Al Stewart Quotes


Only two to three per cent of an audience is interested in words and pays attention to lyrics; most of the rest of it is about image or the beat or the sound, or else it's a tribal thing - country & western, rap, heavy metal, with historical folk rock off in some kind of cult.


Citations

Judd, Neville. Al Stewart: The True Life Adventures of a Folk Rock Troubadour. Helter Skelter Publishing, 2002.

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Al Stewart
Al Stewart
  • Born: September 5, 1945
  • Nationality: Scottish
  • Profession: Musician, Songwriter

Alastair Ian Stewart is a Scottish 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 delicately woven tales of characters and events from history.