Alice Stuart

Alice Stuart is name-checked (as "Alice Stewart") on the cover of "Freak Out!" (1966) under the heading "These People Have Contributed Materially In Many Ways To Make Our Music What It Is. Please Do Not Hold It Against Them". She was/is a guitarist with blues influences.

Alice Stuart was raised in Chelan, WA, began performing folk music professionally in Seattle during the early 60's, and from there moved to Los Angeles. After hearing early blues recordings, Alice immersed herself in the world of blues music. FZ in "The Incredible History Of The Mothers" (1968, Hit Parader): : "We had added a girl to the group, Alice Stuart. She played guitar very well and sang well. I had an idea for combining certain modal influences into our basically country blues sound. We were playing a lot of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf-type stuff. Alice played good finger-style guitar, but she couldn't play "Louie Louie", so I fired her. Alice Stuart in "Gold From California: Alice Stuart Is Back", an article by Mike Plumbley (e-mail interview, July 1998): "Actually, Frank and I met in Los Angeles in a coffeehouse. Seems we were both waiting to meet the same person, a great guitarist named Steve Mann. We were about the only people there and we got to talking and when we finally gave up waiting for Steve, we ended up leaving together. We had a fast and furious love affair and tried to incorporate music into the equation. His music was so much different than mine that it was destined to end in disappointment. We loved and cared about each other though. That was when I was trying to go from a folkie to a rocker."

"I have been playing bass and providing back up vocals, as well as collaborating on new material with Alice for the past 6 years and things are beginning to take off. The woman sure can sing the blues like nobodies business... truly a treasure." - Prune Rooney (bass player, song writer), July 1998 (unknown source).

See also: Louie Louie (CC).

Interview: "Gold From California: Alice Stuart Is Back", Mike Plumbley (e-mail interview, July 1998)