Ian Stewart (musician) On 12 December he went to a clinic to have the problem examined, but he suffered a heart attack and died in the waiting room. The Rolling Stones played a tribute gig with Rocket 88 in February 1986 at London's 100 Club, and included a 30-second clip of Stewart playing the blues standard "Key to the Highway" at the end of "Dirty Work". When the Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, they requested Stewart's name be included. In his 2010 autobiography "Life", Keith Richards says: "Ian Stewart. I'm still working for him. To
Ian Stewart (musician) Stones' bookings at work." He also bought a van to transport the group and their equipment to their gigs. In early May 1963, the band's manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, said Stewart should no longer be onstage, that six members were too many for a popular group and that the older, burly, and square-jawed Stewart did not fit the image. He said Stewart could stay as road manager and play piano on recordings. Stewart accepted this demotion. Richards said: "[Stu] might have realised that in the way it was going to have to be marketed, he would be out of sync,