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Marty Stuart To Host Special 10th Anniversary Late Night Jam



Marty Stuart will host a special 10th Anniversary Late Night Jam on June 8 beginning at 10:00 PM at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. Country music icons Dolly Parton, Mel Tillis and Connie Smith, along with The Quebe Sisters Band, Doug Kershaw and more surprise guests will be joining Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives for this year’s event. The Late Night Jam has become the unofficial kick-off of the CMA Music Festival and prior to any lineup information being released, tickets for this year’s event have sold faster than ever before. Proceeds will benefit MusiCares with a portion also going to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

“It’s hard to believe that the Late Night Jam is ten years old,” said Stuart. “I can’t help but think back on the first one. I was nervous; pacing and hoping that we’d have enough people show up. The show ended up being a sell-out and we’ve been going strong ever since. That first show was over 25,000 people ago, and it was also many good deeds ago from MusiCares, and a lot of really magical performances ago from some of my dearest musical friends. Every year I say, ‘How can I top that show?’ Somehow it happens and good things result from it. This year will be no different.”

Over the past 10 years, Stuart has brought artists such as Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels, Porter Wagoner, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jerry Lee Lewis and more to the Ryman stage for a one of a kind marathon jam session all in the name of charity and country music. For more information and to purchase tickets click here.


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Marty Stuart: Philadelphia to Nashville, Part 3

Marty Stuart is not just an entertainer, but a songwriter, country historian, and according to his wife, a genius as well.

On our visit with country entertainer Marty Stuart in Nashville, we heard a brand new song he wrote and talked with him about songwriting and his role in the country music world.

"Song writing is the hardest thing in the world to explain," said Stuart. "I think Hank Williams gave the best answer about it. Someone asked him about writing songs; he said, 'I don't write them. God writes them, and I just hang on to the pen.' I never know when one's going to come."

Stuart says he has awakened with new songs in his head and has even stopped in traffic to write them down.

He also spoke of dealing with something many artists have dealt with....eventually a point is reached when radio stops playing your music.

"When I was with Lester Flatt's band, they had been in business since 1949 and hadn't had a hit in a long time," said Stuart. "When I was with Johnny Cash, he had been in business since 1955. Hadn't had a hit in a while, and it didn't matter one bit."

So with no feelings of discouragement, he keeps on doing what he loves.

"I've got a 1996 Cadillac that is paid for. It drinks regular gas. I've got that Telecaster guitar. I've got cool cowboy boots, some cowboy clothes, a TV show, and I'm married to Connie Smith. I've got 15 dollars in two different banks. I'm happy," Stuart said.

Behind the scenes at Marty's studio, we were able
to walk around and enjoy the place. We spotted Connie Smith's dressing room and knocked on the door.

We asked her what she thinks Marty Stuart's legacy is in country music.

"I keep hearing 'he's saving country music.' But he's also such a connoisseur of every kind of music," said Smith, Stuart's wife and a legend in her own right. "He's a renaissance man if there ever was one. I may be prejudiced, but apart from that I'm a huge fan. I think he's a genius."

Marty's band, The Fabulous Superlatives, agree.

"He is one of the most talented people I've ever met in my life," said "Cousin" Kenny Vaughn. "I've learned so much about music from him, and it never ends. Every day I learn something new."

"Marty understands the past because he was part of it. With Lester Flatt at 13 years old he was with the masters," said "Apostle" Paul Martin. "He learned from the best of the best then he had a career of his own. He's the tie to the past, present, and future."

"It's onwards and upwards. We've got these new suits," said "Handsome" Harry Stinson. "We're ready to get on the bus tonight. Come on and go with us!"

That bus has taken Marty Stuart all the way from Philadelphia to the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, and every once in a while, that bus still comes back to Philadelphia, Mississippi.