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Al Stewart

Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, April 1972

Al Stewart earned his fame by singing about Bedsitter Images and closed subway stations. Now he owns a house in Hampstead outside of which he parks his white Aston Martin. "I’ll probably be singing Belsize Park Lane House images now," joked Al when I met him two days after having moved in.

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