Country Music Hall of Famer, five-time Grammy-winner, and AMA Lifetime Achievement honoree Marty Stuart picks up where he left off on Altitude, his first new album in five years, exploring a cosmic country landscape populated by dreamers and drifters, misfits and angels, honky-tonk heroes and lonesome lovers. There’s a desert flare to the music here, a sweeping, spacious feel that conjures up wide-open horizons and endless stretches of two-lane highway, and the production is raw and cinematic to match, tipping its cap both to Bakersfield and Laurel Canyon as it balances jangle and twang in equal measure. While it would be easy for an artist as accomplished as Stuart to rest on his laurels, Altitude instead showcases the work of a searcher with an insatiable appetite for growth and reflection, one whose ambition, much like his keen wit and rich imagination, only seems to grow with each and every release.
I’ve always admired Marty Stewart. He not only paid his dues and put in the work, he’s a helluva musician and showman and an actual down to earth nice guy. Professional from top to bottom and remains humble to boot. He knew what he wanted and went after it through hard work and determination, from his career to his wife, focused and successful. Bravo.
Saw you perform with Travis tritt in Elmhurst Illinois many years ago! Coincidentally I love the staple singers and pop's died at the hospital my mom worked at in Chicago, mom was a big fan and saw them live in the early seventies!❤