Ian Stewart (musician) Wyman and Charlie Watts. He also played piano and organ on the 1982 "Bad to the Bone" album of George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Moreover, he performed with Ronnie Lane in a televised concert. In 1981 Stewart and Charlie Watts contributed to the song "Bad Penny Blues", which appeared on the album, "These Kind of Blues" by the Blues Band, and was a founding member, with Watts, of Rocket 88. Stewart contributed to The Rolling Stones' 1983 "Undercover", and was present during the 1985 recording for "Dirty Work" (released in 1986). In early December 1985, Stewart began having respiratory problems.
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,