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Reviews and Press for Stu

Meeting with unprecedented international coverage and acclaim, Stu
shines a spotlight on the unsung hero of the Rolling Stones. Offering
unseen and rare images, plus personal commentary from the band
and those closest to Stu, from the band’s formation to their ultimate
domination of a genre, Ian Stewart was literally the man behind the
Rolling Stones.

What the press said…

Mail on Sunday
“Simply titled, ‘Stu’, as everyone called him, it’s a story of heartbreak,
loyalty and affection.” Read Ray Connolly’s thoughts on Stu, his music and praise for Stu the book.

The Guardian
“In the words of a friend, Stewart was ‘an ordinary person in
extraordinary surroundings’, which makes the form and content of Stu,
a privately published, limited-edition book devoted to tributes from
his friends and associates, all the more remarkable.” Read the full review here.

Mojo
“A New Book salutes Ian Stewart, the Rolling Stone’ unsung titan… All
six surviving Rolling Stones contribute to the book, as do Jeff Beck,
Jimmy Page and surprisingly Polly Harvey, whose parents were friends
of his. Though Stewart was eased out of the band in 1963 for not
looking the part, his devotion to the Stones was undimmed.”
Read the full review here.

San Francisco Chronicle
“In page after page of previously unseen photographs, the book brings
to life one of the great unsung heroes of rock ‘n’ roll, the sixth Rolling
Stone, a man who lived his life just out of the frame. From the band’s
earliest days on the London nightclub circuit to worldwide tours in
football stadiums, Stewart is caught in the middle of the Rolling Stones
circus, an island of calm amid the chaos, playing piano off the side
of the stage, fixing some piece of equipment or leading the band to
the stage, with the inevitable remark ‘Come on now, my three-chord
wonders.’” Read the full review here.

Goldmine
“Among 80+ contributors, all six surviving members of The Rolling
Stones discuss their old friend via some of the longest retrospective
interviews they have given in years. Wives and girlfriends,
management and assistants, friends, fans and family weigh in as
well, while Stewart’s own voice is heard via a previously unpublished
interview from 1972. Then there are the photographs, hundreds
of them piling in from both Stewart’s own archive as well as the
collections of band- mates and associates… An essential addition…“
Read the full review here.

Scottish Mail on Sunday
“In a brilliant new book called Stu, the Stones take an emotional
stroll down memory lane to recall their favourite reminiscences of the
musician who was born at Kirklatch Farm, Pittenweem, Fife. The lavish
400-page coffee table tome is crammed full of previously unseen
photographs of Ian, who died in 1985, aged 47, after a stroke. It’s a
measure of the late Scot’s standing in the music business that other
contributors include rock legends Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jack Bruce
and Jeff Beck plus Marianne Faithfull and Jerry Hall.” Read the full review here.

Millionaire Magazine
“So who is Ian Stewart and why do his fellow band members call him
the most important of all the Rolling Stones? It’s all explained in Stu,
a limited edition, 432-page retrospective that is sure to become a
collector’s item. Read the full review here.

IORR
“If the Stones mean something for you, get ‘Stu’. If he had not
existed, now you would not have a band to breathe for!” Read the full review here.

Scotland on Sunday
“… a new book, called simply Stu, is according him proper recognition,
and the surviving Strolling Bones, their contemporaries and campfollowers,
lovers and staffers, are falling over themselves to acclaim
as nothing less than the quietly-beating heart and soul of the band…”
Read the full review here.

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