![]() ![]() MSCCM will embrace the roots of country music in its educational curriculum and programming. Marty Stuart has assembled a collection that spans over 20,000 pieces to tell a rich, emotional, and personal story of the lives of our common heritage. The $30 million project will create a 50,000+ square foot campus featuring the historic and recently renovated Ellis Theater, a newly constructed museum, classrooms, a community hall, meeting and event space, and a rooftop performance venue. This tribute to the culture and rural ethics of America will be presented in a world-class country music museum and performing arts center. Stuart is currently raising funds and awareness for The Marty Stuart Congress of Country Music (MSCCM) in Philadelphia, Mississippi which will celebrate the rich cultural heritage of country music through live musical performance and educational programming. Full information about the class of 2020 inductees is available on the CMA site. I’m usually not at a loss for words.” Details regarding a formal induction ceremony for Dillon, Stuart and Williams will be released as information is available. To be officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame is beyond words. “I’m so honored to be included in this class and I’m honored to be included alongside Hank Jr. “It is the ultimate honor in Country Music,” says Stuart. Stuart is inducted alongside Dean Dillon (Songwriter Category) and Hank Williams Jr. Recently, The Country Music Association announced the induction of Marty Stuart into the Country Music Hall of Fame’s class of 2020 in the Modern Era Artist category. Full tour dates below and tickets are available here. Marty Stuart will be on the road in 2021. In the wake of these revelations, I was inspired to finally go to work on the idea of Songs I Sing in the Dark.” And, looking into those songs I could hear the music of those brilliant musicians, arrangers, and singers who brought those tunes to life, and gave the world reason to love them. There was a mighty congregation of names of profound songwriters whose presence and lyrics are to be cherished. When I did, I saw in those titles so many great songs that need to be remembered and passed down. Until recently, I had never formally made a list of all the titles. I have a long line of songs that range from obscure, originals, to favorites from various musical worlds that I often sing to myself when I’m alone. Stuart said of his new collection, “The title tells the story. Marty Stuart will share a new song from the album a month, alongside a personal statement about each song’s importance, both personally and in the context of country music. The coolest of them all, just like old Waymore. Everybody has their favorite Waylon song, but the one that caused me to raise my fist in the air and proclaim my allegiance to the revolution was 1974’s “This Time.” The song is 2:26 of splendor. “Lonesome Ornery and Mean,” “Rambling Man,” “Ladies Love Outlaws,” and “The Taker” are good examples. ![]() Those songs drew a line in the dirt and dared anybody to cross them. I always thought of them as his corridor songs that ushered him up to his superstardom status. Waylon had a grouping of songs he recorded during those times that I’ve always considered to be his very finest. As of those early days of 1974, the Waylon and Willie thing had not quite exploded into the mainstream as of yet, although you could feel the earth beginning to rumble in that direction. The music the outlaws were making on Music Row seemed to be a direct reflection of the Elliston Place circus. Bohemian’s, writers, photographers, pickers, poets, stars, moguls, and free spirits of every denomination drifted up and down the street at night, hitting all of the nightspots with giddy ease. Elliston Place at that moment in time was Music City’s remnant version of Paris in the twenties. Waylon was the pope, and he was indeed the reigning king of the telecaster cowboys. That’s where I fell into the parade in early 1974. However, it was a street on Nashville’s West End called Elliston Place that served as the playground for “Hillbilly Central’s” cast of characters. The place was stocked with a 24/7 collection of colorful characters and was considered ground zero for the burgeoning outlaw movement. Tompall Glaser’s studio was known around town as “Hillbilly Central”. The word represented independence, forward musical thinking, but ultimately the term personified artistic freedom. ![]() There was a time in Nashville when the term outlaw had a fresh fire of relevance about it. Songs I Sing In The Dark, a collection of songs recorded acoustically at Marty's former home outside of Nashville. ![]() Today, Marty Stuart shares his new cover of Waylon Jennings’ “This Time ” the fifth track off MARTY STUART & HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES ON TOUR NOW MARTY STUART SHARES COVER OF WAYLON JENNINGS "THIS TIME "įIFTH SINGLE OFF SONGS I SING IN THE DARK ![]()
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