

Harlan Howard, Kostas, Johnny Russell, and Dallas Frazier also wrote songs that were included on the album. Stuart has captured five prestigious Grammy Awards. Marty Stuart created the album with five tracks composed by the couple. The latest record from Marty Stuart, Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions, is a tour de force of country music styles that celebrates the past while pushing firmly into the future. Opening in May 2022, The World of Marty Stuart will include hundreds of items never shown before. "The World of Marty Stuart” explores the versatile Stuart’s life growing up in Mississippi and a career that began at 14-years-old touring with the legendary bluegrass guitarist and banjo player Lester Flatt. A half century later, having reached his own stardom, Marty Stuart is partnering with the Two Mississippi Museums in an exhibition exploring his life and his legacy of collecting country musics stories, photographs, instruments, costumes, and more. We have a phenomenal musical lineup and several incredible food and art vendors from across the state,” said Pamela Junior, director of the still-new historical museums in announcing the Stuart show and festival. I met him when he was 11, Smith recalls to Apple Music Country’s Southern Accents. His band member (former) dragged him into the tattoo parlor and had a large duroc pig tattooed onto Marty's throat. An altercation ensued and Marty was knocked out in the parking lot. The two singers first met when Stuart was just a child, but even then he left an impression on Smith, in spite of their 17-year age gap. Why does Marty Stuart wear neck scarves One of his former band members got drunk and went to get a tattoo. Check out the terrific article on Marty in the February/March issue Garden & Gun magazine.

Fabulous Superlatives Apostle Paul Martin has left the band and has been replaced by Chris Scruggs. “Marty represents what it means to be a creative and hardworking Mississippian, and that’s what this festival will celebrate. Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have been married 24 years, a perhaps unlikely pairing that has stood the test of time. Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and country music legend Marty Stuart arrives at indigo at The O2 on 26 August in support of 18th studio album Way Out. Deepest sympathy is extended to Hilda, Marty, Connie, Jennifer and the rest of their family on the passing of Martys father, John Stuart, on April 9. Noteworthy in conjunction with Stuart’s historical presentation is the inaugural Mississippi Makers Fest, featuring an array of homegrown food, music and arts.

Among the multitude of Mississippi natives who have reached the pinnacle in the arts and entertainment industry, Marty Stuart not only ascended but persevered.Ī celebration of the Neshoba County native and Country Music Hall of Famer’s life and career is planned with the Saturday, May 7 opening of “The World of Marty Stuart” exhibit at the Two Mississippi Museums in Jackson.
