THE ROLLING STONES TO APPEAR WITH
ORIGINAL BASSIST BILL WYMAN FOR BOB DYLAN
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 Ian Stewart |
Spinner, Consequence of Sound, TwentyFourBit, NME, and other
music outlets are reporting that The
Rolling Stones will appear on a tribute album for Ian Stewart.
On March 8, British piano player Ben Waters will release Boogie for Stu, the proceeds of
which will benefit the British Heart Foundation. Waters recently
revealed that Charlie Watts, Ronnie Wood, Jools Holland, and PJ Harvey
(Waters’ cousin) had contributed to the album. In a posting on his website, Waters also let it slip that Keith
Richards had played guitar on three tracks and sang on one, while Mick Jagger had “played
harmonica and sung fantastically on one track.”
According to the band’s fan site It’s Only Rock N’
Roll, original Stones bassist Bill Wyman will also appear with the band, plus Jools Holland and Ben
Waters
for a cover
of Bob Dylan‘s “Watching the River
Flow.” The project will be produced by Glyn Johns. The Stones’ management has
neither confirmed nor denied the reports.
Often referred to as the “Sixth Stone,” Stewart was the band’s original keyboardist who was dismissed from their
stage
lineup in 1963 by then-manager Andrew Loog Oldham. He went on to become the road manager for the
band and contributed keyboard and percussion parts to every Stones album from 1964-1986, with the exception of
1968′s Beggar’s Banquet.
Stewart died of a heart attack on Dec. 12 1985 at the age of 47.
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