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It’s the human condition, and if you’re honest about it and you’ve got a real band around you, you can make something that’s uniquely yours and stands the test of time.” “The beautiful thing about country music is that the blueprint Jimmie Rodgers laid down – rambling, gambling, sin, redemption, Heaven, Hell – it’s all just as relevant now as it ever was. “I’ve always loved songs that feel like old friends but still sound new and fresh,” concludes Stuart of the album. The itinerary includes a performance at Stagecoach Music Festival on April 29, and this summer, they will do a run of shows with Chris Stapleton, with more to be announced later this year. Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives will begin a coast-to-coast US tour tomorrow (February 9) in Chattanooga, TN. Hummingbyrd shows both Marty Stuart’s passion for the preservation of country music’s history, and his prowess as a guitar player matched by few in the genre. I was writing songs in dressing rooms and soundchecks and on the bus, and then one day, I looked up and there was enough to make an album.”
You push play, ease the chair back, roll the windows down, and lose yourself in the experience. “Revisiting it on the road with Roger and Chris put me back under its spell all over again. Perhaps even more than 2017’s Way Out West, Marty is paying homage and finding inspiration in The Byrds and other cosmic cowboys. “I bought my first copy of Sweetheart Of The Rodeo for $2.99 at the discount bin in a shopping mall record store in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and it became the blueprint for my musical life,” says Stuart.