Night Owl (Gerry Rafferty song) at its peak after the success of his single "Baker Street" and album "City to City" a year earlier. In the US, "Days Gone Down" was used as the lead single from "Night Owl" instead. The B-side on the original "Night Owl" single was the fourth track from the same album, "Why Won't You Talk To Me". Night Owl (Gerry Rafferty song) "Night Owl" is a song by Gerry Rafferty. It is the second track on his 1979 album of the same name. It features a Lyricon solo played by "Baker Street" saxophonist Raphael Ravenscroft. The song made the top
Gerry Rafferty consummate songwriter, blessed with sensitivity and an enviable melodic flair that at its best recalled Paul McCartney." Other entertainers also paid tribute to Rafferty, with comedian and ex-bandmate Billy Connolly calling him "a hugely talented songwriter and singer who will be greatly missed" and musician Tom Robinson saying, "His early work with Stealers Wheel was an inspiration to a whole generation of songwriters in the 70s, including me." Speaking after the funeral, Charlie Reid of The Proclaimers said: "I think Gerry Rafferty was one of the few people who really successfully straddled the worlds of both folk and popular music.