Everyone sings and plays at a level you’ll rarely see these days. The show went from classic country, such as Willie Nelson’s “Me and Paul,” to a solo number with Marty on mandolin doing the “Orange Blossom Special.” Way Out West is a unique mix of country twang and whacked-out psychedelic surf music (trust me, it works), and there is no hyperbole in the band name. The show featured classic Stuart songs such as his 1991 hit “Tempted” and “Matches” from 1992’s Let There Be Country, and a host of cuts from his latest, Way Out West. No, Stuart is an accomplished musician, songwriter, and performer, and has assembled “the best hillbilly band in the land,” featuring the great Kenny Vaughn on guitar, ace drummer/producer and vocalist Harry Stinson, and Chris Scruggs (grandson of the legendary Earl Scruggs) on bass. The man is a pro, and the 2-hour show was slick, but not in the Branson has-been way. This wasn’t the first time I’ve seen Stuart play-he was playing mandolin (at age 16!) for Lester Flatt when he performed at my high school in the mid-‘70s. The show had to be rescheduled twice, but it was well worth waiting for. You couldn’t have hoped for a better return to live music at the Lensic after 19 months than the torchbearer of traditional county music, Marty Stuart and his hellious band, the Fabulous Superlatives. Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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