![]() The release of his 1994 album Love and Luck turned out to be less successful than hoped. Three singles were released from the album, but only one ("Kiss Me, I'm Gone") made the Top 40. This led to MCA releasing the album The Marty Party Hit Pack in 1995. This also led to a series of "Marty Party" concerts on the Nashville network. The year 1996 saw the release of another album, Honky Tonkin's What I Do Best. Stuart released three singles, with only one reaching the Top 40.Do you like country music? I mean real country music, not that pop-driven crap with a twang that most top 40 country stations pass off as the nation's music, but the real deal where the songs are about broken hearts, drinking too much, and wondering where all the old trains have gone. If you look for tunes like that, the sort that Hank Williams, Porter Wagoner, George Jones, Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard made famous on your standard radio dial, you're going to come up empty my friend. However, for country music aficionados there's hope in the form of The Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV. This throwback to the Tennessee Hayride, and other country music shows from the 50s and 60s concentrates on one thing and one thing only - real country music, created by the sort of musicians who prefer acoustic and steel guitars to the electric variety and where the beat is kept moving by a stand-up bass or a moonshine jug. ![]() Running a scant 30 minutes every Saturday night at 7 p.m. central time, Stuart makes sure to include every style of country music he can, leading off with a classic of the genre or a hit of his own before giving the show over to one of his many guests who deliver a tune, only to be relieved by Stuart's wife, the great Connie Smith who soulfully belts out one of the many songs in her vast repertoire. During the rest of the breathlessly pace show, a gospel tune is sung, comedy relief is provided by banjo player Leroy Troy and the small stage is the sight of American music at its finest, with Stuart and his group, the Fabulous Superlatives, serving as the house band. Employing only two guitars, a stand up bass and a small drum kit, the musicianship this quartet displays is something to behold as their raw talent gives birth to rich country sounds that either threaten to burn the set down or elicit tears with their tenderness. Though you might not consider yourself a fan of country music, that shouldn't keep you from tuning in. ![]() No doubt, you'll find yourself appreciating the craftsmanship on display, as the art created here is purely organic in origin.
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