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Old 09-24-2005, 04:17 PM   #3
johnfowles
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Originally posted by Auburn Annie:
mentioned TTs as a songwriter [fair warning: I don't know enough of the former Cat Stevens' work beyond his top hits to comment on his songwriting.
Funny Annie that you have emphasized Cat Stevens (the would be airline terrorist associated with Gordon so memorably last year. as one of my
favo(u)rite recordings of the last year has been Sheryl Crow's "The First Cut Is The deepest"
I was obviously aware of the earlier hit version by the soccer mad Scotsman with the unruly hairdo and sandpaper larynx, but I was surprised yesterday when sorting through some saved mp3s to find that I had a version by the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens.

Further investigation has revealed that Cat penned that song a fact I was hitherto unaware of
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[ September 24, 2005, 16:23: Message edited by: johnfowles ]
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