Al Stewart

Fact Sheet

Occupation	Songwriter
Birthplace	Scotland, UK
Official site	http://www.alstewart.com/

Born in Scotland in 1945, songwriter and musician Al Stewart is best known for his 1976 single Year of the Cat and its 1977 followup Time Passages (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart's inspiration for his songs primarily comes from the past, indeed he is credited with creating his own genre Historical Folk Rock.

Al Stewart moved from the United Kingdom to the US as his career took off in the mid 1970s, and still lives in California. While studio albums are now few and far between, he still tours extensively in the US, most years in Europe; recordings of concerts are often made available through his fan clubs.

His work includes songs such as "Fields of France," from the album Last Days of the Century, about World War I pilots; "Old Admirals," from Past, Present, and Future, about Admiral Sir John Fisher of the World War I Royal Navy; "Roads To Moscow," from Past, Present, and Future, and "Statue in Red Square," from Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time, about the Soviet Union; "Sirens of Titan," from Modern Times, a musical precis of Kurt Vonnegut's novel of the same title; and "The Palace of Versailles," from Time Passages, about the French Revolution.

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