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John Marty Stuart (b. September 30 1958, Philadelphia, Mississippi) is an United States|American country music singer, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of rockabilly, honky tonk, and traditional country music. In the early-1990s, he had a successful string of Country hits.

Once infamous for his flamboyantly hedonism|hedonist party image,{{fact|date=March 2008 he is now a born again Christian and records both Country and Gospel music. He is known for wearing rhinestone-studded Nudie suits onstage, but after the passing of his friend and former father-in-law Johnny Cash he now wears black in his honor.

Early Life & Rise to Fame
Born as John Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart has grown to be known as one of Country Music's most eclectic artists, probably due to his various styles of Country Music he performs and records. It is one of his reasons for his success in the 1990s, just when Traditionalism was making a comeback in Country Music.

Since an early age, he was obsessed with Country Music. He was so obsessed in fact, that he taught himself how to play the guitar and mandolin. At the age of 12, Stuart started performing with the Bluegrass music|Bluegrass group The Sullivans. He later met Lester Flatt bandmember Roland White. He invited Stuart to play with him and his band at the Labor Day gig in Delaware in 1972. After this, White asked him to... read all