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Other people2|Michael Stewart (disambiguation) Michael “Mike” Stewart (April 19, 1945 - November 13, 2002) was the guitarist for We Five . He was also the brother of John Stewart (folk musician)|John Stewart (1939-2008), a one-time member of The Kingston Trio and later a very successful singer/songwriter, and the father of Jamie Stewart , frontman of popular avant-garde group Xiu Xiu . Stewart eventually became a successful record producer, with one of his biggest successes being Billy Joel's Piano Man (album)|Piano Man .
He left the music industry in the early 1990s and became a computer programmer. He later played bass in his son's band The Indestructible Beat of Palo Alto ( IBOPA ).Citation | last = Espe | first = Erik | title = They got the Beat | newspaper = Palo Alto Weekly | date = 1996-05-31 | url = http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/cover/1996_May_31.ARTS31.html | accessdate = 2010-02-25
Stewart died on November 13, 2002 as a result of "a long illness."cite news| url= http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117876193.html? categoryid=25& cs=1 | work=Variety | title=Michael Stewart | date=November 18, 2002 An unsubstantiated internet blog rumor suggests that Stewart in fact committed suicide . http://www.zoilus.com/documents/news/2004/000059.php
The track "Mike" from Xiu Xiu's album Fabulous Muscles concerns Jamie's reaction to his father's death.
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reflist Persondata | NAME =Stewart, Michael | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = April 19, 1945 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = November 13, 2002 | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Michael Category:1945 births Category:2002 deaths Category:American record producers
