As Cat Stevens, he helped define the singer-songwriter. After converting to Islam, he became a lightning rod. His new memoir explores it all.
Yusuf Islam, 77, performed one of rock’s great disappearing acts when he walked away from music for nearly 30 years. His memoir “Cat on the Road to Findout” is out Oct. 7.Credit...Max Miechowski for The New York Times
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By Grayson Haver Currin
The third time Yusuf Islam, then known best as the singer-songwriter Cat Stevens, almost died, he didn’t tell anyone.
