Talk:Stealers Wheel

CSNY

Why does Stealers Wheel consider themselves as a British version of CSNY when one of the members, Nash, is British? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.194.151.195 (talk) 18:41, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Tony Williams

Someone just altered Tony Williams' birthplace and the month of his birth. I've reverted because he seems to have been Blackpool born and bred and he still lives there, and external sources seem to give the March 19 date that we had. --Tony Sidaway 18:24, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Misspelling

This band is often misspelled "Steelers Wheel" (cf. Vanity Fare as ...Fair like the magazine). Is this important enough to be put into the article? Regarding the amounts of misspellings in the media and elsewhere, this should really be appropriate in this case. -andy 92.229.67.75 (talk) 21:43, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

what exactly is the name a reference to? is there a legitimate "steelers wheel" that they were playing off of, a la beetle/beatle?

would expect a note or two in an article like this about the band name. 66.105.218.20 (talk) 04:14, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

"Faded Away/hardly known"

While that's sort of true I don't really agree with the implied suggestion that the Tarantino movie was responsible for pulling them back from obscurity- The reason being Stuck in the Middle" always had perennial airplay on radio stations as a sort of "one hit wonder" type standard. The band may have faded from popular memory in that time, but at least that song never did. OzoneO (talk) 09:23, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Biography, second paragraph ... what single?

In the third sentence of the second paragraph of the Biography section, it says "the single reached number six in the USA (etc)" but there's no prior mention of any single. Which single is it referring to? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.155.199.199 (talk) 18:57, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Now clarified. Ghmyrtle (talk) 19:42, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Peter Clarke

In responses to a reprinted review of the first album, One Peter Clarke responds that he was the original drummer and helped put the band together. Here's the link:

http://www.superseventies.com/spstealerswheel.html

and the comment was:

"(From Peter Clarke) .... What my lovely Wife mean't to say was that, as the first person the morning of the auditions, I got the gig in about a minute. .... Gerry and Joe were fans of The Escorts, (from our gigs in Glasgow ) .... Bias Boshell (Trees & Kiki Dee) was with me and we had gone to the Audition as a unit. ..... Try as I might I couldn't convice them to give the Bass gig to Bias, and he told me that It was OK with him if I did it solo. ....It was now 11.30 am and it became evident that Gerry and Joe had not put a band together before. ....... I had. ...... I said we should get Paul Pilnic, cos' I'd been in 5 bands with him, .. the last being Jackie Lomax's band at Apple, which I also put together. ..... I called Paul and he was in. ..... Then I suggested Ian Campbell for Bass, ... they both said; "He's Drinking!"..... Which I thought was pretty funny coming from a pair of Scots. ...lol .... I said;"He won't do that if I ask him not to" .... and he didn't, not a drop. ..So that was the Band, and it was a Band ..... It knit instantly. ..... We out giging within a month, .....and then my Wife in Liverpool, had a breakdown and attacked two of our children, trying to kill them. ....A neighbour broke the front door in and saved them. ..... My sister reached me on the road and I left the Band overnight. ...... In retrospect, Paul was right when he said;"You didn't have to do that, you left me alone to face Gerry and Joe, we could have worked something out.".. ... It was yet another occurrance of "Fear of Success" which dogged me for 20 odd yrs before I woke up to it, but by then it was too late to have an effect on my career . ....... I didn't start Stealers Wheel, ..... but I sure as hell put it together and was a contributor to arrangements. .... Just a couple of years later at The Kiki Dee audition, they said;"This next tune has an extra half bar going into the chorus " then proceeded to call "You Put Something Better Inside of Me" ...... Which was MY arrangement. .....lol."

Left and Right

I think Jerry Rafferty is on the left of the picture, in spectacles and beard. Can someone check? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.211.148 (talk) 11:42, 12 November 2017 (UTC)

Anyone interested in looking further into this and possibly editing the Wiki entry to reflect it?

McKnigs — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mcknigs (talk • contribs) 15:39, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Mislabeled photo

The names are mixed up. Clearly, Gerry Rafferty is the musician to the left. 2601:205:4400:8AA0:5185:D16F:7F50:5CC2 (talk) 14:12, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Singles releases

The list of singles being released knows omissions.

As stated in the article, two singles were released already in 1972 prior to "Stuck etc." One of these two, "Late Again", got re-released in 1973 in the Netherlands and became their only Top Ten hit record.

After "Star" multiple singles were released

In 1978, "Stuck etc." and "Late Again" were re-released and did chart again in the Netherlands.

All releases are listed on Discogs.

And yes, Gerry is on the left on the photo. 109.37.148.4 (talk) 14:03, 26 August 2023 (UTC)

Beards

Both Egan & Rafferty had beards, but not always, & not always at the same time. Amusing to see people confused by images of a clean shaven Rafferty! Gwladys24 (talk) 15:02, 21 January 2024 (UTC)