Listen to DAVID LEE ROTH Update GERRY RAFFERTY’s ‘Baker Street’

14 August 2016

You might have noticed DAVID LEE ROTH‘s version of the ’70s hit 'Baker Street' playing in the background when his offbeat No Holds Bar-B-Que video was finally released recently. Now you can hear the whole thing, offered as part of the latest installment of his online Roth Show series. Check it out below.

Gerry Rafferty, who died in 2011, composed 'Baker Street' around his experiences as a struggling busker in the London Underground. The song, powered along by Raphael Ravenscroft’s signature sax riff, shot to No. 2 in the U.S. in 1978, around the same time VAN HALEN were mounting their first world tour.

The Van Halen News Desk describes Roth’s take on 'Baker Street' as “superb,” calling it a “great choice.” It’s unclear who created the backing track.