Father And Son

Cat Stevens
For those who haven't heard the story of Cat Stevens' comeback, here it is... in a nutshell. And it sounds like it's straight out of a movie script!

Most fans know that somewhere in the early eighties, Stevens fell in love with a Muslim girl and converted to Islam so that he could marry her. He changed his name to Yusuf Islam and gave up music since Western pop was considered un-Islamic.

His wife knew what a big star her husband had been and felt a little guilty about the fact that he had sacrificed all that fame and fan adoration...for her love.

The couple had a son, and Stevens' wife encouraged the son to take up music... especially, the guitar. Thus, after almost two and a half decades, the guitar was back in Stevens' life. And the inevitable happened. A flood of pent-up songs came gushing out.


The result: A new album --- An Other Cup, released in 2006. Fans were delighted to find the old magic of Cat Stevens shining bright through all the twelve songs on the album.

Incidentally, the cover of the album was designed by Stevens' son.

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