Stuart loved the individuality of the country artists he came to know. It's like having photos of your family once they start dying off." "It's satisfying to know that I've captured forever a disappearing world of traditional country music. "But what I wanted to do was what Milt Hinton did with the jazz musicians - photograph the people of country music wherever I went. I still shoot film instead using digital. Soon after seeing Hinton's photos, Stuart phoned his mother and asked her to mail him a camera, which she did. "It was like a deposit that went into life and became part of me." Stuart later had a similar experience "when I stood in front of (Mississippi writer) Eudora Welty's photographs," he says. "That was a transformative experience, seeing that," Stuart says. The photographer? Milt Hinton, a jazz bass player from Vicksburg. He walked into a book store in Greenwich Village and was spellbound by an exhibit of black-and-white photos featuring well-known jazz artists. His photo journey began in 1974, on his first trip to New York City at age 15 while touring with Lester Flatt's bluegrass band. "She could make the most trivial events - kids' birthday parties or simple get-togethers in our living room - come to life. "Mother had this wonderful sense of timing," Stuart says. Hilda Stuart has her own book of published photographs, "Choctaw Gardens." He credits his mama, Hilda, who still resides in Neshoba County, for teaching him the basics of photography.
We cannot look at a Marty Stuart photograph without learning something about ourselves. He captures not only the soul of his subjects but his own. He performs with a generosity and enthusiasm that honors the importance of his audience in a shared experience. "It is equally distinguished and characterized by the same complete absence of pretension. "Marty's photography is an extension of his musicianship," says Susan Edwards, executive director at Frist Center. Stuart's photographs were on exhibit earlier this year at Nashville's Frist Center for the Visual Arts. While music fans know the 56-year-old as a master picker of the guitar and mandolin, some are just now learning of Stuart's unique eye for photography. The combination of the photo book and the double album speaks to Stuart's undeniable strength as an artist of many talents. The Staple Singers, who have deep Mississippi roots, helped Stuart kick off the gospel album with a rendition of their 1956 hit "Uncloudy Day." The country album offers covers of tunes by George Jones, The Statler Brothers and Hank Williams. the double album from Stuart is a tremendously entertaining continuation of his dedication to American music and a testament to the indisputable fact that he has one of the best bands working in any genre today." "Rolling Stone" magazine named it a "must hear" of 2014: "More than just exploration of two genres. Stuart was backed by his longtime band, the Fabulous Superlatives. 30 consists of one traditional country album, one gospel. His double record - "Saturday night/Sunday Morning" - released Sept. It's been a good year for Stuart, a five-time Grammy winner and one of Mississippi's most relentless ambassadors.
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