Baker Street (live acoustic Gerry Rafferty cover) - Mike Masse feat. Bryce Bloom and Range Ensemble

"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty, an acoustic cover by Mike Massé, featuring Bryce Bloom and Range Ensemble, recorded live at Mercury Cafe in Denver, CO, on May 10, 2024.

LINER NOTES:
Mike Massé - vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Bryce Bloom - bass
Tom Yaron - Violin 1
Zachary Carrettin - Violin 2
Stephanie Mientka - Viola
Joseph Howe - Cello

This is my second collaboration with Range Ensemble. We performed an evening of acoustic classic rock music with the quartet, and I hope to post additional highlights from that show in the coming weeks. This show can be produced anywhere in the world, so please contact me if you'd like to arrange a private or public performance.

Thanks to Tom Lopshire for sponsoring the string arrangement.
Thanks to Nathan Mitchell for providing the cinematography.
Thanks to Andrew Elofson at Mercury Cafe for tracking the audio.
I (Mike) did the video edit (along with the audio mixing).
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-Mike
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[johnwalsh]

What’s not to like. Great voice of a classic, and the musicians incredible. Did Gerry Rafferty proud. Thanks for sharing your talents. God Bless

[ji]

Amazing how well the strings mimicked the saxophone.

That just blew me away.

[Jamdugrillen]

Great. Excellent initiative with a string ensemble

[LTOTD]

Mike this is just great - never thought the sax solo could sound so good with the strings but they nailed it

[pierpaoloatzori]

Mike, with your amazing voice everything you touch turns to gold. I love you.

[Axl_Rose_]

God bless these guys!! This sounds really amazing.. Thanks Mike for keeping real music alive! Greetings from Argentina..

[robcarter]

Great work Mike and team. Excellent job capturing the little nuances in the arrangement. Great talent!

[christopherlove]

Lovely version. Mike's voice is wonderful to listen to on this song.

[adm]

Very nice version... the strings are an amazing alternative.

[Therearetoomanyplonkers]

I’m still here and feeling a need to comment again. Absolutely love this Cover. Really love the backing vocals, everything. This is one of those YouTube vids that will be around for a very long time.

[richardhumby]

Brilliant fitting tribute to the great Gerry Raffety.

[toddhowe]

Awesome interpretation of an iconic tune!

[Wishpool]

This is absolutely fantastic!!! It's such a great song and this version is incredible with the strings! 🎻

[robertngreen]

What a great version of the song! Quite inspired to re-imagine in this way 👍❤️

[pmdun]

Such a fantastic performance Mike. You have picked the perfect group of musicians. Bravo!

[robertcox]

Great job! I liked the violin doing the Sax and Guitar solos.

[brehojojordan]

What an amazing arrangement. Great job Mike and band!

[druidswillow]

That was Brilliant Mike, Bryce & Ensemble 🇺🇸✌️🇬🇧👍

[The_Oracle_of_time]

Huge Rafferty fan here...huge. You absolutely smashed that. He'll be looking down smiling listening. 👍

[wynnwesley]

Another one for me to attempt to learn. Great song, well done!!