Well, Sham, you've lost me.

My favorite artist moved from Scotland to the south of England as a child, then to London at the tender age of 19. He made his name in the "folk scene" of London in the early 70's, being one of the first --or at least most notorious-- singer/songwriters to use the "f" word on an album. He later switched from writing primarily love songs to songs with historical themes, one of which was dubbed "British Pie" by the press for covering post-war British history in a manner somewhat reminiscent to "American Pie." He had a very short string of #1 hits in the USA in the mid-to-late 70's. He moved to the USA (near L.A.) shortly thereafter, and has been quietly putting out albums of quality folk-rock ever since.

Is this the sort of thing you mean?

"I came up to London when I was 19
with a corduroy jacket and a headful of dreams"
--that guy

Alex
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