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The Committee of One Hundred & Ozark Folk Center Presents: Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives live at the Ozark Folk Center in scenic Mountain View, Arkansas on Saturday, July 27th. Funds from this benefit concert go to provide instruments, teachers, and classes for the next generation of mountain musicians in the Music Roots Program in the Mountain View.
Doors to Ozark Highlands Theater open at 6 p.m. The show starts at 7 p.m. with a special performance by the Music Roots Ensemble.
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About Marty Stuart
Country Music Hall of Famer, five-time Grammy-winner, and AMA Lifetime Achievement honoree Marty Stuart apprenticed in the bands of Johnny Cash, Lester Flatt, and Doc Watson and forged a career carrying forward country’s traditions, finding success as a recording artist, songwriter, and multimedia emissary for country music.
History books tell us that John Marty Stuart was born September 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, but in many ways he was born on August 3, 1972, when he got off a Greyhound bus in downtown Nashville in the early morning hours and walked the hushed city streets to the Ryman Auditorium. He gazed at the venerable Mother Church of Country Music and knew he had found a home, a mecca, and a mission.
Minutes later, bluegrass veteran Roland White picked up the thirteen-year-old in a 1965 Chevy Impala and took him to safety, and the next day White and Stuart boarded Lester Flatt’s tour bus at Higgins’s Gulf Station in Hendersonville and rode to Delaware to play a music festival. Thus was Stuart’s entry into a Nashville music community that he has enriched over the past forty-nine years. At the conclusion of the weekend, Flatt asked Stuart to join his band, to play with him on the Grand Ole Opry, and, in essence, to commit his life to country music.
“It seemed like a divine appointment,” Stuart wrote. “The one that set me on my way and marked the true downbeat of my journey. It was a gift placed in my hands to use at will.”
Need a place to stay and eat? The Skillet Restaurant at the Ozark Folk Center offers classic Southern fare and a scenic dining room near the Craft Village shops and gardens. The Cabins at Dry Creek offer modern duplex rooms to meet a variety of needs including pet-friendly rooms, suites, and family-style rooms.
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This event is made possible by the generous funding from the Committee of One Hundred for the Ozark Folk Center. The Committee of One Hundred (COOH) is made up of women from across Arkansas who have devoted time and raised funds for ongoing programs at the center, including Craft Apprenticeships, the Music Roots Program, the Heritage Herb Garden, and other projects that support the park's mission. To learn more, visit www.OFC100.org.
Have questions? Or need help planning your trip to the Folk Music Capital of Mountain View? Call us at 870-269-3851 or 800-264-FOLK (3655).
