Joe Egan, singer and songwriter who partnered Gerry Rafferty to success in Stealers Wheel – obituary

• Joe Egan, the singer, guitarist and songwriter who has died aged 77, was Gerry Rafferty’s partner in the band Stealers Wheel, who had a global hit in 1973 with Stuck in the Middle with You, which found renewed fame 20 years later when it was used to extraordinary effect by Quentin Tarantino in his feature-film debut Reservoir Dogs.