John Stewart is one of my favorite artists. I've gotten to see him perform several times, spoken with him, even drank a beer with him. Heck of a nice guy. Here's some information for you:
Bombs Away Dreams Babies, the follow-up Dream Babies go Hollywood and the recently released 1981 recording Wire From the Bunker represent John's "Lindsey Buckingham era". Also, the collarboration with Nick Reynolds (another Kingston Trio alum) with LB on Revenge of the Budgie does as well.. Its apparent in the music that he was highly influenced by LB. This was his rock period and it doesn't really represent his extensive body of work. As years went by, his music has gone back to a more comtemporary folk sound.
His best album from the 80's is Punch the big guy from 1987. I believe its still available on CD. He just released a record this year called Havana. I haven't heard it yet but i read some reviews and they were very favorable.
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