians. The album includes songwriting contributions from Joe Egan and a John Lennon
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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...
, released in 1994. It is the follow-up to his album On a Wing and a Prayer
On a Wing and a Prayer
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.- Track listing :...
and features many of the same musicians. The album includes songwriting contributions from Joe Egan and a John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
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Track listing
All songs by Gerry Rafferty except where noted:Personnel
- Gerry Rafferty - guitar, vocals
- Arran Ahmun - percussion
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- guitar, mandolin, harpolek, National guitar - Pavel Rosak - piano, keyboards, drum programming, bass, harmonica, brass, marimba
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- bass - Ian Lynn - string conductor, keyboards, synth pad
- Julian Dawson - harmonica
- Lianne Carroll - background vocals
- Nicky Moore - background vocals
- Brad Dawson - shaker