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Al Stewart is the eminent songwriter of his generation, the only British artist from the 1960s London folk scene to enjoy massive success in the States. More importantly is the unique nature of his songwriting. Jason Barnard speaks to Al about the songs that shaped his journey in music.
Al, three of your classic albums have been re-released on Esoteric. One of them is ‘Past, Present & Future’. I’d like to ask you about some of the songs that have shaped your career. ‘Post World War Two Blues’ is a great way to start. It seems autobiographical, covering your childhood and taking us into the 60s.
Yes, absolutely. I was a post-war baby in a small Scots town and I was three years old when we moved down south, so it begins autobiographically. But then it gets off into the Profumo Scandal and various other things so it wanders away from me at some point. My favourite line is when I’m talking about Mountbatten. Churchill did, in fact, get mad at Mountbatten presiding over the independence of India. There’s a line, if I remember it rightly, Churchill said “How could you have gone and given India away?” Mountbatten’s reply, and he didn’t say it but I like the line is “Some of these things slip through your hands.” [laughs] referring to the entire
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Churchill Songs at the Royal Albert Hall 2022 Souvenir Programme
C HURCHILL SONGS
R OYAL ALBE R T HALL AT THE Celebrating 450 years of Harrow School
CONTENTS 04 Past Guests of Honour 05 A message from the Chairman of Governors 07 A message from the Head Master 10 Timothy Bentinck MBE 11 James Blunt 12 450 Years of Harrow 18 Our 450th Anniversary Year 20 Patrons 21 Programme 22 Performers 23 Songs 40 Wet-Day Programme 46 Harrow Songs 50 From the Harrow Association 52 From the Harrow Development Trust 60 Acknowledgements
CHURCHILL SONGS
at the Royal Albert Hall Celebrating 450 years of Harrow School
Tuesday 22 November 2022
SPEAKERS
John Batting ( The Park 19722) CHAIRMAN OF THE HARROW GOVERNORS
James Blunt ( Elmfield 19873) MASTER OF CEREMONIES
Alastair Land HEAD MASTER
Timothy Bentinck MBE ( Moretons 19663) PRESIDE NT OF THE HARROW ASSOCIATION GUEST OF HO N OUR
PLEASE REMEMBER TO SWITCH OFF YOUR MOBILE PHONES AND NOTE THAT FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT PERMITTED DURING THE PERFORMANCE.
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“These Songs play a wonderful part. They shine through the memories of men and far and wide throughout the world in which we live. They cheer and enlighten us. They breed a bond of unity between those who have lived here and I think that they are, on the whole, the most precious inher
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