Stealers Wheel were a Scottish folk‑rock band formed in 1972 in Paisley, Scotland, by former school friends Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty. Their best‑known hit is “Stuck in the Middle with You”. The band broke up in 1975 and briefly re‑formed in 2008. Egan and Rafferty met as teenagers in Paisley and became the core of Stealers Wheel. The initial 1972 lineup also included Roger Brown (guitar), Rab Noakes (guitar, vocals) and Iain Campbell (bass). By the time the band signed with A&M Records later that year, Brown, Noakes and Campbell had been replaced by Paul Pilnick (lead guitar), Tony Williams (bass) and Rod Coombes (drums). This second lineup recorded the band’s debut album, Stealers Wheel (October 1972), produced by American songwriting and production duo Leiber & Stoller. The album was both a critical and commercial success, reaching No. 50 on the Billboard 200, and featured their hit single “Stuck in the Middle with You”. On 7 November 1972, the band appeared on BBC2’s The Old Grey Whistle Test, performing “I Get By” and “Late Again”. By the time the debut album was released, Rafferty had left the band; Luther Grosvenor filled in for him on tour. Tony Williams also departed shortly afterward, and DeLisle Harper joined on bass for touring duties.
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