Biography
5 September 1939, San Diego, California, USA, d. 19 January 2008, San Diego, California, USA. Stewart’s musical career began in the 50s when, as frontman of the rock ‘n’ roll band the Furies, he recorded ‘Lorraine’/‘Rockin’ Anna’ for a tiny independent label. Having discovered folk music, Stewart began performing with college friend John Montgomery, but achieved wider success as a songwriter when several of his compositions, including ‘Molly Dee’ and ‘Green Grasses’, were recorded by the Kingston Trio. Indeed, the artist joined this prestigious group in 1961, following his spell in the similar-sounding Cumberland Three with Montgomery and Gil Robbins. Stewart left the Kingston Trio in 1967. His reputation was enhanced when a new composition, ‘Daydream Believer’, became a number 1 hit for the Monkees, and this dalliance with pop continued when the artist contributed ‘Never Goin’...
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