Yusuf/Cat Stevens is able to inform his story. The beloved singer-songwriter’s long-awaited memoir, Cat On The Highway To Findout, will probably be out this fall. The ebook arrives Sept. 18 within the UK by Constable and Oct. 7 in North America through Genesis Publications.
In Cat On The Highway To Findout, the London native—born Steven Demetre Georgiou and now referred to as Yusuf Islam—will hint his musical and non secular path, taking readers behind the scenes of probably the most pivotal moments of his life. Within the ‘60s and ‘70s, the folk-rocker established himself as one of many premier voices in trendy music through songs like “Matthew and Son,” “The First Cut Is the Deepest,” “Wild World,” “Peace Train,” “Morning Has Broken,” “Oh Very Young,” “Moonshadow,” “Another Saturday Night,” and extra. His 1977 conversion to Islam set him on a wholly new trajectory however didn’t gradual him down creatively or dim the keenness of the tens of millions who revered his music.
“I’ve been on an amazing journey,” Yusuf/Cat Stevens says, “which began in the narrow streets of London, and led me through the most iconic cities, to perform upon the great stage of Western culture, ascending the dizzying heights of wealth, recognition and artistic pinnacles; freely exploring vast ranges of religions and philosophies, wandering through churches, temples, all the way to the Holy abode in Jerusalem — ignoring myths and warnings — and crossing the foreboded, desert heartlands, to arrive at the House of One God in Abrahamic Arabia. What finally elevated my perspective was a luminous Book that perfectly alchemized my thoughts, beliefs, with human nature. It taught me Oneness, and my place and purpose within the universe.”
Cat On The Highway To Findout will probably be printed in a number of codecs together with hardback, book, and an audiobook narrated by Yusuf/Cat Stevens himself. He’ll be heading out on a ebook tour to advertise the autobiography later this 12 months; the itinerary for the tour will probably be introduced at a later date.
