Way Out West is a love letter to that.”Īdvertise with New Jersey Stage for $50-$100 per month, click here for info “Everything that came out of California captivated my kid mind in Mississippi,” he says. Growing up in Philadelphia, Mississippi, Stuart was taken by the mystique of the Golden State: the culture, the movies, and especially the music. Specifically the promised land of California. “It is that spirit world of the West that enchants me.” “If you go and sit by yourself in the middle of the Mojave Desert at sundown and you’re still the same person the next morning when the sun comes up, I’d be greatly surprised,” says Stuart.
Opening with a Native American prayer, a nod to Stuart’s affinity for the indigenous people, particularly the Lakota, Way Out West transports the listener to the lonely but magical American West. Produced by Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), the album is a cinematic tour-de-force, an exhilarating musical journey through the California desert that solidifies Stuart as a truly visionary artist. Way Out West, his 18th studio album, hits both of those marks. Carter and an assortment of Cash’s black boots among his vast collection of memorabilia.īut most importantly, Stuart continues to record and release keenly relevant music, records that honor country’s rich legacy while advancing it into the future. Including its literal shoes: Stuart counts the brogan of Carter Family patriarch A.P.
He’s played alongside the masters, from Cash to Lester Flatt, who discovered him been a worldwide ambassador for Nashville, Bakersfield and points in between and safeguarded country’s most valuable traditions and physical artifacts. (NEWTON, NJ) - Marty Stuart, the Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and musician is living, breathing country-music history.
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