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 br...