1. Alice Stuart was an American blues and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist.
13 Facts About Alice Stuart
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Alice Stuart toured the UK with Van Morrison and throughout the United States with Mississippi John Hurt.
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Alice Stuart started taking piano lessons at the age of five.
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Alice Stuart picked up the guitar at age 18 and played banjo, auto harp, parade snare drum, and bass.
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At the age of 22, Alice Stuart played the Berkeley Folk Festival in 1964.
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In 1964, Alice Stuart met Frank Zappa by chance in a Santa Monica, California coffeehouse, as they both were waiting to meet guitarist Steve Mann.
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Alice Stuart became a member of Zappa's band, The Mothers of Invention, which at the time played mostly blues.
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Alice Stuart lasted only a few months and did not make any recordings with the Mothers.
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On November 28,1971, Alice Stuart appeared on BBC Television's Old Grey Whistle Test, a television program that aired in Europe.
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In 1972, Alice Stuart sang the title theme song to the X-rated cartoon movie Fritz the Cat, with music done by Ed Bogas.
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In 1974, Alice Stuart sat in with Fantasy Records label-mates, Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders, several times, including at The Lion's Share in San Anselmo, California.
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Alice Stuart lived in the Seattle area and toured with her band, The Formerlys, which consists of Marc Willett, who was in The Kingsmen from 1984 to 1992, and Steven Flynn, formerly of Chuck Berry's band and Jr.
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Alice Stuart had a stroke in August 2013, but fought her journey back to creating music.