The new facility, which incorporates the historic Ellis Theater, is equal parts concert venue, museum, and educational center. 31, a press conference and musical performance will be held at the Mississippi State Capitol to announce Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music. Stuart and his band will serve as direct support on shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York City, St. Unauthorized replication or use is strictly prohibited.Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives will join Chris Stapleton for 36 stops on Stapleton’s All-American Road Show as it runs throughout 2018. All copyrights are by the author and Vintage Guitar magazine. This article originally appeared in VG August 2017 issue. I’m not smart enough to have put this together! I knew from the first rehearsal that this was a divinely ordained band. I’d been working with Harry Stinson on drums, so we got him. I originally saw Kenny Vaughan playing with Lucinda Williams on “Austin City Limits” and loved his playing. We’re 17 years old now, and it’s the most fun I’ve ever had playing music, period. The Fabulous Superlatives is full of great players. If you can think up a good song and story line, the Mojave is a great location to place it. It’s a very cinematic record, and the Mojave seemed like the perfect setting. Way Out West is a cosmic journey through the Mojave, set to a “twangified” end of rock-and-roll and country music. What was the motivation for a concept album about the Mojave Desert? I have a power boost pedal, and that’s all I use. It’s a dream amp – the finest I’ve ever owned. I play a silverface Fender Deluxe I bought from Studio Instrument Rentals (SIR) in Los Angeles. What’s in your current rig – amp and pedals? ![]() ![]() We have over 20,000 items, including Johnny Cash’s first black performance suit and Hank Williams’ hand-written lyrics to “I Saw The Light.” The Marty Stuart Center and Congress of Country Music Hall is now being designed, and funds are being raised for a permanent display there. To me, it was a sin, so I started buying, trading, and swapping. ![]() In the ’80s, the treasures of old-time country music were being thrown away in thrift shops and yard sales around Nashville. Later, when I was in Lester Flatt’s band, they’d throw away set lists or neckties with too much makeup after too many TV shows, and I’d ask for them. I’d buy records and get autographs, buy autographed 8x10s, and ask band members for guitar picks. I started that from my bedroom at my parents’ home in Philadelphia, Mississippi. You’ve also earned praise for your collection of country-music memorabilia. Yes, my go-tos are Johnny Cash’s ’39 Martin D-45 and Pops Staples’ rosewood Tele. Stuart’s latest album is Way Out West.īeyond Clarence White’s Tele, you use other guitars formerly owned by well-known pickers. Stuart has also built a phenomenal collection of country music memorabilia, including Clarence White’s sunburst Telecaster, the first guitar equipped with a B Bender ( VG, April ’04). These days, Stuart is on a roll, fronting The Fabulous Superlatives, releasing well-received albums, touring, and hosting “The Marty Stuart Show” on RFD-TV. Following stints as a sideman with Lester Flatt, Vassar Clements, and Roland White, he was a breath of fresh air in Nashville in the late 1980s. For 30-plus years, Marty Stuart has blended traditional country, rockabilly, and honky-tonk into a potent mix.
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