Global InformationAl Stewart information
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 Stewart performing at McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica, California, on 13 February 2010 | |
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| Birth name | Alastair Ian Stewart |
| Born | 5 September 1945 Greenock, Scotland |
| Origin | Wimborne, England |
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| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
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| Years active | 1966–present |
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| Website | alstewart |
Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September 1945) is a Scottish-born[1][2] singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with tales of characters and events from history.[3]
Stewart is best known for his 1976 hit single "Year of the Cat", from the platinum album of the same name. Though Year of the Cat and its 1978 platinum follow-up Time Passages brought Stewart his biggest worldwide commercial successes, earlier albums such as Past, Present and Future from 1973 are often seen as better examples of his intimate brand of historical folk-rock, a style to which he returned in later albums.[4]
Stewart appears throughout the musical history of the folk revivalist era. He 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.[5]
Stewart has released 16 studio and three live albums since his debut album Bed-Sitter Images in 1967, and continues to tour extensively in the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK. His most recent release, Uncorked, was released on Stewart's independent label, Wallaby Trails Recordings, in 2009.[6]
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.
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- ^ Brocken, Michael (2003). The British Folk Revival, 1944–2002. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-7546-3282-5. OCLC 51389150.
- ^ Brown, Joe (18 February 2009). "Al Stewart: Heady concert to engage history in singer's lyrics". Las Vegas Sun. Las Vegas. Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 19 February 2009.
...Stewart says on the phone from his home in Los Angeles.
- ^ Burgess, Kaya (12 May 2009). "Al Stewart, the return of the cat". The Times. London. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ^ "Appleseedrec.com". Appleseedrec.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2013.