LOS ANGELES () - Dave Stewart was half the musical duo Eurythmics in the 1980s, just when his partnership with singer Annie Lennox washed-out the British artist institute other outlets for his creativity.
The guitarist, singer and music manufacturer released a new album, "The Dave Stewart Songbook, Volume 1" on Tuesday and will tour with a "john Rock fabulous orchestra" later this month.
"I'm not the new big anything. I've been around for ages, and I've been doing all this stuff behind the scenes, and I want to put it in the spotlight a bit," Stewart told .
Stewart, 55, sold more than 75 meg albums with Eurythmics. He and Lennox disbanded the band in 1990 only reunited for the 1999 album "Peace."
He described his persona on "Dave Stewart Songbook" as kindred to a big band leader from the forties or fifties, bringing
