The guy had miles of charisma and presence like Ernest Tubb, Hank Snow, Lester Flatt, Porter Wagoner, Cash and so many others. It's not that I was sold on what Marty was doing as much as how he was doing it. Tony, then vice-president of A&R at MCA Records in Nashville and on his way to becoming the top producer in town, whispered to me, I'm thinking of signing Marty, would you want to co-produce him with me?' Yes, of course I would. Tony Brown and I watched from the wings as Marty swaggered his way through the opening set. That’s why you can’t help but be excited that Marty Stuart doesn’t just have a new album on the way, but three of them.I was aware of Marty Stuart from his single Arlene on Columbia Records, but my first encounter with him was new year's eve 1986 in Atlanta, Georgia when he shared a show with Steve Earle. He’s remained hungry and relevant, at least to those who know what’s up. You feel like Stuart is just hitting his stride, and his songs come with a vigor and freshness few performers of his age can muster. He doesn’t feel like an aging star leaning on his old hits. ![]() ![]() It was after he stopped trying to launch radio singles where he really found his stride, and Marty’s output into his 40s and 50s has been as good or better than anyone’s in country. If you’re in the right mood, that rockabilly-style country of Stuart’s early career like “Hillbilly Rock” and “Little Things” can hit you right. I might not get on country radio these days but this doesn’t bother me.” “But I dislike the sound of those records-like a lot of mainstream country they were trying to sound like what you hear on pop-rock radio. “I had a period of making big production records in the 90s that got me into the charts and won me a wide audience, and I’m grateful for that,” Stuart says. We’ll just have to see.Īlso interesting from The Guardian interview, Marty Stuart shared his perspective about his early career output as a solo artist. One of the best guitarists out there, perhaps that’s also one of the albums Marty Stuart is sitting on. He’s also been saying for years that he wants to release an album of surf guitar music. Perhaps that will be one of the three projects. However, Stuart stopped just a few songs in with no explanation. In March of 2021, Stuart announced a covers song project called Songs I Sing in the Dark, which was supposed to be a 20-song endeavor where he released a cover song each month for 20 months. So not only should we be anticipating a new proper studio album from Marty Stuart, perhaps he has some other tricks up his sleeve. Well alright then, that’s what we’re talking about. “I have three albums in the can – they’ll be out soon,” Marty Stuart told The Guardian while promoting the tour. ![]() But he’s commencing a European tour today (August 25th) with his Fabulous Superlatives band, and now that he’s flown across the pod, he’s singing like a canary about all sorts of stuff. It’s been hard to get any good intelligence from the Marty Stuart camp for a while now, and we’ve had to pontificate on what his upcoming moves will be by what color scarf he’s wearing, or how high he’s kinked his hair that day. ![]() But now Marty Stuart has revealed that he has not one, but three albums ready to release. It’s been since 2017’s Way Out West since Stuart released a proper album. It was announced earlier in August that Marty Stuart had signed to the European record label Snakefarm Records, and we knew this signing was to gear up for a new album at some point in the near future.
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