Joe Egan (musician)

Joe Egan
Egan (left) in 1973, with Gerry Rafferty
Background information
Birth name	Joseph Egan
Born	(1946-10-18)18 October 1946 Paisley, Scotland
Died	6 July 2024(2024-07-06) (aged 77)
Genres	Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals keyboard acoustic guitar
Years active	1970s–1990s

Joseph Egan (18 October 1946 – 6 July 2024) was a Scottish singer-songwriter. He was one of the two key members of Stealers Wheel, and co-writer of their hit song "Stuck in the Middle with You".

Career

Egan was born into an Irish Catholic family in Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Along with former St Mirin's Academy schoolmate Gerry Rafferty, he played in various smaller British bands, such as The Sensors and The Maverix, and worked as a session musician.

In 1972, Egan and Rafferty founded the folk/rock band Stealers Wheel. After two unsuccessful singles, their song "Stuck in the Middle With You", co-written by the two became a hit in 1973, and reached the Top Ten of both the UK Singles Chart and the US Billboard Hot 100. Subsequently, the band had a few smaller successes, among others, with the Egan-penned song "Star", but stagnating sales figures and artistic differences finally led to the band's break-up in 1975.

Egan recorded a solo debut album, Out of Nowhere, in 1979. 1981 saw the release of his second album, Map, which was not a critical or commercial success, and subsequently no singles were released in support of it. Egan left the music business in the 1990s.

Albums

• 1979: Out of Nowhere
• 1981: Map