The country and bluegrass music legend performs an excellent set with a finale fit for church.
arrived, his cheerful smile and charismatic personality beamed. He had a charming swagger and it was immediately clear we were in the presence of a country and bluegrass music legend.
When Stuart was just 12 years old, he went on the road for the first time with a Pentecostal gospel bluegrass group called the Sullivan Family Gospel Singers. Almost 55 years later, he's still performing and is a five-time Grammy winner, Country Music Hall of Famer and AMA Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.Those accolades only hint at the artistry of Mary Stuart and his longtime band The Fabulous Superlatives.
Recorded just a few days before Easter, the set ends appropriately in the spirit of the church."When we first put our band together, the way we learned to sing together was singing gospel songs," said Stuart."I was in love with the Staple Singers as always, Mavis and Pops and Cleotha and Pervis, and they are all like family and so bluegrass music all figured in. So we finally got around to writing a few songs for ourselves and here's one we got to do called 'Heaven.
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