"Your Record Collections Would Not Be the Same Without Him"

"'Gary's name is on a lot of records as a producer,' music producer Andy Zax, one of many who were mentored by Stewart, wrote in a Facebook post, 'but I think his true passion was for compiling, separating out the things he thought were important, the things that really mattered—the greatest songs, the greatest ideas, the greatest people—from the inessential stuff that he could safely leave behind.'
"Despite the volume of releases he ferried into existence during his tenure—the Discogs database lists over 700—Stewart was adamant that the work he oversaw be as complete as possible."

Randall Roberts reports the death of Gary Stewart in the Los Angeles Times.