- Mastering ‘I Wish, I Wish’ w/ Solo
by Leonard McCoy
We took another shot at ‘I Wish, I Wish‘ and…
- We Were (Somewhat) Wrong: Cat’s Bar Chords
by Leonard McCoy
Another pecularity with Cat’s playing lies in his chord fingering…
- Mastering ‘One Day at a Time’
by Leonard McCoy
With its heavenly arpeggios and plentiful motifs, ‘One Day at…
- New Tab: ‘Take the World Apart’
by Leonard McCoy
We transcribed Cat’s new single ‘Take the World Apart‘ for…
- The C Major Chord Situation
by Leonard McCoy
When it comes to the vanilla C major chord Cat…
- Secret ‘Father & Son’ Chords Discovered
by Leonard McCoy
We are sorry to tell you that you have been…
- Remastered: “Can This Be Love?”
by Leonard McCoy
Who knew that a basic A and E major chord…
- Mastering “Katmandu”
by Leonard McCoy
Katmandu is one of Cat’s early fingerpicking masterpieces. The composition…
- New: “Love Lives in the Sky”
by Leonard McCoy
Cat loved the melancholic Greek melody of “Love Lives in…
- Revisited: “Trouble”
by Leonard McCoy
We completely overhauled our guitar tablature of “Trouble” for you.…
- Milestone: “Fisherman Song” Transcripton Finished
by Leonard McCoy
Cat’s “Fisherman Song” never made it past the demo stage,…
- Remade: “Two Fine People”
by Leonard McCoy
Cat’s second take on “Wild World” is “Two Fine People”…
- Remade: “If Only Mother Could See Me Now”
by Leonard McCoy
Revising is our current game, and we could simply not…
- Remade: “The Day They Make Me Tsar”
by Leonard McCoy
In a 2021 interview Cat said he simply loves songs like “The…
- Remade: “I Want to Live in a Wigwam”
by Leonard McCoy
One of the sleepy hit songs in Cat’s repertoire, “I…
- Revised: “I’ve Got a Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old”
by Leonard McCoy
“I’ve Got a Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow Old”…
- Remade: “Back to the Good Old Times”
by Leonard McCoy
The first song Cat ever recorded, on the cheap to…
- House Cleaning…
by Leonard McCoy
Some of our guitar tabs were badly in need of…
- Remade: “Peace Train” (with Outro)
by Leonard McCoy
“Peace Train” is a world hit and he will be…
- Remade: “How Can I Tell You” (Cat’s Part)
by Leonard McCoy
There is probably no better love song than Cat’s “How…
- New: “God Is the Light”
by Leonard McCoy
Incredible deep, serene, and complex vocals mark this one. “God…
- Remade: “Father & Son”
by Leonard McCoy
Remaking a guitar tablature from the ground up, with extended…
- Revised: “If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out”
by Leonard McCoy
“If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out” is a…
- New: “It’s So Good”
by Leonard McCoy
We transcribed another studio demo of the Tea for the…
- Revised: “All Kinds of Roses”
by Leonard McCoy
We could unlock a lot more secrets from “All Kinds…
- Revised: “Ruins”
by Leonard McCoy
We have taken another shot at transcribing “Ruins“, Cat’s song…
- r/CatStevens Reddit
by Leonard McCoy
If you haven’t checked it out yet, we kicked some…
- Retranscribed: “Blackness of the Night”
by Leonard McCoy
When Cat re-imagined his “folkie-protest” song for his 2017 album,…
- New: “Don’t Blame Them”
by Leonard McCoy
Cat’s love of melody and ever-creative way of playing guitar…
- New: “I Want Some Sun (Studio Demo)”
by Leonard McCoy
We transcribed Cat’s previously unreleased demo “I Want Some Sun“,…
- Rubylove Completely Re-Transcribed
by Leonard McCoy
We took a deep dive into Open E tuning and…
- The Many Troubles of Transcribing “Fisherman Song”
by Leonard McCoy
Written in 1966 and subsequently recorded but discarded for Teaser…
- Documenting Cat’s Every Guitar
by Leonard McCoy
We started gathering photographs of Cat’s every guitar (or other…
- Milestone: “Time” Transcribed
by Leonard McCoy
In our effort to have the entire album Mona Bone…
- A New “Morning Has Broken”
by Leonard McCoy
We took our time to revise the guitar tab for…
- New URL and Banner
by Leonard McCoy
We booked the domain PlayingCatStevens.org for better exposure and to…
- “The Day They Make Tsar” Revisited
by Leonard McCoy
“Tsar” is one of Cat’s favorites, so we took our…
- “I’ve Got a Thing” Revised
by Leonard McCoy
For “I’ve Got a Thing About Seeing My Grandson Grow…
- New Guitar Tab: “Pop Star”
by Leonard McCoy
The intro of “Pop Star” starts trailing off into freeform…
- Cat’s Guitars in Detail
by Leonard McCoy
What is Cat’s favorite guitar, what did he start out…
- Major Revision: “Maybe You’re Right”
by Leonard McCoy
We did a complete rework of our “Maybe You’re Right”…
- Super Deluxe Album of “Teaser and the Firecat” Out Now
by Leonard McCoy
Right on time for its 50th anniversary Teaser and the…
- Additional Lyrics-Only Section for Bloated Guitar Tabs
by Leonard McCoy
Starting with “Lady D’Arbanville” and “Boy with a Moon and…
- Overhauled: “Miles from Nowhere”
by Leonard McCoy
For “Miles from Nowhere,” we cleaned up the whole guitar…
- Major revision for “Fill My Eyes”
by Leonard McCoy
In our effort to transcribe the entire Mona Bone Jakon…
- “Where Do the Children Play?” revised
by Leonard McCoy
It was about time that we gave our older guitar…
- New tab: “But I Might Die Tonight”
by Leonard McCoy
Despite being a very fine piano piece, we decided to…
- “Longer Boats” 4 Years Later
by Leonard McCoy
We always wanted to do a major revision to “Longer…
- Major revision of “Lady D’Arbanville”
by Leonard McCoy
We took our time to dive deep into “Lady D’Arbanville”…
- “Ruins” cleaned up
by Leonard McCoy
We revised Cat’s freeform picking pattern for “Ruins,” cleaned up…
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