My friend Ardy, bless her heart, lent me Cat Stevens's “Tea for the Tillerman” when we were both in high school. I listened to it probably fifty times before giving it back to her. I was hooked.
I bought “Tillerman” and “Teaser and the Firecat” right away, and “Catch Bull at Four” when it came out. Then I went back and got “Mona Bone Jakon,” which came out before “Tillerman.”
Stevens has reinvented himself several times. He was Orthodox, then Buddhist, then Baha'i, and now he's a Muslim. (He's Yusuf Islam nowadays.)
He is one of my favorite modern musicians.
Let's hear “I Love My Dog” one more time.
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