John Stewart

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John Stewart has been singing about America for over 45 years. From his connection with the Kingston Trio, on through his illustrious, if limitedly appreciated solo career, John has been following his own drummer and cranking out golden music about the Heartland and its people. With but one major radio hit in 1979 "Gold", John Stewart's vast body of work has nonetheless been inpirational to a vast array of singers and songwriters.

Here are just a few of John's songs:

Daydream Believer
July You're a Woman
Never Going Back (To Nashville Anymore)
California Bloodlines
Chilly Winds
Armstrong
Strange Rivers
Survivors
Lost Her In The Sun
Midnight Wind
Gold
Dreamers On The Rise

Following is a video from You Tube of John Stewart singing MOTHER COUNTRY. He 69 yrears old now, but still going strong. (I first saw him live in 1969, when he was but 30 years old.) I guess that kind of dates me, but John Stewart's music
remains timeless.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWwayDfJtkE

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Here's a photo of John Stewart that I took after a 1974 concert. (Where I also got the autograph.)

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9URT_PIPyI

Here's a video of John Stewart's big 1979 hit, "GOLD".
See if you remember it.

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIW8T-sNU10

Back when, with the Kingston Trio. (1964, or 1965.)
Songs: WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE and EARLY MORNING RAIN.

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Here's John, singing his DAYDREAM BELIEVER.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFRCnuO4c7Q

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I remember Daydream Believer and Where Have All The Flowers Gone. Great songs!
Nice autographed pic! Congrats...

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John Stewart passed away yesterday, due to a stroke. Pray for him.

www.kingstontrio.com/html/kt_news.htm.

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I was listening to some John Stewart and feeling kind of melancholy. His music was part of the soundtrack of my life and now, I'll never be able to see him in concert again. It's a sign that I'm growing older and it makes me all too keenly aware of my own mortality. Seeing a singer/composer that you practically grew up with pass away is like another chunk of yourself gone. I guess it's bad for you too, Greg, because you seem to appreciate some of the old warhorse singers and musicians. Add the passage of time to that, plus a gloomy, drizzly day and you might be feeling a bit melancholy, yourself.

RIP, John. I started listening to you when you were only 29 years old and now, I'm fast approaching twice that age.

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When people pass away, we tend to just remember them as we last saw them,
forgetting, to a fault, that they were once young and vibrant beings.

At last, here's a music video of John Stewart in his heyday:


www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXd_Wasz_fE

(Oh and as to the ROLLING STONE critic's poll? John Stewart's album, CALIFORNIA
BLOODLINES was voted #32 on a list of the top 200 albums of all time. You could
certainly do a lot worse than to invest in this CD.)