‘Underrated’ seems a strange word to use about a musician who has sold 75 million records. And yet there’s a case that Dave Stewart has never quite received his due as a guitarist. Perhaps this oversight is understandable.
Partnering the androgynous, octave-straddling Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox on Eurythmics’ chart-topping dash through the ’80s would put anyone in the shade. Nor did the multi-instrumentalist Stewart feel the need to constantly flex his guitar chops, driving many of the duo’s biggest hits – like 1983’s icy Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) – on synth and programmed drums.
