The Gonzo Daily: Barbara Dickson sings for her folk hero

The voice: Barbara Dickson

BARBARA DICKSON has had hits with ‘I Know Him So Well’ and ‘January February,’ and found fame on the stage and screen in Blood Brothers and Band of Gold.

But the folk music scene has always been her first love.

So it is perhaps no surprise that Barbara is to pay tribute to one of her folk heroes when she performs in Warrington.

Barbara, now 65, will be playing songs by Gerry Rafferty as part of the album she has made in his memory, To Each and Everyone.

Singer-songwriter Gerry, who also wrote Stuck in the Middle with You with the band Stealers Wheel, died in 2011.

Barbara said: “It’s been a lovely thing to do but it’s been tinged with sadness because the reason I’m doing it is that Gerry isn’t here to do the songs himself.

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