Rock Around The World: Gerry Rafferty- Billy Falcon- Article/TITLE><script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-9302529-2']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.920000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 76.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >I_ good as your last album. </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.930000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 52.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >And if there's any truth to the </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >word, then Gerry Rafferty has </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 235.200000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >nothing to fear. </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.950000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 100.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >If his name seems vaguely </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.950000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 86.400000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >familiar to you, if the voice </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 81.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >seems to flag some not-too- </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.920000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 81.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >distant memory, it's because </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 52.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >Gerry saturated the American </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.870000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 120px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >airwaves as the leader of </SPAN></P> </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 0pt none #FFFFFF ; width: 639pt; height: 78.800000pt; top: 503.500000pt; left: 66.500000pt;" > <LAYER top=671.333333px left=88.666667px width=852px height=105.066667px bgcolor=#FFFFFF CLIP=" 0,0,852,105" class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF;" > <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.040000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 38.400000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >Stealer's Wheel. But that was the past. The present is Gerry's first </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 9.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >solo album, City to City. Filled with his distinctive voice and lyrical </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.150000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4.800000px; margin-left: 0px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >songs, Gerry's new record has him back on the air in a very big way. </SPAN></P> </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 0pt none #FFFFFF ; width: 302pt; height: 319.800000pt; top: 582.300000pt; left: 89.050000pt;" > <LAYER top=776.400000px left=118.733333px width=402.666667px height=426.400000px bgcolor=#FFFFFF CLIP=" 0,0,402,426" class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF;" > <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: right; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.090000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 27.632000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >DILLY <SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman;" >FALCON's come out </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.920000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14.400000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >I/ of the basement right into </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 9.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >the limelight. His new album is </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 19.200000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >only his first but it's taking off </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.950000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >like a big step in a major career. </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >Burning Rose is filled with an </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.570000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 100.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >irresistible conviction </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.180000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 369.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" > <SPAN style=" letter-spacing: -3.380000pt;" > </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.130000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 9.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >passionate lyrics set to some of </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.860000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 28.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >the finest rock and roll tracks </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: normal ; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 14.400000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >ever put down. Billy rehearsed </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.930000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 43.200000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >his band in his parents base-<SPAN style=" letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" > </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 0.940000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 28.800000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >ment for two years. And now </SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.140000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 22.132000pt; letter-spacing: -0.380000pt;" >everybody agrees: They're ready. </SPAN></P> </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 0pt none #FFFFFF ; width: 649.650000pt; height: 84.900000pt; top: 902.100000pt; left: 66.500000pt;" > <LAYER top=1202.800000px left=88.666667px width=866.200000px height=113.200000px bgcolor=#FFFFFF CLIP=" 0,0,866,113" class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF;" > <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.260000; margin-top: 2.400000px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 17.430000pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >GERRY RAFFERTY'S <SPAN style=" text-decoration: underline;" >CITY TO CITY </SPAN>AND BILLY FALCON'S <SPAN style=" text-decoration: underline;" >BURNING' ROSE. <BR></SPAN><SPAN style=" letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" >ON UNITED ARTISTS AND MANHATTAN RECORDS AND TAPES. </SPAN></SPAN></P> <P style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; line-height: 1.230000; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 9.600000px; margin-left: 369.600000px;" ><SPAN style="font-family: Garamond,serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15pt; letter-spacing: 0.370000pt;" ><SPAN style=" vertical-align: super;" >L </SPAN><SPAN style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: 22.726000pt;" >pt. </SPAN></SPAN></P> </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 0pt none #FFFFFF ; width: 302.050000pt; height: 263.150000pt; top: 231.850000pt; left: 403.450000pt;" > <LAYER top=309.133333px left=537.933333px width=402.733333px height=350.866667px bgcolor=#FFFFFF CLIP=" 0,0,402,350" class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF;" > <DIV style=" margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 3.400000px; margin-bottom: 4.800000px; margin-left: 0px;" ><CENTER> <IMG src="0431O011_Picture1.jpg" alt="Picture" align="top" height="344" width="399"></CENTER> </DIV> </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF; border: 0pt none #FFFFFF ; width: 302pt; height: 319.800000pt; top: 582.300000pt; left: 403.500000pt;" > <LAYER top=776.400000px left=538px width=402.666667px height=426.400000px bgcolor=#FFFFFF CLIP=" 0,0,402,426" class=Box style=" background-color: #FFFFFF;" > <DIV style=" margin-top: 14.400000px; margin-right: 1.466667px; margin-bottom: 9.600000px; margin-left: 1.533333px;" ><CENTER> <IMG src="0431O011_Picture2.jpg" alt="Picture" align="top" height="399" width="399"></CENTER> </DIV> </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Box style=" border-top: 3.866667px solid #000000 ; width: 635.800000pt; height: 0pt; top: 580.800000pt; left: 68.150000pt;" > <LAYER top=774.400000px left=90.866667px width=847.733333px height=0px CLIP=" 0,0,847,0" class=Box style="" > </LAYER> </DIV> <DIV class=Boxlistheight style=" width: 1040.666667px; height: 1445.400000px; top: 21.866667px;" > </DIV> </ILAYER> </DIV> <HR NOSHADE size=3 align=center><CENTER> <TABLE width="80%"> <TR> <TD align="left" ></TD> <TD align="right" ></TD></TR></TABLE></CENTER> </BODY></HTML>