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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives "Way Out West" Tour Includes Elko Concert at 35th Gathering
Country music legends Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives are coming to Elko for the first time to celebrate their love of the West and its music at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering on Thursday, January 31 in an 8:30 - 10:00 pm show at the Elko Convention Center. It's going to be a toe - tapping, spine - tingling treat of an evening! Stuart and music producer Jim Rooney will also host a discussion of Marty's career, music and songwriting ea rlier in the day.
Tickets are available online here or by telephoning 775.738.7508 Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm Pacific Time ( toll free at 888.880.5885). Marty Stuart is a five time GRAMMY - winner, platinum recording artist, Lifetime Achievement Award recipient from the Americana Music Association, Grand Ole Opry star, country music archivist, photographer, musician, and songwrite r. Since starting out singing gospel as a child, Stuart has spent over four decades celebrating American roots music. His teenage years on tour with bluegrass legend Lester Flatt in the '70s were followed by six years in Johnny Cash's band in the '80s, and a chart - topping tenure as a solo artist in the '90s. Stuart also hosts a Late Night Jam at The Ryman, a yearly tradition which kicks off the CMA Music Festival. The singer and his band also recently won the award for "Duo/Group of the Year" at the America na Music Association's 16th Annual Americana Honors & Awards. Previous winners of this prestigious award include The Avett Brothers, Drive - By Truckers, and Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell.
Stuart has now returned to his first love, country music, in his a lbum Way Out West , produced by Mike Campbell (of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers). Join the Western Folklife Center in welcoming these iconic performers to Elko: Marty Stuart on guitar and mandolin; Kenny Vaughan on guitar; Harry Stinson on drums; and Chri s Scruggs on bass.
Way Out West on Superlatone was released on March 10, 2017, and MOJO named it one of their "Best Americana Albums of 2017." The album was conceived as a love letter to the promised land of California by one of Country music's living legends, who has played with everyone from Johnny Cash to Lester Flatt. NPR Music proclaims: " Way Out West is Marty Stuart's album - length paean to the myth and magic of the American West. It finds country's stalw art neo - traditionalist turning cosmic cowboy for a journey through the Joshua trees, shadowy canyons and desert dreams that tantalize travelers with the promise of a golden shore on the other side." Way Out West is available on CD, vinyl, and digitally.
Th e mission of the Western Folklife Center is to use story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.