Foo Fighters release 29-year-old cover of Gerry Rafferty’s classic Baker Street
Foo Fighters have released a cover of Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street”, recorded 29 years ago. The track brings a previously unreleased recording from the band’s early period to listeners, adding a new piece of context to their history.
The article identifies the song as Rafferty’s classic and dates the Foo Fighters recording to 1997, when the band were in their early years. It gives no further details about how or why the cover has been released now.
In short
- Foo Fighters have released a cover of “Baker Street”.
- The recording dates back 29 years.
- It was made early in the band’s career.
Explained simply
Gerry Rafferty was a Scottish singer and songwriter whose best-known song, “Baker Street”, was released in 1978. Its distinctive saxophone part helped make it a lasting hit.
Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in 1994 by Dave Grohl, after the break-up of Nirvana. A recording of Rafferty’s song from the band’s early years offers another glimpse of their work in that period.