Marty created a DVD exclusively for the Willie Nelson and Friends Museum that includes he and Connie telling the great story of how they met and eventually married. He later remembered telling his mother that night that someday he would marry Smith. The two first met when Marty’s mother took him to a Smith concert in 1970, when he was only 12 years old.
Smith, who was 17 years older than Stuart, had long been one of his musical idols. In 1997, Stuart married legendary country singer Connie Smith. After Flatt died in 1979, Stuart worked as a session musician, playing on the records of several country, pop, and rock acts.Ĭonnie Smith and Marty Stuart on stage performing together at Marty’s Stuart’s late night jam in 2014 taking place at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN When he was 13, he quit school to play mandolin with Lester Flatt and The Nashville Grass. By the time he was 12, he was playing mandolin professionally with the Sullivan Family, a bluegrass-gospel group that toured throughout the South. He had a special love for bluegrass music, such as Flatt & Scruggs and Bill Monroe. He started playing guitar, mandolin, and other instruments as a very young child, around age five. His mother, a huge fan of country music, borrowed his middle name from Marty Robbins
John Marty Stuart was born on September 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Extremely knowledgeable about the history of his profession, Stuart is also a great protector and preserver of the heritage of country music. The gifted country musician with the flashy rhinestone suits and distinctive spiky pompadour has been honored with several Grammies and other awards.
Stuart launched his own successful singing career in the 1980s, merging traditional and contemporary country with bluegrass, rockabilly, rock, and gospel. Starting his career as a backup musician for other singers, including Johnny Cash, he is considered one of the world’s most talented guitarists and mandolin players. Rockin’ Rollin’ Robbins, Vol.Marty Stuart is an endlessly creative singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and record producer. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs / More Gunfighter Ballads Rock'n Roll'n Robbins: Marty Robbins Sings
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