Gerry Rafferty, Paisley born singer songwriter, has died aged 63.

He was never cool- apart from a brief moment when his song ‘Stuck in the middle with you’ was featured incongruously on the hand picked sound track of Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarrantino.

He hated fame and celebrity- and it turned him into a nomad.

But he made some great music. I remember exactly where I was when I first heard ‘City to City’- with its rich smooth laid back sound, and fine songs. I think it is his best album- things went a bit downhill from there, although I have not heard the recent one.

This Christmas, Michaela bought me a picture frame onto which she has written a list of places and events from our past and into which perfectly fitted this album sleeve-

We have a family tradition of singing in the car- particularly on the way to holiday- and often we sing along to Gerry Rafferty.

And the next time we do this, we will have a little pause, in order to be grateful for the legacy he left.

His most famous song, ‘Baker Street’ (the one with the ear-worm sax solo) was ironically the one in which he wrote about his struggles with fame. Here it is-