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He has without question evolved into one of the most important roots musicians and visionaries in America. One (1) Premium Seat in the first three rows Admission to. Not only as country music's most notable ambassador/caretaker, but as its main archetypical crusader. All tickets to the previous show were refunded by the City/KiMo. So, what's next? As musicologist Peter North cites, "Marty Stuart seems wrapped in his destiny at this point in time. Stuart's zest for every conceivable flavor of country music is also seen regularly by TV viewers these days, on RFD-TV's "The Marty Stuart Show", a musical variety show and the number one program on the network. His latest musical oeuvre is ably supported by the coolest cats in Nashville - his backing band, The Fabulous Superlatives: guitarist Kenny Vaughan, drummer Harry Stinson, and bassist Paul Martin. The turn of the century saw Stuart looking inward to make deeply felt records paying homage to his love of vintage gospel, his Native American passions, and as always, his core - foot-stompin', tail-shakin', honky tonkin', rockin' hillbilly music.
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His teenage years on tour with bluegrass legend Lester Flatt in the '70s were followed by six years in Johnny Cash's band during the '80s and a chart-topping tenure as a solo artist in the '90s. Since starting out singing gospel as a child, Stuart, 54, has spent over four decades celebrating American roots music with a missionary's zeal. The set is decorated with Stuart’s collection of music memorabilia.Marty Stuart is a five time GRAMMY-winner, platinum recording artist, Grand Ole Opry star, country music archivist, Southern culture historian, photographer, musician, songwriter, TV show host, charismatic force of nature, and country music fan. Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions is the 17th studio album of country music singer Marty Stuart.The album was long-awaited by fans of Stuart, as most of the songs had already featured on The Marty Stuart Show, Stuarts country/bluegrass show on RFD-TV. Stuart and his band earn the title Fabulous Superlatives, opening and closing the show with a neotraditionalist sound in no way resembling the clinking, clanking, clattering, cacophony of crass commercialism quite curiously called contemporary country. The announcer is the only person who may know more about the history of country music than Marty Stuart, the Opry’s Eddie Stubbs. The Gospel Music of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives (DVD, 2014). In the guise of a corn-pone comic is Leroy Troy, actually an adept interpreter of forgotten American folk music, in the tradition of Uncle Dave Macon and Pete Seeger. Instead of a new female singer, the Stuart show features a veteran - and one of the best - Stuart’s wife, Connie Smith.
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The “Marty Stuart Show” is patterned after the syndicated country music programs seen on Saturday afternoons in the 1950s-’80s, including “The Porter Wagoner Show” (which gave us Dolly Parton and Patty Loveless) and “The Wilburn Brothers Show” (co-starring Loretta Lynn). Don’t get me wrong, everyone’s mind needs a rest there is a place for the pseudo-real nattering of the nabobs of narcissism who celebrate self-absorption, which I will call “Kardashianihilism.” But can’t the networks, particularly cable, provide more programming to entertain, enlighten and enrich? In this vast wasteland, I find an oasis in a locally produced cable show. The scenarios depicted as “survival” are pseudo-reality real survival is in nature, science, history and the arts. What is our definition of reality television? When the “Survivor” series began, and everyone was discussing it, I wondered: We have had reality television for years we call it PBS. Let’s talk about two things that we are all interested in, television and reality.