Great piece on Stu by Paul Trynka from a few years ago

http://trynka.net/2014/11/one-more-under-the-bus-ian-stewart/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNHg_rJrD8g

Interview by Alexis Korner, 'The Rolling Stones Story', BBC Radio 1, 1973

happy birthday!!

Stu was the happiest of the Stones!

Stu had a defiant unibrow!  Anathema to Oldham.

You would think the Stones would have something on their various public platforms. I haven't seen anything yet. Would be nice.

The Wick wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 3:43am:

You would think the Stones would have something on their various public platforms. I haven't seen anything yet. Would be nice.

According to Andrew Loog Oldham the stones fired him. I asked him why he fired Stu back in June 2001 and this is what he answered me

“Gerardo, I did not fire Stu, that was not within my power to do. I just told the Stones that I did not think the English public, because that's all we were dealing with at the time, were capable of being sold an image factor that contained six people. If the band had said, "Andrew, you can't do that" then Stu would have stayed in the band. This would have made a great difference as to what their future would have been and raises the question of whether you'd have been writing me a letter today on any issue on the Stones, had Stu stayed.

"I don't know but I was right at the time. How do I feel as a man in his mid-fifties with knowledge now about decisions that cause pain to others? Obviously different, but we were teenagers or in our early twenties, well, all except Bill, and at that age youth is invincible and does not know the meaning of hurt, except in matters of the teenage heart. It remains a good decision. If you saw a member of Supertramp or Los Lobos down on the corner I doubt you'd recognise more than one or two members. Life's got a short attention span when you work from nine to five and need to be entertained. Pop music is not a memory test, it's an escape and an entertainment. Over the years the Stones have got away with "Andrew fired Stu" - life is not as simple as they'd like that statement to be."

Andrew Loog Oldham June 2001


More here http://www.rocksoff.org/ian-stuontheroad.htm

As an additional read, this a Lisa Robinson interview (Creem Magazine 1976) as I posted here in Rocks Off in 2004

http://www.rocksoff.org/Archives/12-24-2004/206121-1.html

A huge part of their success on every level.

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 7:41am:

The Wick wrote on Jul 19th, 2018 at 3:43am: You would think the Stones would have something on their various public platforms. I haven't seen anything yet. Would be nice. According to Andrew Loog Oldham the stones fired him. I asked him why he fired Stu back in June 2001 and this is what he answered me “Gerardo, I did not fire Stu, that was not within my power to do. I just told the Stones that I did not think the English public, because that's all we were dealing with at the time, were capable of being sold an image factor that contained six people. If the band had said, "Andrew, you can't do that" then Stu would have stayed in the band. This would have made a great difference as to what their future would have been and raises the question of whether you'd have been writing me a letter today on any issue on the Stones, had Stu stayed. "I don't know but I was right at the time. How do I feel as a man in his mid-fifties with knowledge now about decisions that cause pain to others? Obviously different, but we were teenagers or in our early twenties, well, all except Bill, and at that age youth is invincible and does not know the meaning of hurt, except in matters of the teenage heart. It remains a good decision. If you saw a member of Supertramp or Los Lobos down on the corner I doubt you'd recognise more than one or two members. Life's got a short attention span when you work from nine to five and need to be entertained. Pop music is not a memory test, it's an escape and an entertainment. Over the years the Stones have got away with "Andrew fired Stu" - life is not as simple as they'd like that statement to be." Andrew Loog Oldham June 2001 More here http://www.rocksoff.org/ian-stuontheroad.htm

Wow, thanks Voodoo. This info is why this is the best Stones site.

I should rephrase: "Why would the Stones say anything on their various public platforms."

Andrew Oldham does seem to be throwing it onto the Stones there and he should take some responsibility. It just sounds he feels a little guilty about it. I seriously doubt that a 6th member, in light of the times and the powerhouse songwriting of Mick and Keith, would have made a lick of difference in terms of their popularity. I mean if that was the case, then the argument about the Stones compared to the Beatles would be the same and what would they propose, get rid of Bill?

There is no doubt that the Stones loved Stu, regardless of how they asked him to step aside, it would just be nice for them to publicly recognize him on occasions like this instead of the daily rubbish they often post on twitter.

I like that ending to Live in Texas '78 where the camera focuses on Stu before fading to black.

I'm pretty sure that's Stu I'm talking about. Might just watch it again this weekend.  :sad

The Wick wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 10:39am:

Wow, thanks Voodoo. This info is why this is the best Stones site.

I'm flattered, you rock!!!

Voodoo Chile in Wonderland wrote on Jul 19^th, 2018 at 7:43am:

As an additional read, this a Lisa Robinson interview (Creem Magazine 1976) as I posted here in Rocks Off in 2004 http://www.rocksoff.org/Archives/12-24-2004/206121-1.html

Lisa Robinson was the QUEEN of the NYC Rock Scene...Met her one time at Danceteria and it was amazing...Thanks for the read

STU!