Marty Stuart Show kicks off Saturday
Thursday, October 30, 2008 – Marty Stuart's original television series The Marty Stuart Show will premiere this Saturday, Nov. 1 on RFD-TV at 8 p.m. Stuart handpicks each guest and executive produces the 30-minute episodes himself.
Each show will feature music by Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, as well as his wife Connie Smith and banjo man Leroy Troy. Radio personality Eddie Stubbs serves as the show's announcer and Stuart's sidekick on every episode.
"I love this show. It represents everything that I cherish about traditional country music," said Stuart. "I've fallen head over heels all over again with rhinestones, love songs, train songs, gospel songs, fancy pickin' and the steal guitar. I've always believed God made Saturday nights for country music. This show is a natural for Saturday night."
The following guests will appear through December:
Nov. 1 Little Jimmy Dickens
Nov. 8 Earl Scruggs
Nov. 15 Tennessee Mafia Jug Band
Nov. 22 Riders In The Sky
Nov. 29 John Anderson
Dec. 6 Old Crow Medicine Show
Dec. 13 Josh Turner
Dec. 20 Kentucky Headhunters
Stuart and long time friend Travis Tritt will reunite this fall for a cross-country acoustic tour kicking off Nov. 1 in Temecula, Cal.
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Anthology of Duets
Marty Stuart, in recent times a crack producer and archivist, focuses on his own career for this entertaining, albeit uneven, 14-song collection of duets.
Culled from different eras, the songs traverse rural country paeans with Merle Haggard ("Farmer Blues"), Tennessee Three style prison ditties with Johnny Cash ("Doin' My Time") and gospel-infused babyboomer classics with the Staple Singers ("The Weight"). By contrast, Stuart's turns with classic »»» |
Badlands
In preparation for the creation of this concept album, Marty Stuart spent time living among the Native American Lakota Tribe while touring sacred sites and the places of the tribe's many tragedies. Stuart's empathy with the Lakota shines through loud and clear on each of the 13 tracks of contemporary country storytelling. In fact, Stuart has been adopted by the tribe and given the name "O Yate O Chee Ya'Ka Hospita" or "The Man Who Helps The People."
Musically, "Badlands" is a mixed bag of fresh »»» |
Soul's Chapel
In a Nashville awash in cookie-cutter country, there are still artists out there like Marty Stuart who push boundaries and make great music in the process. This is a gospel album, but with a band that includes Kenny Vaughn and Harry Stinson, you know that there will be plenty of rocking along with the religion. A tribute to deep southern gospel, the disc covers a lot of stylistic ground, from the hymn-like harmonies of "Somebody Saved Me" to a pair of Pops Staples tunes, and even one, »»» |
Editorial: A fine night for Taylor Swift –
Taylor Swift's showing at the Country Music Association awards Wednesday night was no surprise. In some respects, it was invigorating to see someone who was not male and not around umpteen years like some of her male counterparts take home the biggest prize of the night, entertainer of the year. »»»
Concert Review: Radney Foster sparks a revival –
Radney Foster told fans that he came home from the University of the South one weekend early in his college career and told his parents in the wee hours of the morning that he wanted to quit college and head to Nashville to pursue a music career. His parents agreed...fortunately.
Three decades later, that resulted in Foster playing songs on this... »»»
Concert Review: Neko Case overcomes obstacles –
The opening of Neko Case's show was unusual to say the least. "I'm angry right now," said the red head. "We just had a big fight with the promoter. We're going to sing weird, but we're actually very happy to be here."
Making quite clear that she was not a happy camper, Case still channeled her musical energies... »»»
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