What key details about alun davies -lrb- guitarist -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: alun davies -lrb- born 1943 -rrb- is a welsh guitarist , studio musician , recording artist , and composer who rose to fame primarily with his supporting guitar work and backing vocals as accompanist for english musician cat stevens , from early 1970 to 1977 . prior to his association with stevens , davies co-wrote , sang , and performed on two albums : in 1963 , with jon mark , -lrb- known then as john michael burchell -rrb- and in 1968 , as a part of a band with mark and three others called sweet thursday , when folk-rock music was still in its infancy . when their label declared bankruptcy , davies was invited to join cat stevens as a session musician , who was attempting to change his sound and advance in the music world . davies ' experience , similar tastes in the emerging folk-rock genre , and capabilities with guitar and voice placed him in a pivotal role in stevens ' career , resulting in hit songs and a string of riaa platinum certified breakthrough albums . two such albums , '' tea for the tillerman '' and '' teaser and the firecat '' , propelled stevens to stardom and a stellar musical career , and solidified a friendship between the two men . davies , who recorded a solo album after a few years of backing stevens found comparatively little commercial success on his own , particularly after several years of sitting in stevens ' charismatic shadow . he continued to tour with him and recorded on all but one of his albums , until stevens ' conversion to islam and retirement from the pop scene in 1977 . since that time , many '' box sets '' , compilations , and '' best hits '' albums have been assembled for sale with davies ' guitar work and vocals on each album . in late 2005 , when stevens -lrb- now known as yusuf islam -rrb- returned again to write and perform , he did so with the amicable support of his friend and long-time right hand man davies , although nearly three decades had passed , and the two men had followed extremely different paths during the interim . davies continues to perform with...
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- instrument is guitar , vocals- years active is 1963 -- present- genre is folk skiffle rock , folk , pop , jazz ,- alias is daydo- notable instruments is fender stratocaster epiphone casino- birth date is 1943- name is alun davies- background is solo_singer- label is decca , cbs , polydor , atlantic , fontana , island , a & m- birth place is wales , united kingdom- associated acts is cat jeremy taylor , sweet thursday stevens , ronnie lane , mark-almond band ,- occupation is musician , songwriter , vocalist , producer