dropped Stevens, and signed to Tony DeFries' company MainMan. Mott's fifth album, All the Young Dudes, was produced by David Bowie. Later activities By the mid-1970s, Stevens' activities had become increasingly erratic as a result of his chronic alcoholism. The Clash In 1976 Stevens was present, although not clearly as a producer, on a demo session which The Clash undertook before they were signed. Mick Jones recalled that: In 1979, the band recruited Stevens to produce their album London Calling. The band themselves have always held up Stevens' input as a major factor in the album's popularity and quality. The Clash involved Stevens because they recognized the influential role he had played in the British beat and blues booms of the 1960s. The Who, The Small Faces, The Rolling Stones and many others used Stevens' knowledge of the American R&B and soul scene as a source for their own repertoire, having heard of him through his deejaying at the New Scene Club. Stevens' involvement with the production of London Calling is explored extensively in Marcus Grey's book Route 19 Revisited: The Clash and the Making of London Calling (2012). Death and legacy Stevens was last seen alive at his home in South-east London on 29 August 1981. His body was found on 31 August. His death was the result of an overdose on the prescription drugs he was taking to reduce his alcohol dependency. Later that year The Clash wrote a song in his honour: "Midnight to Stevens". It is a lush, sweeping song that sounds unlike almost anything the Clash recorded despite the wide range of styles on Sandinista! and Combat Rock. It was eventually released as the b-side of a 12" Clash single in the summer of 1982. It was later re-released in 1991, when it appeared on disc three of the compilation Clash on Broadway. Free recorded 'Guy Stevens Blues' as a tribute although the track remained unissued until 2001. Stevens' involvement in Mott the Hoople's early career was covered in the 2011 documentary, The Ballad of Mott the Hoople. Stevens also produced Free's debut album Tons of Sobs, the eponymous debut album of Mighty Baby, and the debut of Spooky Tooth, Supernatural Fairy Tales. A poem in tribute to Stevens was included by Ian Hunter on the lyric sheet of his 1983 CBS album All of the Good Ones Are Taken, which concluded: "I remember the