Headlining Lakeside’s American Country Music Weekend, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives will light up the stage of Hoover Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 12.
A Country Music Hall of Famer, five-time Grammy Award-winner and American Music Awards Lifetime Achievement honoree, Stuart knows about standing the test of time.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Mississippi, he landed his first big gig in Lester Flatts’ band at the age of 13, and by 21, was working on the road and in the studio with Johnny Cash. Though Stuart built his early reputation backing up country and bluegrass royalty, it wasn’t long before Nashville recognized him as a star in his own right, and over the course of 40+ years as a solo artist, he would go on to release more than 20 major label albums, scoring platinum sales, hit singles and just about every honor the industry could bestow along the way.
Stuart spent six years in Cash’s band, soaking in perspective from the “Man in Black.” Cash guested on Stuart’s 1982 album Busy Bee Cafe, which included “Boogie for Clarence,” a tribute to another one of Stuart’s heroes, guitar wizard Clarence White. At a time when country music was shifting to pop-leaning sounds, Stuart was determined to shine his light on the people he considered architects of the genre.
Stuart signed with Columbia Records and released his first Top 20 single, “Arlene,” in 1985. He joined MCA Records in 1989 and began working with producers Richard Bennett and Tony Brown. Bennett’s electric guitar work helped propel singles “Hillbilly Rock,” “Little Things” and “Tempted” into the Top 10 of the Billboard country charts, and Stuart’s concerts and music videos allowed followers to appreciate his energy, instrumental skill and sense of visual style as an entertainer.
Stuart also scored hit duets with Travis Tritt, including “This One’s Gonna Hurt You (For a Long, Long Time)” and the Grammy-winning “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’.” The duo did big business with their co-billed “No Hats” tours in the early 1990s.
Stuart later formed a group, the Fabulous Superlatives, that came to be known as one of country music’s finest. Freed from the restriction of aiming his sound at country radio stations, he made albums that explored traditional country (Tear the Woodpile Down), gospel (Souls’ Chapel) and West Coast country-rock (Way Out West).
With John Carter Cash, he recorded Badlands, an album about the pride and plight of the Lakota people.
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