| 词条 | Joe Egan (musician) |
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| name = Joe Egan | image = | image_size = | caption = | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Joseph Egan | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1946|10|18}} |birth_place =Paisley, Scotland | death_date = |death_place = | genre = Rock | occupation = Musician, singer-songwriter | instrument = {{flatlist|
}} | years_active = 1970s–90s | label = | associated_acts = Stealers Wheel }} Joseph Egan (born 18 October 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. Early careerEgan 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 Mavericks, and worked as a session musician. Stealers WheelIn 1972, he and Rafferty founded the folk/rock band Stealers Wheel.[1] 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 chart. 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.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} Solo workEgan and Rafferty were contractually obliged not to release any recordings for three years; eventually Egan recorded a solo debut album, Out of Nowhere, in 1979. He registered a minor hit with his first single release "Back on the Road", and that same year released a second single titled "Out Of Nowhere".{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} 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. After this he did not release any new recordings and left the music industry, though he did briefly reunite with Rafferty to perform vocals on some tracks on the latter's 1992 album On a Wing and a Prayer. After the music businessAs of 2005, Egan lived in Renfrewshire and ran a publishing company from home. Discography
My Mama Told Me (Non Album Track) B-side of "Back on the Road" single.
References1. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p20739/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Stealers Wheel|last=Eder|first=Bruce|publisher=AMG|accessdate=18 May 2010}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Egan, Joe}} 8 : 1946 births|Living people|British soft rock musicians|Musicians from Paisley, Renfrewshire|People educated at St Mirin's Academy|Scottish people of Irish descent|Scottish session musicians|Scottish singer-songwriters |
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