On Tuesday I was lucky enough to see the very first 50th anniversary tribute performance of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo at The Theater at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. It was Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman from The Byrds and Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives as backing band. It’s a partnership that […]
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When reviewing the worst days in music history, why not start at February 3, 1959? Of course, that’s the day Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in an Iowa plane crash. If you know this date, it isn’t because you’ve been going through a Holly phase and were doing online research. […]
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He is single-handedly responsible for the extraordinary increase in acoustic flatpicking and fingerpicking guitar performance. His flatpicking style has no precedent in earlier country music history.” —Ralph Rinzler, the folklorist who “discovered” Doc Watson in 1960, in the New York Times Doc Watson, the trailblazing and beloved flatpicker from North Carolina, died yesterday at the […]
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What Scruggs had done was to begin playing a five-string banjo with three fingers. His thumb, middle, and index fingers were all picking, creating two strands of harmony to buttress the melody. In a sense, he could function as a trio all by himself. Because he alternated three fingers, Scruggs could play one note […]
Read MoreMarty Stuart – guitar, vocals Cousin Kenny Vaughan – guitar Gary Carter – steel guitar Apostle Paul Martin – bass Handsome Harry Stinson – drums Thanks to Dan Margard, moderator of the “Clarence White Fans” Facebook group, for posting this video the other day. It’s taken from “The Marty Stuart Show” on February 13, 2010, […]
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