{"id":23198,"date":"2011-01-08T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2011-01-08T18:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/?p=23198"},"modified":"2024-05-16T11:27:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T18:27:21","slug":"who-played-one-of-the-most-famous-saxophone-riffs-in-rock-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/blog\/2011\/who-played-one-of-the-most-famous-saxophone-riffs-in-rock-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Played One Of The Most Famous Saxophone Riffs In Rock History?"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Gerry Rafferty passed away on January 4, the urban legend about who played the haunting sax riff reared its head again. The saxophonist who was given album credits was Raphael Ravenscroft, but somehow in the UK a rumour had circulated for years that well known TV and radio host Bob Holness, was the musician who played the famous sax lines.  <\/p>\n

According to the BBC<\/a>, the exact source of the urban legend is not known. However, even Ravenscroft himself has taken credit for coming up with the idea.<\/p>\n

In an interview he gave the BBC, Ravenscroft said:<\/p>\n

I made that up because I used to be asked 20 or 30 times if I was the person who did it, so to a foreign journalist I said it was Bob Holness, because I had been working with him on a Robinson’s advert. It was just a bit of fun.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC News Magazine<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Urban legend notwithstanding, it was indeed Scottish musician Raphael Ravenscroft who played the riff\u2014that is arguably the most famous saxophone line in rock history.<\/p>\n