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[[Alice Stuart]] is name-checked (as "[[Alice Stuart|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.
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'''Alice Stuart''' was raised in Chelan, WA, and began performing folk music professionally in Seattle during the early 1960's, and from there moved to [[Los Angeles]]. After hearing early blues recordings, Alice immersed herself in the world of blues music.  She briefly joined [[The_Mothers#The_Mothers|The Mothers]] in 1965.
  
Alice Stuart was raised in Chelan, WA, and began performing folk music professionally in Seattle during the early 1960'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]]):
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<blockquote>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.</blockquote><div align="right">-Frank Zappa in "[[The Incredible History Of The Mothers]]" 1968, [[Hit Parader]]</div>
<blockquote>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.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>"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."</blockquote><div align="right">-Alice Stuart "[[Gold From California: Alice Stuart Is Back]]", Mike Plumbley (e-mail interview, July 1998)</div>
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Alice Stuart is included in the [[:Category:Freak Out! (The List)|list of names]] (as Alice Stewart) on the cover of [[Freak Out!]]
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*[[Louie Louie (CC)]].
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*[http://www.alicestuart.com/ Alice Stuart Website]
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*[[wikipedia:Alice Stuart|Wikipedia article]]
  
[[Alice Stuart]] in [[Gold From California: Alice Stuart Is Back]],
 
<blockquote>"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."</blockquote> 
 
  
"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)
 
  
 
[[Category:Bandmembers|Stuart, Alice]]
 
[[Category:Bandmembers|Stuart, Alice]]
 
[[Category:Musicians|Stuart, Alice]]
 
[[Category:Musicians|Stuart, Alice]]
[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Stuart, Alice]]
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[[Category:Freak Out! (The List)|Stewart, Alice]]

Revision as of 03:24, 16 July 2008

Alice Stuart was raised in Chelan, WA, and began performing folk music professionally in Seattle during the early 1960's, and from there moved to Los Angeles. After hearing early blues recordings, Alice immersed herself in the world of blues music. She briefly joined The Mothers in 1965.

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.

-Frank Zappa in "The Incredible History Of The Mothers" 1968, Hit Parader


"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."

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


Alice Stuart is included in the list of names (as Alice Stewart) on the cover of Freak Out!

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