Yusuf/Cat Stevens reimagines his masterpiece album, "Tea for the Tillerman" In an interview with Yusuf/Cat Stevens, the singer-songwriter talks about the sequel, "Tea for the Tillerman 2" and other current releases. Author: Cat Stevens performing on British television in 1970. Photo by Ron Howard/Redferns In an interview with Yusuf/Cat Stevens, the singer-songwriter talks about the sequel, "Tea for the Tillerman 2" and other current releases. By Ken Sharp In 1968, after surviving an almost deadly bout of tuberculosis, Cat Stevens, already a star in his homeland of England, having racked up the hits, “Matthew and Son,” “I Love My Dog” and “I’m Gonna Get Me a Gun,” had grown weary of living life inside the bubble of fame. He harbored deeper, much bigger questions than those that could find voice inside an innocuous two- to three-minute pop song. By the turn of the ’70s, with albums