In 2014, an exhibition of Stuart’s photos was shown at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville. In 2007, another book of his country-music photos, titled Country Music: The Masters, was published by Superlatone Productions. In 1999, Rutledge Hill Press published Pilgrims: Sinners, Saints, and Prophets, a book of Stuart’s original photographs of country-music artists, as well as his written impressions.
Library of Congress acquired hundreds of hours of audio-visual material from Stuart’s memorabilia collection. His personal collection of some 20,000 country-music artifacts is legendary, and some of it has been showcased in museum exhibits, including at the Tennessee State Museum in 2007. Guitars, clothes and other personal artifacts belonging to Marty Stuart and Connie Smith on display at the Willie Nelson and Friends Museum. Way Out West, in 2017, was inspired by California sounds ranging from Buck Owens to Marty Robbins to the Byrds.įrom 2008 to 2014, Stuart hosted the popular music television show, The Marty Stuart Show. In 2014, Saturday Night/Sunday Morning was an unusual mix of traditional country, rockabilly, and gospel. 1: Tear the Woodpile Down, from 2012, featured more honkytonk and rockabilly. In 2010, Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions, highlighted his hardcore honkytonk stylings. In 2006, Stuart released Live at the Ryman, a bluegrass concert recorded live in 2003.
Badlands, also from 2005, was a unique folk, country, and rock tribute to Lakota Native Americans. Souls’ Chapel, released in 2005, offered original blues, soul, R&B, and country takes on gospel. These albums have featured Stuart’s proficient band of musicians known as the Fabulous Superlatives. Throughout the 2000s, Stuart has released highly acclaimed albums showcasing his musical versatility, creative energy, and profound understanding of country music’s heritage. The couple have since recorded and performed together many times. In 1998, Marty produced her album Connie Smith. Marty’s childhood prophesy indeed came true. Stuart and Smith eventually fell in love as their paths crossed in the music business, and they dated about three years before marrying. It’s a great video and visitors really love it. Marty created a DVD exclusively for the Willie Nelson and Friends Museum that includes he and Connie telling the great story of how they met and eventually married. He later remembered telling his mother that night that someday he would marry Smith. The two first met when Marty’s mother took him to a Smith concert in 1970, when he was only 12 years old. Smith, who was 17 years older than Stuart, had long been one of his musical idols. In 1997, Stuart married legendary country singer Connie Smith. After Flatt died in 1979, Stuart worked as a session musician, playing on the records of several country, pop, and rock acts.Ĭonnie Smith and Marty Stuart on stage performing together at Marty’s Stuart’s late night jam in 2014 taking place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN When he was 13, he quit school to play mandolin with Lester Flatt and The Nashville Grass. By the time he was 12, he was playing mandolin professionally with the Sullivan Family, a bluegrass-gospel group that toured throughout the South. He had a special love for bluegrass music, such as Flatt & Scruggs and Bill Monroe. He started playing guitar, mandolin, and other instruments as a very young child, around age five. His mother, a huge fan of country music, borrowed his middle name from Marty Robbins John Marty Stuart was born on September 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Extremely knowledgeable about the history of his profession, Stuart is also a great protector and preserver of the heritage of country music. The gifted country musician with the flashy rhinestone suits and distinctive spiky pompadour has been honored with several Grammies and other awards. Stuart launched his own successful singing career in the 1980s, merging traditional and contemporary country with bluegrass, rockabilly, rock, and gospel. Starting his career as a backup musician for other singers, including Johnny Cash, he is considered one of the world’s most talented guitarists and mandolin players. Marty Stuart is an endlessly creative singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer.
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