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Al Stewart

Born in Greenock, Scotland but raised in Wimborne, Dorset, England, folk and rock singer-songwriter Al Stewart is best-known for his 1977 international hit “Year of the Cat.” However, before he had achieved that success, he had already made a formidable mark in the UK as one of the prime singer-songwriters on the British folk scene. He bought his first guitar from future Police instrumentalist Andy Summers but traded it in for an acoustic guitar when he landed a residency at Bunjie's Coffee House in Soho, London. While there, he played alongside contemporaries such as Cat Stevens...