Al stewart biography book

Scottish musician (born )

For other people named Al Stewart, see Al Stewart (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Alastair Ian Stewart (born 5 September ) 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 s and s.

He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with tales of characters and events from history.^[3]

Stewart has released 16 studio and four live albums since his debut album Bed-Sitter Images in , and continues to tour extensively in the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK.

He is best known for his hit single "Year of the Cat", from the platinum album of the same name. Though Year of the Cat and its platinum follow-up Time Passages brought Stewart his biggest worldwide commercial successes, earlier albums such as Past, Present and Future from are often seen as better examples of his intimate brand of historical folk-rock, a style to wh