I was an Australian on holidays in Kansas in December 1976. Got stuck at a railway crossing where one of those mile long freights slowly rumbled through. I turned the radio on, and this song started to play. I had nothing else to do but listen. Now, I still love it, and am always grateful to that long slow freight - 45 years later
A magnificent song that tells a story that is timeless and is do well crafted and almost perfect - from the first time I heard it as a late teenager to this day (Oct 2023) I never tire off it's magic ❤
One day this song was playing on my local radio station and my mother was baking cookies and every time this song plays I can still smell that vanilla more than 35 years later
Brilliant guy. He can't hit those high notes like he used to, but still an icon. Such beautiful melodies and great lyrics - especially in his story songs about history. So many excellent albums most people have never heard.
I have always thought it to be one of if not the greatest musical composition in rock/pop history. The instrumentation and timing are genius !! Everything about is the sound of art at its finest !
I have a story about this song: I had a girlfriend we had a couple of dates, and the last time we stayed together she locked her arms around my neck and gave me a kiss, we were in a small room, and everything of this song reminds me of her... This piece of art is what describes our story... Thank You Al...
It was cool to hear how Year of the Cat was actually created. What a timeless elegant piece, brilliantly written and produced in a style obviously not for the narrow minded. Many thanks to you and your group for creating such a classic!
I want to say the guitar solo in this performance is so rich, so bold-I wasn’t aware that an acoustic guitar player could generate this many wondrous sounds-amazing!
Yes, that guitar player is amazing. He's clearly been influenced by flamenco, a Spanish style of acoustic guitar playing that's quite good. I'd recommend checking it out
Since the advent of digital audio equipment and processors you can get even a steel string acoustic, such as the Martin dread he's using, to sound like a nylon stringed Flamenco guitar, or a banjo, or just about any stringed plucked instrument.
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I was born in 1983 ... and when I was a child, I remember the first time I heard this song in Mexico City. I felt in love with it ever since. ❤🤍 thank you Al.
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One of my all time favorite musicians. He played the City Winery in Manhattan, years back, and it was a great concert. I believe the guitarist doing those wonderful leads is Dave Nachmanoff. I met Al Stewart after the show. He is a nice guy.
Dave Nachnomoff is the name of the guitarist on left side of the screen and to Al's right. I saw them perform in Atlanta and Dave is a master of the guitar - he was phenomenal!
What a gorgeous song. I remember well when it was a huge hit. One of my favorites from the time. It was always the music that drew me to this song, but the lyrics are so "image invoking." Masterful, really.
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This was a popular song on the radio when I was a kid...such a great tune...I remember it like it was yesterday...the 70's was such a great time for music...takes me back to a simpler and happier time. Al looks like he's still doing well...and I thank him for his music! Many thanks also for posting this wonderful performance!
This is my 2nd comment about Dave’s guitar playing- You get the sense, from the fullness of his solo -that all the notes he is playing are like hearing a full band of musicians-he’s mastered the guitar like few others-and this is why I can watch and listen over and over and not tire of this wonderful playing
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
I was born 67. And a pen pal who I got writing to sent me an amazing compilation of some rare tracks on a cassette tape in 83. And this was one of the songs. It must have been great to see him live ❤
It's much more intense than the studio version. Unable to put it down in words right now, but.. Boy what a song and what a performance. Congratulations, Sir.
I remember singing this song incorrectly as a kid. "You go strolling through the crowd like Pete Tolari contemplating a crime..." It wasn't until I saw one of Peter Lorre's films that the correct name finally dawned on me. (And yes, this was DECADES before Google.)
Lol, I've thought all these years he was saying Itolari. I assumed it was the name of a Greek mythological type character. You have saved me from embarrassing myself by singing it that way ever again.
Al and Dave came to the little town of Chatfield mn and played the community theater. Great show and he signed autographs after the show. Still can't believe he came to this little town. Nice gentleman and a great storyteller
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
the year of the cat is actually the year of the rabbit. asian pholosophy as every 12 years is a stress free life. he remained with a prostitute as he missed his bus back to go to war, he stayed with her and evaded the war giving him a stress free year. the year of the cat
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
If only you would come back to the toronto canada area..so many incredible venues for your music and still many fans..I have listened for 50 years and continue to buy remasters or rarities.. hope you can make your way here one day soon
A fan for years. I remember one concert in Leamington Spa, around 1973/5, when the young Al announced that one of his guitar strings had broken and there was no spare. No support or ‘roadies’ then, and the end of the concert.
the year of the cat is actually the year of the rabbit. asian pholosophy as every 12 years is a stress free life. he remained with a prostitute as he missed his bus back to go to war, he stayed with her and evaded the war giving him a stress free year. the year of the cat
@@Ilivfrhorrr the year of the cat is actually the year of the rabbit. asian pholosophy as every 12 years is a stress free life. he remained with a prostitute as he missed his bus back to go to war, he stayed with her and evaded the war giving him a stress free year. the year of the cat
Thank you Al Stewart for your many years of inspiring and extremely progressive and undeniably and well planned in fact brilliant ... heart felt music that you shared with all of us worldwide
Great tune ... never tired of listening to it, and I love this version of it. Saw Al at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia in 1987 when he performed the lead guitar solo to Year of the Cat while walking out on a catwalk into the audience. Oh what a night!
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Dudes 76 and still sounds the same as he did back in the 70s. Unbelievable!
I was an Australian on holidays in Kansas in December 1976. Got stuck at a railway crossing where one of those mile long freights slowly rumbled through. I turned the radio on, and this song started to play. I had nothing else to do but listen. Now, I still love it, and am always grateful to that long slow freight - 45 years later
"Song On The Radio"...
Luv this as much as the very first time I ever heard it. Thinking of my late dear friend Tiggy 💙. 🐈☺🎶💙🎶
The same happened to me yesterday , thanks god my songs radar was on and it capture it and i googled it and become a fan of his songs
Love from Syria
Onyâ Kôbblêřż 👍 ✔ 💩 💩 👍 ✔ 💩 👍 💩 👍 ✔
A magnificent song that tells a story that is timeless and is do well crafted and almost perfect - from the first time I heard it as a late teenager to this day (Oct 2023) I never tire off it's magic ❤
This should have 19 million views not 19 thousand
That's how bad it's gotten. People have no taste for good music.
One of the best song ever
Just love Al Stewart. Seems like a really positive and fun guy.
He is! Everything you wouldn't expect in a mega-star. Al acts like a regular guy -- probably because he thinks that he is one.
One day this song was playing on my local radio station and my mother was baking cookies and every time this song plays I can still smell that vanilla more than 35 years later
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This is song is pure magic. ✨
Only music can do that
Im glad that he's still alive and singing this beautiful song .......still sound the same
Seen Al Stewart a few times in the UK and have always been a fan. Such a lovely guy who appreciates and engages with audiences - take note Clapton ….
Been my favorite song since high school. I was 16, still my favorite and I’m 63:)
We’re same age bro and agree.
It’s a journey in a song.
Never gets old
My fav!
Brilliant guy. He can't hit those high notes like he used to, but still an icon. Such beautiful melodies and great lyrics - especially in his story songs about history. So many excellent albums most people have never heard.
Awesome!
This song is a work of masterful brilliance. You can actually see the images that he sings. Now that is powerful.
I have always thought it to be one of if not the greatest musical composition in rock/pop history. The instrumentation and timing are genius !! Everything about is the sound of art at its finest !
❤
I have a story about this song:
I had a girlfriend we had a couple of dates, and the last time we stayed together she locked her arms around my neck and gave me a kiss, we were in a small room, and everything of this song reminds me of her... This piece of art is what describes our story...
Thank You Al...
Your story paints a picture as well as this song does…….
Dear Al, your life is completely justified by creating this wonderful song
The Year of the Cat is simply a brilliant album. Love it to bits.
Al Stewart is so much more. Period.
It was cool to hear how Year of the Cat was actually created. What a timeless elegant piece, brilliantly written and produced in a style obviously not for the narrow minded. Many thanks to you and your group for creating such a classic!
This..ls music. Please ... dear Youngins...
Listen to real talent ...
Do not let this beautiful music fade away.
One of my all time favorite songs of all time...the intro with all acoustic guitars makes my heart weep!
Al Stewart's masterpiece for generations to come
I adore this song - GOAT in my opinion:) Got to see them in Cincinnati last night❤
Was a highlight in my life, perfection:)
I want to say the guitar solo in this performance is so rich, so bold-I wasn’t aware that an acoustic guitar player could generate this many wondrous sounds-amazing!
Never heard "Private Investigation " by Dire Straits or "High Hopes" by Pink Floyd?
Yes, that guitar player is amazing. He's clearly been influenced by flamenco, a Spanish style of acoustic guitar playing that's quite good. I'd recommend checking it out
Since the advent of digital audio equipment and processors you can get even a steel string acoustic, such as the Martin dread he's using, to sound like a nylon stringed Flamenco guitar, or a banjo, or just about any stringed plucked instrument.
Al Stewart is so talented! Love his music! I grew up in the 70's best music generation ever!
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ABSOLUTELY ADORE THIS
SONG AND AL STEWART
NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT !!!
Voice is the same. Amazing.
1963 the year of the cat. I discovered this. Saw him live in capitol theatre clw fl in2024. Awesome
Necessary shout out to Dave Nachmanoff on the first-class lead work on this performance. So good!
You still have that great voice. 👍
I was born in 1983 ... and when I was a child, I remember the first time I heard this song in Mexico City. I felt in love with it ever since. ❤🤍 thank you Al.
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Meravigliosa❤
Wonderful version...
Thank you Al and Your friends....Very very good❤
The music of my twenty years....
Crazy,he sounds pretty much the same.Great voice!Love this tune.
One of my all time favorite musicians. He played the City Winery in Manhattan, years back, and it was a great concert. I believe the guitarist doing those wonderful leads is Dave Nachmanoff.
I met Al Stewart after the show. He is a nice guy.
“Country & Eastern”…brilliant 😀
Dave Nachnomoff is the name of the guitarist on left side of the screen and to Al's right. I saw them perform in Atlanta and Dave is a master of the guitar - he was phenomenal!
We here at The Acorn concur. What a treat these gentlemen were to have perform their art here in Three Oaks, MI.
I've seen them here in Washington state and You are correct Dave is a phenomenal 👏
Thanks for his name! He rocks it!
Lets see...strings...sax....electric solo....or Dave! Phenomenal
Agreed! Fantastic guitarist
Elegant and classic.
What a gorgeous song. I remember well when it was a huge hit. One of my favorites from the time. It was always the music that drew me to this song, but the lyrics are so "image invoking." Masterful, really.
Loved it the first time I heard it. Its on my current TH-cam playlist
he's such a great story teller
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
Dave Nachmanoff - outstanding guitar accompaniment. Thanks Dave.,
Year of the cat is one of the most iconic songs of the 70’s and s true masterpiece timeless
UNREAL!
AL Stewart is still awesome and always will be... this unplugged version is fabulous
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Stewart gave this song time to breathe, to develop and to bring us in. Timeless.
This was a popular song on the radio when I was a kid...such a great tune...I remember it like it was yesterday...the 70's was such a great time for music...takes me back to a simpler and happier time. Al looks like he's still doing well...and I thank him for his music! Many thanks also for posting this wonderful performance!
The seventies and early eighties is the greatest era of music we will ever hear IMHO
Ah, the seventies.
Music Joy..
Great concert!
Love his voice, sounds fantastic.
This is my 2nd comment about Dave’s guitar playing- You get the sense, from the fullness of his solo
-that all the notes he is playing are like hearing a full band of musicians-he’s mastered the guitar like few others-and this is why I can watch and listen over and over and not tire of this wonderful playing
Goosebumps
Timeless beautiful song! Canada
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️
Remember listening to this on my walkman in 1977 in my bunk on a Polaris boat on patrol. Brilliant.
Brilliant. First saw him in 1967 in the university of Kent folk club. Still a great fan.
I was born 67. And a pen pal who I got writing to sent me an amazing compilation of some rare tracks on a cassette tape in 83. And this was one of the songs. It must have been great to see him live ❤
It's much more intense than the studio version. Unable to put it down in words right now, but.. Boy what a song and what a performance. Congratulations, Sir.
Thanks for this unique song...Eternal World Heritage of course Mister Al...!!!!... Greetings from Medellin, Colombia!!!
Soulful.
Saw Al Stewart in Huntington, Long Island ,NY in the 1990’s . Awesome
I remember singing this song incorrectly as a kid. "You go strolling through the crowd like Pete Tolari contemplating a crime..." It wasn't until I saw one of Peter Lorre's films that the correct name finally dawned on me. (And yes, this was DECADES before Google.)
Lol, I've thought all these years he was saying Itolari. I assumed it was the name of a Greek mythological type character. You have saved me from embarrassing myself by singing it that way ever again.
It never gets old
Al and Dave came to the little town of Chatfield mn and played the community theater. Great show and he signed autographs after the show. Still can't believe he came to this little town. Nice gentleman and a great storyteller
wow, i never knew this detail wow!!!
Absolutely beautiful song -the ultimate in easy rock!!! Great youthful memories with this tune
Year of the Cat is one of my "desert island" albums. I was fortunate to hear Al Stewart live at a local venue about ten years ago. Thank goodness!
Never get tired of hearing it.
I loved this back in the 70's and I still love it! Sigh...
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
I love Al and I’m going to get to see him perform in Pittsburgh in a few weeks !
I saw them in Vegas the guy that was playing with him was fantastic. One of those great nights to remember.
Awesome Classic thnx Al……..👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸America loves you!
Outstanding thank you
For a cat person like me, every year is the Year of the Cat. Which makes this my favorite song!
the year of the cat is actually the year of the rabbit. asian pholosophy as every 12 years is a stress free life. he remained with a prostitute as he missed his bus back to go to war, he stayed with her and evaded the war giving him a stress free year. the year of the cat
Great great song 👍👍👍
What great memories this song brings back to light for me.
Excellent acoustic version of this song!
Is very british, beatiful song
I love Al Stewart.
Thank you for this video
Hello I really do appreciate you for being a big fan thank you for your wonderful comments on my post it really means a lot to me.I sincerely hope you never stop listening to my music…..❤️❤️❤️❤
Wow!!
If only you would come back to the toronto canada area..so many incredible venues for your music and still many fans..I have listened for 50 years and continue to buy remasters or rarities.. hope you can make your way here one day soon
A fan for years. I remember one concert in Leamington Spa, around 1973/5, when the young Al announced that one of his guitar strings had broken and there was no spare. No support or ‘roadies’ then, and the end of the concert.
No millennial will ever know what it was like to live that year: the year of the cat!
So true!
Boy isn’t that the truth!!! Classic and timeless beautiful music 🎶
The music of this song is spectacular in the original recording! Great stuff!
Year of the Cat stripped down Fantastic, great Story Al !!
the year of the cat is actually the year of the rabbit. asian pholosophy as every 12 years is a stress free life. he remained with a prostitute as he missed his bus back to go to war, he stayed with her and evaded the war giving him a stress free year. the year of the cat
Wow, that’s some amazing guitar work.
His voice hasn't changed :-)
Awesome 👍🏼 Cheers from Seattle 🍻
Should have come to Canada we friggin love you 💕
I love you Al Stewart. "The Year of the Cat".
It is Chinese astrology year 1975 .
I was just saying that I loved the song.
@@Ilivfrhorrr the year of the cat is actually the year of the rabbit. asian pholosophy as every 12 years is a stress free life. he remained with a prostitute as he missed his bus back to go to war, he stayed with her and evaded the war giving him a stress free year. the year of the cat
I heard it when it first was played on the radio , bought the album and continue to enjoy this song as if hearing it for the first time every time.
What a great rendition. Fantastic guitar playing. I love hearing how songs came about. Mr. Stewart is a true treasure.
Thank you Al Stewart for your many years of inspiring and extremely progressive and undeniably and well planned in fact brilliant ... heart felt music that you shared with all of us worldwide
Love it. Al, that is one of the best in history, in my opinion.
Obra de Arte...dela Instrumentación más hermosa que oyeron mis años enel mundo👏🎊
Great tune ... never tired of listening to it, and I love this version of it. Saw Al at the Chestnut Cabaret in Philadelphia in 1987 when he performed the lead guitar solo to Year of the Cat while walking out on a catwalk into the audience. Oh what a night!
Such a great song
Al Stewart is absolutely adorable! And the song? I can't believe I've missed it all these years!
Still-a very vibrant & joyous personality-full of life ❤❤❤
At 76! What voice!
I love that song ❤
That's nice AL,, glad to see your doing well 👍
Still a timeless masterpiece
Beautiful guitar playing
I just love the guitar solo...............awesome video.
Muito bom foi um grande sucesso dos anos 70
masterpiece, Al, really.
Thank you for this gem