Monday 24 August 2020

Marty Stuart short blog post

Marty Stuart is famous for being a talented country musician and singer and for being one of Johnny Cash’s many sons in law.  Johnny had 4 daughters and often worked with his girls in his singing act... When they married, he worked with their husbands….

Marty was born in Mississippi in 1958 and learned to play guitar as a child.  He joined a bluegrass band, quite young…in the 1970s when still a teenager, he worked with the musician Lester Flatt, and then when Flatt retired, he began to work with Johnny Cash’s band.   In the early 80s he married Cindy, one of Cash’s daughters…  They divorced some years later but he remained friendly with Johnny….and they continued to work together.   He cites Johnny as one of his big musical influences.  He is more of a musician than a singer or song writer...

He had his own show The Marty Stuart Show, which features traditional country music on TV and has had as a guest Hank Williams III.
Marty is well known for his love of traditional music and his collection of memorabilia, which has been shown at the State Museum.  He owns clothes and instruments used by famous country stars...

In 1997, sometime after his divorce from Cindy Cash, he married singer Connie Smith… and they are still married….

 

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