Altitude Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives, Marty Stuart

• 1 Lost Byrd Space Train (Scene 1) 02:18
• 2 Country Star 03:05
• 3 Sitting Alone 02:54
• 4 A Friend Of Mine 03:47
• 5 Space 05:02
• 6 Altitude 03:47
• 7 Vegas 03:37
• 8 The Sun Is Quietly Sleeping 02:57
• 9 Lost Byrd Space Train (Scene 2) 01:15
• 10 Nightriding 04:53
• 11 Tomahawk 04:49
• 12 Time To Dance 03:08
• 13 The Angels Came Down 03:39
• 14 Lost Byrd Space Train (Epilogue) 00:31
• Total Runtime 45:42

Info for Altitude

Der 5-fache GRAMMY-Gewinner und Country Music Hall Of Famer Marty Stuart kehrt mit seinem ersten neuen Album seit mehr als 6 Jahren zurück: Altitude. Aufgenommen in Nashville mit seiner langjährigen Band The Fabulous Superlatives, erkundet die Sammlung eine kosmische Country-Landschaft, bevölkert von Träumern und Drifters, Honky-Tonk-Helden und einsamen Liebenden. Das Album wurde hauptsächlich unterwegs geschrieben und ist zu einem großen Teil von Stuarts 2018er Tour mit den Byrds-Mitbegründern Roger McGuinn und Chris Hillman inspiriert.

"Ich habe schon immer Songs geliebt, die sich wie alte Freunde anfühlen, aber trotzdem neu und frisch klingen", sagt Stuart über Altitude. "Das Schöne an der Country-Musik ist, dass die Blaupause, die Jimmie Rodgers festgelegt hat - Glücksspiel, Sünde, Erlösung, Himmel, Hölle - heute noch genauso aktuell ist wie damals. Es geht um den Zustand des Menschen, und wenn man ehrlich damit umgeht und eine echte Band um sich hat, kann man etwas schaffen, das einzigartig ist und die Zeit überdauert."

Marty Stuart And His Fabulous Superlatives

Marty Stuart
Multi-talented singer-songwriter and musician Marty Stuart fell in love with country music at an early age. His mother had named him after her favorite country singer, Marty Robbins, and given him his first guitar when he was only three. As a young boy, he met bluegrass icon Bill Monroe, signing autographs after a concert.

And he gave me his mandolin pick. He said, “Do you want to play the mandolin, boy?” I said, “Yes, sir, just like you.” He said, “This right here will help you out.” And I carried that pick to school with me every day like it was kryptonite in my pocket. I felt special because I had something in my pocket that nobody else had and nobody else knew about.

Marty taught himself to play mandolin and guitar and, by 12, was playing in a bluegrass group. The following year, after sitting in with Lester Flatt’s band, The Nashville Grass, he was asked to join the band as a permanent member, just shy of his fourteenth birthday. After Flatt died, Stuart joined Johnny Cash’s band. He worked with Cash for six years, and married Cash’s daughter Cindy in 1983.

Stuart signed a solo recording contract with MCA in 1989 and released two critically and commercially successful albums – Hillbilly Rock and Tempted – in quick succession, producing four Top 10 hits. In 1991, he co-wrote “The Whiskey Ain’t Workin’” with fellow new traditionalist, Travis Tritt. The song was a No. 2 hit and garnered Stuart and Tritt the 1992 GRAMMY Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals. The two hit the road on an equally successful “No Hats” tour – a reference to the “hat acts” dominating country music at the time.

Since 2002, Stuart has recorded and toured with his band, the Fabulous Superlatives, featuring musicians Kenny Vaughn on guitar, Harry Stinson on drums, and – since 2015 – Chris Scruggs on steel guitar and bass. His television variety program The Marty Stuart Show features classic country performances and is a regular feature on the RFD cable network. In 2005, he launched his own label, Superlatone Records, to issue overlooked gospel and roots music.

Stuart is passionate about preserving country music history and has become an accomplished photographer of its stars. In 1996, he served his first term as president of the Country Music Foundation, a position he would hold through 2002. His collection of country music photography and memorabilia has been exhibited at museums around the country and has found a permanent home at the Congress of Country Music in Stuart’s hometown of Philadelphia, Mississippi.

In 1997, Marty married legendary country singer Connie Smith, the fulfillment of a longtime pledge he’d made to his mother to make Connie his wife after seeing Connie perform.

When she stepped out onstage, she was breathtakingly beautiful. And I got my picture made with her that night. I got her autograph. And she didn’t really notice me. . . . But, on the way home that night, I declared that I was going to marry Connie Smith one day. And twenty-five years later, I did.

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