Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
There’s nothing average about songwriter Hamish
Popular singer-songwriter Hamish Stuart will play a oneoff gig at in Faversham next Saturday.
The Glasgow-born star shot to fame in the 1970s as the falsetto voice and guitarist of the Average White Band and has also played with music legends Paul Mccartney, Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan.
He has also written songs for Diana Ross, George Benson and Smokey Robinson and toured with Ringo Starr.
After collaborating on numerous albums for other artists, he recorded his first solo album, Sooner or Later, in 1999, 17 years after leaving the Average White Band, which he released on his own record label, Sulphuric Records.
Apart from playing with his own group, the Hamish Stuart Band, he also produced Gordon Haskell and the Swedish singersongwriter Meja.
Tickets cost £12 in advance or £15 on the door by emailing bookings@thealexandercentre. com or calling 01795 594460.