Al Stewart

A pair of hits -- "Year of the Cat" and "Time Passages," arriving two years apart during the late 1970s -- defined Al Stewart as a louche soft rock troubadour for millions of listeners. While that description is not inaccurate -- Stewart had a fondness for lush studio production -- it doesn't encompass everything the Scottish singer/songwriter accomplished during his lengthy career. Initially part of the British folk underground of the '60s, Stewart didn't shy away from controversy in his early years, becoming notorious for singing "f***ing" on his 1969 album Love Chronicles. ...