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                  Ian
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Ian
                  "Stu" Stewart- (1938-1985)--(member
                  of the Rolling
                  Stones
                  1961-1962, unofficial Stone
                  1962-1985)
                  
                  
Born:
                  Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland
                  
                  
Ian
                  Steward played keyboards and served as the road
                  manager for the Rolling Stones for nearly 24 years,
                  from the founding of the band in 1961 to his death
                  in 1985. He was often dubbed The
                  Sixth Stone. Despite being left off of the
                  "official" band membership lineup in 1962 due to
                  his "unsexy" appearance, Stewart was an integral
                  partner with the other Stones in developing the
                  music and in selecting the sounds the band
                  recorded. Among his best work for the Stones are
                  his keyboards on "Let It Bleed", "Brown
                  Sugar", "Dead Flowers", "Sweet
                  Virginia", "Honky Tonk Women", and the
                  covers of Chuck Berry's "Carol" and
                  "Little Queenie" from the live Get Yer
                  Ya-Ya's Out! album.
                  
                  
Stewart
                  also performed session work with other bands, the
                  best known of which are the keyboards on Led
                  Zeppelin's singles, "Rock and Roll" and "Boogie
                  With Stu," with Stewart being the "Stu" in the
                  song's title that Led Zeppelin boogied
                  with.
                  
                  
In the
                  late 1970s and early 1980s, Stewart formed a
                  traditional boogie-woogie jazz band called Rocket
                  88 with fellow Stone Charlie Watts on drums, Alexis
                  Korner on guitar, and Cream founder Jack Bruce on
                  acoustic bass.
                  
                  
Stewart
                  died on December 12, 1985, of a heart attack while
                  sitting in his doctor's waiting room.
                  
                  
 
                  
                  

               
            
         
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                            Lee, R. "World Biography: Ian "Stu"
                           Stewart (1938-1985)"
                           
                           
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Stu--Article
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