Stealers Wheel
UK
Formed: 1972
Died: 01 January 1975
Years Active: 70
Genres: Pop/Rock, Country, Folk
Styles: Soft Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Pop/Rock, AM Pop, Early Pop/Rock, Psychedelic, Psychedelic/Garage, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Folk-Rock, Folk-Rock
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Although remembered today primarily for one or two songs, Stealers Wheel in its own time bid fair to become Britain's answer to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Only the chronic instability of their lineup stood in their way after a promising start. Gerry Rafferty (b. Paisley, Scotland, Apr. 16, 1946) and Joe Egan (b. 1946) had first met at school in Paisley when they were teenagers. Rafferty had seen three years of success as a member of the Humblebums before they split up, and he'd started a solo recording career that was still-born with the com...
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