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Stuart Nevitt
He moved to Chicago in the early 1970s and met woodwind player Chuck Greenberg, bassist Phil Maggini and guitarist G.E. Stinson.
They invited him to join their experimental group named after Gandalf's horse, Shadowfax, from J.R.R. Tolkien's novel Lord of the Rings. The group recorded 10 albums and released two greatest-hits packages. It was awarded a Grammy in 1998 for its album Folksongs for a Nuclear Village. The band quit touring and performing after Greenberg's death in 1995.
After the band broke up, Nevitt continued to perform and record, most recently producing and releasing his first solo project The Marion Kind. He also performed on recordings by violinist Kim Angelis.
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Stuart Nevitt, Founding Member of Grammy-Winning Band Shadowfax, Passes
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Lori Hehr Public Relations
Stuart Nevitt, co-founder, composer, and drummer/percussionist of the eclectic band Shadowfax, has died at the age of 56. Nevitt died Mar. 15 at his home in Rio Rancho, NM, of complications from type 1 diabetes and heart disease. The sextet, which Nevitt originally organized with Chuck Greenberg, G.E. Stinson, and Phil Maggini in an Illinois farmhouse in 1972, won a Grammy in 1988 for its album “Folksongs for a Nuclear Village," and was nominated for another one in 1992 for ...
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