• Instrument: AMG Contributor

Biography

Ric Stewart has been collecting and studying music since the age of 5. He began programming radio in 1986 at WAIF (Cincinnati) with a show called "It's a Mod, Mod, Mod World" later continuing to dj at KALX (Berkeley) 1987-91 with a roots rock show under the moniker Rusty "Ice House" Grunion, following this with an on-air stint in New Orleans from 1991-94 at WTUL as Lorenzo Sao DuBois spinning Jazz, thematic and progressive shows.

In addition to audio production and radio work Mr. Stewart has completed a dozen short films (comedy, experimental, Western, psychedelic, blaxploitation genres) several of these have appeared in festivals. Mr. Stewart has written for the Cal Spectrum, Tulane Hullabaloo (papers); Electronic Musician, Mix and New Media (magazines); Rockvillage.com, Toyota.com and Citysearch7.com (websites). In 1995 he started There Productions, a music web production company featuring a free resource center containing interviews, concerts, reviews and features on Roots, Rock and Reggae music and musicians located at www.there1.com. Currently, he consults on New Media audio projects, develops music programming for television and radio outlets and is hard at work creating a first-of-its-kind mixed media music collectors manual.



Desert Island Picks



Pink Floyd-Meddle

Mogwai-Ten Rapid

Television-Marquee Moon

Professor Longhair -- Anthology

Howlin Wolf-Aint Gonna Be Your Dog

Mingus-Complete Atlantic Years 1956-61

David Bowie-Hunky Dory

Bob Dylan and The Band-Basement Tapes

Finley Quaye-Maverick a Strike

Birth of the Cool Sessions-Miles Davis & Gil Evans

Rolling Stones-It's Only Rock and Roll

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions-Rattlesnakes

T-Rex-Electric Warrior

Stax-Volt-Complete Singles Vol. I 1959-1968

Chuck Berry-Poet of Rock and Roll

Red Garland and John Coltrane-All Morning Long

Clash-Sandinista

Yardbirds-Great Performances By

Junior Byles-Curly Locks

Prince Far I-Dub to Africa

REM-Fables of the Reconstruction/Reconstruction of the Fables

Tom Waits-Swordfishtrombones

James Brown-Soul Pride

Jimi Hendrix-Complete BBC Sessions

Ray Charles-The Birth of Soul, All Music Guide