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Stewart played piano in the original line-up of The Rolling Stones. He predates both Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts as members of the band. Because the band's manager Andrew Loog Oldham did not think Stewart's looks were good enough for publicity purposes, Stewart officially "left the group" but continued until his death as their road manager and pianist. Whereas other of the band's members, chiefly Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, were known for their flashy apparel, for over thirty years the pianist kept the same style of jeans and a highly unfashionable haircut, adding a depth of reality to the decadent rock and roll madness that the band purveyed. Because of his ambiguous role within the group, he is often referred to as the Sixth Stone, as he was inducted posthumously in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 with the band. A grand piano, with the lid up. ... Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Bill Wyman (born William George Perks on 24 October 1936) was the bassist for the English rock and roll band The Rolling Stones from its founding in 1962 until 1991. ... Charlie Watts Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ... Andrew Loog Oldham (born 1944) is a British rock and roll producer, impresario and author. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, showing Lake Erie in the background The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum and institution in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, dedicated, as the name suggests, to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Role in the band (1962-1985)

Born in Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland, Stewart, or "Stu", played keyboards on most of the Stones' essential albums from the 1960s until the 1980s, though his work was often supplemented by such guests as session pianist Nicky Hopkins, soul musician Billy Preston, Phil Spector and Neil Young associate Jack Nitzsche and Ian McLagan of The Faces. As the Stones' career progressed and their keyboardist stable increased, Stewart became far more selective of the material he contributed to, favoring blues and country rockers in major keys. Some of Stewart's most evocative work at the piano from the group's fabled 1968–1972 peak is featured in the songs "Let It Bleed", "Dead Flowers", "Sweet Virginia", and the covers of Chuck Berry's "Carol" and "Little Queenie" from the live Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!. Pittenweem from the outer harbour wall. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen of the UK Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was a British musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ... William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American soul musician from Houston, Texas, raised mostly in Los Angeles, California. ... Harvey Phillip Spector (born December 26, 1940) is an American record producer of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist and film director who grew up during his teen years in Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Bernard Alfred (Jack) Nitzsche (Chicago, April 22, 1937 – Hollywood, August 25, 2000) was an integral presence in the history of popular music in the 20th century. ... Ian McLagan is a British keyboards player, best known as a member of The Small Faces in the 1960s and The Faces in the 1970s. ... Small Faces album cover Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the ashes of The Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan... Get Yer Ya-Yas Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert is a live album by The Rolling Stones released in 1970. ...

Stu's most enduring moment in Stones history occurred in 1969, when the band was recording at Muscle Shoals Studios in Alabama on a tour break shortly before the Altamont disaster. Characteristically, Stewart refused to play on the ballad "Wild Horses" because he objected to the lilting minor key of the song. It was this staunch dedication to roots music forms, namely boogie-woogie jazz and early rhythm and blues (jump blues) that earned the pianist so much respect among his former bandmates. To quote Mick Jagger shortly after Stewart's untimely death, "I'm going to miss him a lot. He really helped this band swing on 'Honky-Tonk Women' and loads of others. Stu was the one guy we tried to please. We wanted his approval when we were writing or rehearsing a song. We'd want him to like it." Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ...

He often berated Brian Jones for his destructive behavior and was believed to be instrumental in having the guitarist removed from the band and replaced by Mick Taylor, who coincidentally was a prominent figure in the traditional blues and jazz circles Stewart frequented, having previously played with the legendary John Mayall. Stewart and Jones had been the musical leaders in the first incarnation of the Stones but distinct stylistic differences — the former's love of the jazzier boogie-woogie R&B of the Forties, the latter's penchant for the electric blues of the Fifties — nearly led to the group breaking apart. It wasn't until the addition of Jagger and Richards, who came from a more soul/rock and roll background, that a compromise was reached. ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Michael Mick Kevin Taylor (born 17 January 1949 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire) is an English musician best known as the former lead guitarist for The Rolling Stones. ... John Mayall, OBE, (born 29 November 1933) is a pioneering British blues singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. ... Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

He took the news of his ejection without fuss or bother. He agreed to stay on, loading the gear into the battered pink VW bus and driving from Lowestoft to Aberystwyth in a day, for instance, or setting off for Germany with a broken starter motor before replacing frayed guitar strings or doggedly setting up Charlie’s drums the way he himself would play them. "I never ever swore at him," Watts says, with rueful amazement. In the later chapters in the band history, Stu was happy to be in the band's background and according to Jagger and Richards, he didn't want to join at all, although he had been requested numerous times.

Later on, as Keith Richards and many of the band's associates became drug addicts in the early Seventies, Stewart withdrew from the band's musical affairs to a large extent, preferring to tend to his administrative duties. "I think he looked upon it as a load of silliness," Mick Taylor, who replaced Jones as the group’s lead guitarist, said. "I also think it was because he saw what had happened to Brian. I could tell from the expression on his face when things started to get a bit crazy during the making of Exile on Main Street. I think he found it very hard. We all did." For example, he only plays on three tracks on the epochal double album Exile On Main Street: the blues covers "Shake Your Hips" and "Stop Breaking Down" and "Sweet Virginia". (Interestingly, "Good Time Woman" was a Stewart showcase, though by the time the song transformed into the hit single "Tumbling Dice" Nicky Hopkins was manning the piano bench). Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943 in Dartford, Kent) is an English guitarist, songwriter, and singer. ... Exile on Main Street is a 1972 (see 1972 in music) album by the rock and roll band The Rolling Stones. ... Tumbling Dice is a rock song written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for The Rolling Stones 1972 double album Exile on Main St. ... Nicky Hopkins (February 24, 1944 – September 6, 1994) was a British musician who featured on scores of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, playing piano and organ. ...

Stewart accompanied the band on all of their tours until 1982, working in various capacities. In the early days, he served as road manager and ferried the Stones and their instruments in his van. By the late 1960s, he had become the "corporate secretary" of the band's organization, managing their rehearsal hall and mobile recording truck (both often rented out to contemporaries including The Faces and Bob Marley) and serving as advance man when the band was on the road. An avid golfer in his spare time, Stewart was notorious for booking the group into desolate hotels near the best country clubs. Thus, despite their bad boy aura, the Stones never acquired the hotel-wrecking bacchanalian infamy of Led Zeppelin and The Who. With the exception of their 1971 English Tour and the 1972 American Tour (in which Nicky Hopkins alone played keyboards), Stewart always sat in on piano with the group, though usually only playing on the numbers he enjoyed or had already recorded with the Stones. Small Faces album cover Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the ashes of The Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan... Robert Nesta Marley, OM (February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album) Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful groups in popular music history. ... The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time [1][2] [3] [4]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to... The Rolling Stones American Tour 1972, often referred the S.T.P. Tour (for Stones Touring Party), was a much-publicized and much-written-about concert tour of The United States and Canada in June and July 1972 by The Rolling Stones. ...

By and large, Stewart's best recorded contributions are with the Rolling Stones, however he did play many other sessions. He contributed to Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" from the group's 1971 untitled release and "Boogie With Stu" from the 1975 Physical Graffiti, two numbers in the traditional rock and roll vein, both featured Stu's intensely rhythmic boogie-woogie style; another notable non-Stones release for Stewart was Howlin' Wolf's 1971 London Sessions album, an all-star recording featuring Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Beatles hanger-on/Plastic Ono Band bassist Klaus Voorman, B-3 organ player Steve Winwood, and Stones bandmates Wyman and Watts in addition to Stewart. This article is about the rock band. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album) Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful groups in popular music history. ... Rock and Roll is a song by British rock band Led Zeppelin, which was first released as the second track of their untitled fourth album in 1971. ... is the fourth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, released on November 8, 1971 (see 1971 in music). ... Boogie With Stu is a song by Led Zeppelin, from their 1975 album Physical Graffiti. ... Physical Graffiti is a double album by British rock and roll band Led Zeppelin. ... Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Chester Arthur Burnett (June 10, 1910 – January 10, 1976), better known as Howlin Wolf or sometimes, The Howlin Wolf, was an influential blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. ... An example of the famous Clapton is God graffiti craze Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most respected and influential musicians of the rock era, garnering an unprecedented three inductions into... Richard Starkey, MBE (born July 7, 1940), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is a popular English musician, singer, and actor, best known as the drummer for The Beatles. ... Klaus Voormann was an artist. ... Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born May 12, 1948 in Great Barr, Birmingham, England) is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who, in addition to his solo career, was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, and Blind Faith. ...

There was also the commercially obscure back-to-the-roots fun band Rocket 88, a late-seventies early-eighties venture which included Charlie Watts, Alexis Korner (the founding father of the British blues/trad jazz scene in the early sixties), Cream frontman Jack Bruce on stand-up acoustic bass, and Stewart on piano, as well as a pool of what he called "British Jazz Legends". Though they only released one album, with Rocket 88 Stewart was finally able to play the boogie-woogie jazz that he so loved and championed. Rocket 88 is the name of a United Kingdom-based boogie-woogie band formed by Ian Stu Stewart and Bob Hall. ... Charlie Watts Charles Robert Charlie Watts (born 2 June 1941) is the drummer of The Rolling Stones. ... Alexis Korner (born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner, April 19, 1928 in Paris - died January 1, 1984 in Westminster, London), was an English blues musician, born to an Austrian father and Greek mother. ... Cream was a 1960s British supergroup which featured guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce, and drummer Ginger Baker. ... John Symon Asher Jack Bruce (born May 14, 1943) is a Scottish musician; a multi-instumentalist, composer, singer. ... Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Death and posthumous recognition (1985-present)

Though Stewart's last contributions to a Rolling Stones-album were included on 1983's Undercover, he was still present during the problematic sessions for 1986's Dirty Work. In early December 1985, Stewart began having respiratory problems. On December 12th, he went to a clinic to have the problem examined; however, he suffered a heart attack and died while in the waiting room. He was to meet with Keith Richards after the visit to discuss the plan behind the projected album that turned into Dirty Work. For the 2005 Ozzy Osbourne album, see Under Cover (Ozzy Osbourne album) Undercover is also the title of a 2003 album by the German band the Puhdys Undercover is an album by The Rolling Stones and was released in 1983. ... Dirty Work is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1986. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...

The Stones paid tribute to their loyal road manager and piano player by playing a tribute gig for him with Rocket 88 in February 1986, and by including a 30-second boogie-woogie piano solo played by Ian Stewart on the fadeout of the Dirty Work album.

Basis for fictional detective Rebus

According to a Sunday Herald article in March 2006, Ian Stewart was taken as the basis for a famous fictional detective: Herald is a common name for newspapers throughout the English-speaking world, and the Sunday editions are often called Sunday Herald. ...

• "Scottish crime writer Ian Rankin has revealed that John Rebus, the star of 15 novels set in the grimy underbelly of the nation’s capital, may have more to do with the Rolling Stones than any detective could have surmised. The award-winning novelist admits during a new Radio 4 series exploring the