The History Behind Al Stewart's Songs

You can supplement the information provided here with works from the reading list, which was compiled by the members of the mailing list.

Past, Present and Future

• The Last Day of June, 1934
• Old Admirals
• Post World War II Blues
• Roads to Moscow
• Warren Harding

Year of the Cat

• Flying Sorcery
• Lord Grenville

Time Passages

• Life in Dark Water
• A Man For All Seasons (Sir Thomas More)
• The Palace of Versailles

24 PCarrots

• Murmansk Run/Ellis Island

Last Days of the Century

• Antarctica
• Josephine Baker
• Red Toupee

Famous Last Words

• Charlotte Corday
• Genie on a Table Top (Louis Armstrong)
• Peter on the White Sea
• Trains (Jean Jaures)

Between The Wars

• Always the Cause
• Joe the Georgian
• Lindy Comes to Town
• Marion the Chatelaine
• Sampan
• Three Mules

Author
Muffy Barkocy
(muffy@things.org)
Last updated: August 23, 1995