“I come out as myself – as Darren Coggan – and we celebrate this great legacy of his music that he gave us as Cat Stevens but at the same time I sort of discuss my relationship with him.” “Ironically, in the world that we live in today, I think a lot of the messages in his music couldn’t be more relevant now, even though some of these songs were written 50 years ago. “Ultimately, we are celebrating the music and the incredible life journey of Cat Stevens, a remarkable singer-songwriter who was always sort of searching for ways to make the world a better place. ![]() “I don’t come out and pretend to be Cat Stevens, so it’s not a tribute show in that sense,” he told InQueensland. Coggan’s latest show Remember the Days of Cat Stevens – which coincides with the 50 th anniversary of one of Stevens’ landmark albums, Teaser and the Firecat – expands on the setlist he had assembled for Peace Train and it hits QPAC on February 27.ĭespite the uncanny vocal similarities he shares with the iconic folk-pop singer-songwriter now known as Yusef, whose catalogue includes enduring hits such as ‘Father and Son’, ‘Where Do the Children Play?’, ‘Wild World’ and ‘Morning Has Broken’, Coggan understands how pejoratively the words “tribute show” can be interpreted.
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