Started by John Severson, it was a way to finance his early surf films. I started surfing in high school about 1959, and was stunned by the first Surfer magazine, which came a year later. How many box sets over decades did Gary Stewart constantly give to people? Gary had a Mel Torme box set he wanted to send him. He then asked for Costello’s management contact information. I took the laminate off my jacket, and immediately gave it to Gary. ![]() But can you try and introduce me to him? I’ve never met Elvis and have a business proposal regarding Rhino Records and his catalog that I want to speak to him about.” Gary came up to me in the lobby and said, “I know you can bring any girl or A&R guy in this place backstage to meet Elvis. One time in the mid-eighties I had a backstage pass for an Elvis Costello show at a theater in Beverly Hills. In 1982 I recorded him for an album I produced. He politely asked to use my name as a reference on his first job resume in 1978 when I was West Coast Director of A&R for MCA Records. ![]() In 1976 I first met Gary when he was a student at Cal State Northridge. ![]() I am so deeply saddened by the death of Gary Stewart, a veteran music and recording executive who had a lifelong devotion of service to the music in any capacity he held, starting out at Rhino Records (later Rhino Entertainment, where he became senior VP of A&R) and later at Apple iTunes.
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