Listen to Al Stewart performing his cover of the Yardbirds’ ‘Turn Into Earth’:
Born in Scotland but brought up in Dorset, Al Stewart started his career in local bands, buying his first guitar from Andy Summers (Zoot Money, the Police) and taking guitar lessons from Robert Fripp (King Crimson). Inspired by Bob Dylan, he moved down [...]
By Valerie Potter
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Posted in Bands at the Marquee, Clubs, Music
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5 December, 2008 – 9:03 am
As I said previously, my office in Old Compton Street was above a strip club and in the basement was what was then called a ‘clip joint’, where men pay loads of money for a glass of apple juice which is supposed to be champagne. One morning when me and my secretary Ursula got to [...]
