Artist.......: Dave Stewart
Album........: Berlin Live
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Rock
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2016-01-10
Str.date.....: 2015-09-23
Quality......: 198kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://davestewart.com
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1. Berlin Live 58:03
Runtime 58:03
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Best known as one-half of the groundbreaking synth pop duo Eurythmics, Dave
Stewart was also a highly successful producer and, on occasion, a solo artist.
David A. Stewart (as he also sometimes was credited on record) was born
September 9, 1952 in Sunderland, England; the product of an upper-middle class
family, he enjoyed his first taste of musical success during the early '70s
while fronting the band Longdancer. The group seemed poised for big things after
signing to Elton John's Rocket Records, but they quickly fizzled out; Stewart
soon resurfaced in a variety of short-lived groups, and eventually began writing
songs with friend Peet Coombes. In the late '70s he was also introduced to an
aspiring singer named Annie Lennox; the two became lovers, and with Coombes they
formed a group dubbed the Tourists, issuing a trio of new wave-influenced LPs
between 1979 and 1980.
When the Tourists came to a halt in late 1980, Stewart and Lennox's romance
ended as well; they agreed to continue their musical partnership, however,
rechristening themselves Eurythmics. Their soulful synth pop sound was created
solely via Stewart's technological mastery, capped off by Lennox's powerful
vocals; after the title track of 1983's Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) became
an international smash, the Eurythmics rose to become one of the '80s most
successful and innovative artists, scoring such major hits as 1984's "Here Comes
the Rain Again," 1985's "Would I Lie to You?," and 1986's "Missionary Man." In
1985, Stewart also scored his first outside success as a producer, working on
Aretha Franklin's comeback album Who's Zoomin' Who; that same year, he also
helmed Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' hit Southern Accents. In the years to
follow, he went on to produce music for Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and the Neville
Brothers.
By the end of the '80s, Eurythmics' popularity was on the decline, and after
1989's We Too Are One failed to recapture the magic of their earlier work, they
essentially disbanded, with only a hits compilation and a live LP to follow.
Stewart, who in 1987 had married Bananarama/Shakespear's Sister vocalist Siobhan
Fahey, initially turned to soundtrack work, scoring the Dutch film Lily Was Here
in 1989; a year later, he put together a new band, the Spiritual Cowboys, with
ex-Pretenders drummer Martin Chambers. Sporting a more atmospheric,
guitar-driven sound than his previous work, the Spiritual Cowboys issued two
albums, a 1990 self-titled effort and 1991's Honest, neither of which caught on
with audiences. Stewart then spent the next several years in relative silence,
accepting a few production jobs but otherwise staying out of the limelight. In
1995, he finally issued his proper solo debut, Greetings From the Gutter.
In 1997, Stewart co-produced the album Destination Anywhere for Jon Bon Jovi. He
emerged as an artist again in 1999; this time as a film composer scoring
director Robert Altman's film Cookie's Fortune in 1999. In November 2002, he
worked with former South African president Nelson Mandela. Stewart came up with
the idea of turning Mandela's prison number into a telephone number. He wrote
and recorded songs with Paul McCartney, Bono, and the Edge (among others) that
could only be heard if you dialed this number; the cost of the call was in fact
a donation in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the newly independent but
beleaguered nation. Along with an ad agency, Stewart organized the entire
campaign. In 2004, he collaborated with Jagger on the score for a remake of the
film Alfie, and in 2007 scored Ted Demme's film The Ref. In March 2007, Stewart
unveiled an initiative called "Greenpeace Works," which he labeled a "think
tank" to dream up ways celebrities and Greenpeace could work together on green
issues. For the project, he issued The Dave Stewart Songbook, a large coffee
table-size book full of stories and photographs. It was accompanied by a newly
recorded CD of 21 songs that been co-written or co-produced by him. Also
included was the song "American Prayer," written with Bono. In 2008, Stewart
shot a video for the tune as support for Barack Obama's presidential bid.
In 2011, he completed work on his musical, Ghost, which opened in England in
March; he also finished work on Stevie Nicks' In Your Dreams album, which was
co-produced by Glen Ballard and released in May. Simultaneously, he also
completed his first album of new material in 13 years in Nashville, with help
from Martina McBride, Joss Stone, Colbie Caillat, and the Secret Sisters.
Entitled The Blackbird Diaries, the set was recorded at McBride's husband John's
Blackbird Studios and issued in late May. Stewart also helmed the sessions and
co-wrote the songs for Stone's LP1, which was released in the summer of 2011.
That same year, both Stewart and Stone joined SuperHeavy, a supergroup that also
featured Mick Jagger, Damian Marley, and A.R. Rahman. A self-titled SuperHeavy
album arrived in the fall of 2011, and then Stewart returned to Blackbird
Studios, recording and releasing his solo effort The Ringmaster General in 2012.
A year later, Stewart released Lucky Numbers, another solo album laden with
guest stars, this time including Martina McBride and Karen Elson.
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