Artist Info: Stealers Wheel

Stealers Wheel was a British folk-rock band formed in Paisley, Scotland, in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan (1944-2024) and Gerry Rafferty (1947 - 2011). In the early 1970s, the band was considered to be the British version of American folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

The duo was initially joined by Roger Brown, Rab Noakes and Ian Campbell in 1972. However, that line-up only lasted a few months and by the time the band were signed to A&M Records later that same year [read more...]