Stealers Wheel

Stealers Wheel
Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty in 1973
Background information
Origin	Paisley, Scotland
Genres	Pop rock, folk rock, soft rock, pub rock
Years active	1972–1975, 2008
Labels	A&M
Past members	Joe Egan Gerry Rafferty Rod Coombes Paul Pilnick Tony Williams Luther Grosvenor DeLisle Harper Tony Mitchell

Stealers Wheel was a Scottish folk rock/rock band formed in Paisley, Scotland, in 1972 by former school friends Joe Egan and Gerry Rafferty. Their most well-known hit is "Stuck in the Middle with You".

The band broke up in 1975 and re-formed briefly in 2008.

Egan and Rafferty first met when they were teenagers in Paisley and they became the core of Stealers Wheel. They were initially joined by Roger Brown, Rab Noakes and Ian Campbell in 1972. However, that line-up only lasted a few months and by the time the band was signed to A&M Records later that same year, Brown, Noakes and Campbell had been replaced by Paul Pilnick, Tony Williams and Rod Coombes.

The original line-up recorded their self-titled debut album Stealers Wheel (October 1972), which was produced by the influential American songwriters and producers Leiber & Stoller, and was a critical and commercial success, reaching No. 50 in the US Billboard 200 album chart, with their hit single "Stuck in the Middle with You" coming from the album. On 7 November 1972 the band appeared on BBC 2's The Old Grey Whistle Test, performing "I Get By" and "Late Again".

By the time the first album was released, Rafferty had left the band, and Luther Grosvenor filled in for him on tour. Tony Williams also left the band shortly afterwards, and DeLisle Harper joined on bass for the tour.