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Joe Egan, ‘Stuck in the Middle With You’ Co-Writer in Stealers Wheel, Dead at 77

Joe Egan, who co-founded Stealers Wheel and wrote 'Stuck in the Middle With You' with Gerry Rafferty, has died at the age of 77.

Joe Egan, the Scottish singer-songwriter who co-founded Stealers Wheel with Gerry Rafferty and co-wrote their 1973 hit “Stuck in the Middle With You,” died Saturday, July 6. “Very sad news that the other half of Stealers Wheel, Joe Egan, passed away peacefully yesterday afternoon with his nearest and dearest around him,” Martha wrote. Both Egan and Rafferty grew up in Paisley, Scotland, an industrial city outside of Glasgow, and even attended the same schools before they started playing in bands together when they were teenagers.

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