![]() In a dusty old ranchero, yeah, I'm on a roll. STUART: (Singing) Two hundred miles of blacktop, a thousand high-line poles. A nice way to live a musical life is to report on what you see. I thought that was a very eloquent answer. He said Woody was like a traveling correspondent that rode on a boxcar through the world and looking to the right and looking to the left and reporting on the human condition. And I asked him about Woody, and Pete gave me the most beautiful answer. Had a wonderful conversation with him, and I was determined not to bug him about Woody Guthrie. I met Pete Seeger at Jazz Fest in New Orleans probably in 1978 or '79. And riding through America, one of the greatest analogies I ever heard came from Pete Seeger. ![]() I wonder if being on the road helps you look back at other places with a special kind of understanding. SIMON: Judging by the lyrics on this album and maybe some others, you seem to write a lot on the road. Nighttime is the right time in this desert town. STUART: (Singing) Sparkles like a diamond when the sun goes down. Over the course of the weekend, Lester heard me play and offered me a job in his band. And he had a fellow that played in his band named Roland White, who invited me to come and just ride along with the band for a weekend, which I did - begged my parents to let me go do. STUART: Lester I met when I was 12 years old on the bluegrass festival circuit, just as a fan. STUART: The first two records I ever owned in my life was "The Fabulous Johnny Cash" and "Flatt & Scruggs' Greatest Hits." And oddly enough, the only two jobs I ever had as a working musician was with Johnny Cash and Lester Flatt. How did Lester Flatts come into your life? And that was, I felt like, the noble thing to do. And me and my little neighborhood band - we took off and started playing country music. But nobody seemed to be playing country music. And what was happening in that part of the country is that the music I was hearing was mostly music of the British invasion, you know, by local pickers and local bands. Just anything to do with a bright light and a stage, I wanted to be a part of it. STUART: I think I was a natural-born ham. SIMON: How did you begin to perform at the age of 12? STUART: (Laughter) well, maybe that might be a stretch. You actually were not raised by alligators in the pearl river swamp, right? SIMON: I got to clarify something for the NPR audience. SIMON: He and his band, the Fabulous Superlatives, have just released "Altitude." It's their first new album in six years. Crank it up, hit the road, be a country star. STUART: (Singing) All I need is a motor in my car. He's in the Grand Ole Opry and the Country Music Hall of Fame. Now, five decades later, Marty Stuart has won Grammys. ![]() Fish said boys, smoke em' if you got em'. Started out dancing on a boogie woogie stump. MARTY STUART: (Singing) I was raised by alligators in the pearl river swamp. For millions, Marty Stuart is the very image of country music - splendid jackets, big hair, musical mastery and his respect for country's traditions and a good jolt of humor, often at his own expense.
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