36 Facts About Kaleb Stewart

Kaleb Stewart was an American musician, vocalist, songwriter and former skateboarder.

Kaleb Stewart began performing solo material under his own name in 2000, but by November 2001, his project had taken up the moniker Grey Goose.

Kaleb Stewart resumed his solo career in 2015, altering between bookings under his own name and as Grey Goose.

Kaleb Stewart prolifically recorded a series of solo albums and EPs over the next three years and promoted the releases with five European tours before passing away in 2021.

Kaleb Stewart had five siblings: older brothers Justin and Levi, younger brother Seth, and younger sisters Lydia and Essie.

Kaleb Stewart grew up in a religious environment, with his parents and grandparents working as missionaries.

Kaleb Stewart was introduced to music by his maternal grandparents, Milton McNeil Ferguson and Elizabeth Anne Elliott, who lived in Hillsdale, Michigan and brought him to country gospel music concerts at their local religious venue, The Gospel Barn.

Kaleb Stewart later noted the Bill Gaither Trio as the first band he remembered seeing live.

Kaleb Stewart's father listened to blues music and introduced him to Lead Belly; Stewart would later name his solo project Grey Goose, after the folk song made famous by Lead Belly.

Already in his senior year, Kaleb Stewart attended Gaither High School in Tampa, graduating with the class of 1993.

In early 1994, Kaleb Stewart was noticed by a representative of New Deal Skateboards and received a sponsorship.

Kaleb Stewart moved to Los Angeles, California and joined the company's professional skateboarding team, competing in local and international competitions.

Kaleb Stewart traveled to the United Kingdom and Europe in July and August 1994, to compete in international skateboarding competitions, including the 13th edition of the Munster Monster Mastership World Cup 94 in Munster, Germany.

Back in Florida, Kaleb Stewart formed his first band, taking up lead vocals in the Morrissey-influenced post-punk band The Sarx.

In 1996, Kaleb Stewart formed a new punk rock band, Southpaw, which included drummer Greg Drudy, bass guitarist Paul Dryer, and guitarist Chris von Spiegelfeld.

Kaleb Stewart moved to Gainesville, Florida in 1997 to be closer to his girlfriend, whom he had been dating since high school.

In November 1997, Kaleb Stewart became Gainesville-based melodic hardcore band Hot Water Music's roadie and road manager, starting with a month-long tour of the East Coast and Midwest United States shared with Elliott and Beta Minus Mechanic.

Kaleb Stewart continued to tour with Hot Water Music and related side-projects for the next several years, whenever As Friends Rust's schedule allowed it.

Kaleb Stewart joined As Friends Rust as its bass guitarist and backing vocalist in March 1998, when lead vocalist Damien Moyal reformed the band with a new line-up in Gainesville, Florida.

Kaleb Stewart had first met Moyal while attending a Shai Hulud concert on February 24,1996, at Joe Mocha's Coffee House at The Refuge in Saint Petersburg, Florida, immediately becoming a fan of the vocalist's work and purchasing Shai Hulud's demo tape.

Moyal came to see Kaleb Stewart perform at a Sissy concert at The University Club in Gainesville in March 1998, and afterwards formally asked him to join the reforming As Friends Rust.

Kaleb Stewart was at that time the only member of As Friends Rust not simultaneously playing in the metallic hardcore band Culture; the other members included drummer Timothy Kirkpatrick, and guitarists Gordon Tarpley and Joseph Simmons.

Kaleb Stewart provided backing vocals on the recording and invited his friends from Hot Water Music, Chris Wollard, Chuck Ragan and George Rebelo, to do the same.

Kaleb Stewart quit the band a week before the tour ; Mykel Tre Beaton replaced him as bass guitarist for the tour.

In mid-2004, Kaleb Stewart switched to playing bass guitar in order to welcome guitarist McGregor, with whom the band planned to record an extended play, but it was never completed.

Kaleb Stewart began performing solo shows under his own name in early 2001, but by November 2001, he had named the project Grey Goose.

In 2003, Levi Kaleb Stewart was replaced by drummer Bill Clower, and the band recorded a second four-song demo with Rob McGregor at Goldentone Studios in Gainesville, Florida.

In 2007, Chris Wollard announced that he and Kaleb Stewart were planning a split 7-inch vinyl of their solo material.

Kaleb Stewart rejoined As Friends Rust when the band reformed in March 2008, with the announcement of the European and British Back in Coffee Black Tour '08.

Kaleb Stewart performed two solo shows at Booze Cruise Festival, but at different venues and on different dates; one was on a boat on June 9,2019, and the other at UberQuell Brauwerkstatten on June 10,2019.

Kaleb Stewart resumed performing solo shows in 2015, altering between bookings under his own name and as Grey Goose.

In 2016, Kaleb Stewart was featured on the Joe McMahon song "Time Won't Heal", which appears on the album Another Life, released in the United States by SmartPunk Records and in Europe by Gunner Records.

Kaleb Stewart graduated from the University of Florida with a master's degree in Urban and Regional Planning in 2009.

Outside of his music career, Kaleb Stewart worked as a research analyst for the University of Florida's Shimberg Center for Housing Studies.

Kaleb Stewart was President of the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Housing and Development Corporation in Gainesville, Florida and a Program Officer at the Florida Community Design Center.

Kaleb Stewart died in his home in Gainesville, Florida on March 25,2021, at the age of 45, from end-stage liver disease.