Ian Stewart: The 'Sixth Stone' Who Was Too Ugly for the Band but Too Good to Fire

Ian Stewart was the Rolling Stones’ original piano player and a founding member, but manager Andrew Loog Oldham pushed him out of the official lineup in 1963 because Stewart didn’t fit the “teen idol” image he was crafting — Stewart was older, stocky, and a bit plain, while the band was supposed to be a gang of pretty young rebels. Oldham told him his face didn’t match the music. Instead of leaving, Stewart stayed on as road manager