John Stewart RIP

Sometimes a musician comes along and records something that sticks in your memory for many years and refuses to leave you, that musician to me was John Stewart. Not the Jon Stewart that is the brilliant TV host of A Daily show but the musician who was a part of the Kingston trio and had a very successful solo carear. While he was never a radio staple or an MTV icon his music touched a lot of people and he was an active recording artist up to his death on the weekend. As a matter of fact he was working on a new album at the time.
His best known song was "Daydream Believer", which was of course a big hit for the Monkeys, but he also had a top 10 hit in the 70's with the song "Gold" from one of his biggest albums called 'Bombs Away Dream Babies'. But his best known album is "California Bloodlines" released in 1969 and considered on of the seminal albums in the country/rock/folk field. Yes he combined all three in a now classic album and if you can find it it is well worth the search. But for the beginner listen to his greatest hits collection called "Airdream Believer" which is a re-recording of his best done with artists like Stevie Nicks, Johnny Cash and Rosanne Cash.
The Lonesome picker may be gone but his music will live on. RIP