Joseph Egan (October 18, 1946 – July 6, 2024) was a Scottish singer-songwriter. He was one of the two key members of Stealers Wheel, and co-writer of their hit song “Stuck in the Middle with You”. Joe Egan died on 6 July 2024 at the age of 77.
Egan was born into an Irish Catholic family in Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Along with former St Mirin’s Academy schoolmate Gerry Rafferty, he played in various smaller British bands, such as The Sensors and The Maverix, and worked as a session musician.
In 1972, Egan and Rafferty founded the folk/rock band Stealers Wheel. After two unsuccessful singles, their song “Stuck in the Middle With You”, co-written by the two became a hit in 1973, and reached the Top Ten of both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, the band had a few smaller successes, among others, with the Egan-penned song “Star”, but stagnating sales figures and artistic differences finally led to the band’s break-up in 1975.
Egan recorded a solo debut album, Out of Nowhere, in 1979. A song from the album, “Back On The Road Again”, became a turntable hit on British radio. 1981 saw the release of his second album, Map, which was not a critical or commercial success, and subsequently no singles were released in support of it. He contributed backing vocals to Rafferty’s 1992 album On a Wing and a Prayer. Egan left the music business in the 1990s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Egan_(musician)
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OTHER NOTABLE MUSICIANS’ DEATHS
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July 2024
9: Joe Bonsall, 76, American Hall of Fame singer (The Oak Ridge Boys), complications from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
8: Adrián Olivares, 48, Mexican singer (Menudo); Pavol Zelenay, 96, Slovak musician, co-founder of Bratislavská lýra.
7: Yola Polastri, 74, Peruvian singer-songwriter and television presenter, heart attack; Jim Rotondi, 61, American jazz trumpeter.
6: Pino D’Angiò, 71, Italian singer (“Ma quale idea”) and songwriter (“The Age of Love”); Joe Egan, 77, Scottish singer (Stealers Wheel) and songwriter (“Stuck in the Middle with You”, “Star”); Edgardo Huertas, 65, Puerto Rican singer, actor and show host; Teodor Zgureanu, 85, Moldovan conductor and composer.
5: Liana Isakadze, 77, Georgian [country] violinist.
3: Mark Germino, 73, American singer-songwriter; Maria Rita Viaggi, 69, Italian television announcer and singer-songwriter, heart attack.
2: Tom Fowler, 73, American bass guitarist and musician (The Mothers of Invention, It’s a Beautiful Day, Air Pocket).
1: Fausto Bordalo Dias, 75, Portuguese composer and singer; Laurie Lindeen, 62, American musician and author, brain aneurysm; Julien Terzics, French musician and anarchist; Nino Vella, 31, French musician; Cliff Waldron, 83, American bluegrass singer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_in_2024
Joe Egan, co-Writer of Stuck in the Middle With You, Passes // Other Notable Musicians’ Deaths
