Al Stewart on Living On Music

A Scottish-born singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, AL STEWART developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history. Stewart has released 16 studio and three live albums since his debut record "Bedsitter Images" in 1967, and is best known for his 1976 hit single "Year of the Cat" from the platinum album of the same name. Stewart appears throughout the musical history of the folk revivalist era, he also played at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970, knew Yoko Ono before she met John Lennon, shared a London flat with a young Paul Simon (who was collaborating with Bruce Woodley of The Seekers), and hosted at the Les Cousins folk club in London in the 1960s. Stewart has worked with Peter White, Alan Parsons, Jimmy Page, Richard Thompson, Rick Wakeman, Francis Monkman, Tori Amos, and Tim Renwick, and more recently has played with Dave Nachmanoff and former Wings lead-guitarist Laurence Juber. Al continues to tour extensively around the U.S. and Europe.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/living-on-music-with-steve-houk--5376946/support.