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 earned a positive review from critic Karl Dallas, who noted that all three acts showed "promise rather than fulfilment", and observed that "Gerry Rafferty's songs have the sweet tenderness of Paul McCartney in his 'Yesterday' mood". In his own stand-up shows, Connolly has often recalled this period, telling how Rafferty made him laugh and describing the crazy things they did while on tour. Once Rafferty decided to look in the Berlin telephone directory to see if any Hitlers were listed. After the duo separated in 1971, Transatlantic owner Nathan Joseph signed Rafferty as a solo performer. Rafferty recorded his first