I can't believe all of the slander against Marty Stuart.
Obviously those who don't think alot of him do not own any of the great stuff he has recorded.
This guy was playing on the stage of the Ryman when half of these other clowns were wearing diapers.
He played with Flatt & Scruggs, Lester Flatt, Doc Watson, Vassar Clements, Johnny Cash, and countless others. He WRITES his own music and plays his own guitar parts in the studio and live.
He includes Steel on almost everythis he has recorded outside of the Bluegrass genre. Gary Hogue, John Hughey, Paul Franklin Jr, Ralph Mooney, and on....
Slamming him shows pure ignorance. Plain and simple.
Even when Real Country music is keeping its head above water there are some who continue to push it back under and bitch cause there isn't enough. It is a lot like biting the hand that feeds you.
He may have had an "off night" on the Opry that night. His "off night" playing is at a level many will never reach. I know, I have worked with him and he is the Real Deal.
Give him another chance ...check out what he is really about.
Thanks<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Tim Harr on 29 May 2002 at 08:56 AM.]</p></FONT>