Rock n Roll News: Baker Street Sax Player Raphael Ravenscroft Passes Away! Raphael Ravenscroft, the man responsible for the recognizable saxophone solo in the 1978 Gerry Rafferty hit Baker Street, died on Sunday at the age of 60. Western Morning News reports that the musician is believed to have suffered a heart attack and passed away at a hospital near his home in Exeter, U.K. According to BBC News, Ravenscroft is said to have been paid for his work on Baker Street with a 27-pound check, which bounced, while the late Rafferty is said to have made 80,000 pounds a year in royalties from the tune. The tune peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Ravenscroft went on to contribute his sax talents to a wide variety of artists, including Marvin Gaye, Robert Plant, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Tyler and America. In a BBC interview in 2011, Raphael said he got irritated when he heard Baker Street because he thought that the song was out of tune. After Rafferty died in January of that year, Ravenscroft teamed up with the Grammy-winning vocal group Tenebrae to record a tribute to the musician called Forgiveness. Ravenscrofts daughter, Scarlett Raven, said of her dad, He touched your soul and made you want to better yourself. I think he was very proud of Baker Street and that it made people feel good. youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UPsQV-5HrAQ
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 10:03:11 +0000
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