Chris Stewart (author)
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Chris Stewart was the original drummer and a founding member of Genesis. He is now a farmer and an author.
A classmate of Tony Banks and Peter Gabriel, Stewart joined them in a school band called The Garden Wall, and they later formed another band with schoolmates Mike Rutherford and Anthony Phillips, called The Anon. This band eventually became Genesis in January 1967. Stewart appears on the band's first 2 singles, The Silent Sun/That's Me and A Winter's Tale/One Eyed Hound. (These tracks appear as bonus tracks on many reissues of Genesis' first album From Genesis to Revelation. Also, a stereo mix of Silent Sun was included on the album.)
Chris was not really serious about becoming a musician and left the band in the summer of 1968. He was replaced by John Silver. After travelling and working throughout Europe, Stewart settled in Spain.
He is now better known for his autobiographical books, Driving Over Lemons (1999, ISBN 0953522709) and the sequel A Parrot In The Pepper Tree (ISBN 095352275X), about his work farming in Spain. Both are also available as audio books (Lemons ISBN 0141801433; Parrot ISBN 0141804025), narrated by Stewart.
"An idyllic life in a remote, sunny part of Europe is a fantasy normally punctured by harsh realities, and abandoned. Chris is made of sterner stuff. Driving Over Lemons is a wonderful account of his Andalucian adventure"
- - back-cover text for Driving Over Lemons, written by Peter Gabriel.
He has also contributed to two books in the Rough Guides series ? the Rough Guide to Andalucia and the Rough Guide to China.