I love me some Al Stewart. "Roads to Moscow" was a bit of a cult hit (I'm not sure that was the term they used back then) back in '74...as, I guess, was "Nostradamus" Al Stewart - Past Present and Future (1974) http://www.allmusic.com/album/past-present-and-future-mw0000194246
Wandered down to a local restaurant/bar to catch him (he doesn't perform much anymore). Maybe a couple dozen of us in the place. Went up at break chatted a few minutes, bought this CD. Anyway... Kirk Smithhart - Message In The Sky (2014) https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/message-in-the-sky/id954011856 His latest, but I think my favorite is...
God, they were great. My first non-parentally-chaperoned concert. My little brother and I saw them at Cabaret Metro in Chicago in 1984. I wouldn't change one note on that album, although I probably prefer Los Angeles. They're on tour right now. It never occurred to me until now, but I wonder if Raymond Pettibone did that album cover?
In a real "shrimp cocktail" moment, literally moments after I wrote that post Facebook informed me that Aug. 16th is X night at Dodger Stadium. Excene is going to throw the first pitch, they're going to play X songs on the organ, and John Doe will be singing the anthem.