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The arrangements are slightly different with all the people I play with, so it’s an adventure.

“There’s a bass player who has a habit of turning up without telling me. But I do a lot of historical songs, so if I start talking about the French Revolution, that’s probably what it’s about.”Stewart works with various guitar players and sometimes with an entire band. If I start talking about a Hungarian gymnast, it’s probably not real. I’d be thrilled.”That in mind, Stewart said he often talks about his songs, but also likes to have fun with fans, so occasionally makes up “something completely erroneous,” so he doesn’t become predictable.“For the most part my audience knows when to take it seriously, and when not to. If it were me in the audience, and they told me the background of the songs, I’d like that.”For example, Stewart said he’d love to know what “Desolation Row” is about, “but Bob Dylan will never tell me.” Laughing, he said, “Bless him if he comes and tells me. Everyone who has been doing this for this long has stories. Speaking from his Los Angeles home, he said he’ll present a mix of music and stories.“Probably half the show is me sort of just chatting with people. Last year, he performed his “Year of the Cat” album in its entirety at London’s Royal Albert Hall.Hartford’s Infinity Music Hall is where you can see him Sunday, Dec. ”Stewart, 71, is known for mixing folk-rock with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history, and has released 16 studio albums.

She’ll just tell you that she came, in the year of the cat. “She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running like a watercolor in the rain.

They soon left to pursue careers in the United States, while he kept at his craft until he, too, achieved international success with tunes such as his 1976 smash, “Year of the Cat.”The song begins, “On a morning from a Bogart movie, in a country where they turn back time,” and tells of a mysterious woman. Along the way to stardom, he hung out with Cat Stevens and Paul Simon, even sharing a London flat with Simon in 1965.He was in the room with Simon and Art Garfunkel when they learned “The Sounds of Silence” was a hit. The Scottish singer-songwriter, who grew up in England, left school at 16 to play guitar.