Review: Marty Stuart At Bass Hall
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| This appeared in the Dallas
Star-Telegram - November 12, 2014 |
| Like a cold beer chased
with a shot of stout whiskey, Merle Haggard and
Marty Stuart delivered a satisfying one-two
punch of traditional country music to Bass Hall
Wednesday night. Stuart, his signature silver mane standing at attention, and his razor-sharp band, the Fabulous Superlatives, tore into his hour-long set with a gusto bordering on mania. “How beautiful is country music at Bass Hall?” asked Stuart. Pulling from his just-released double album, Saturday Night / Sunday Morning, and weaving in some genuinely astonishing mandolin work — he reeled off a solo instrumental that was absolutely breathtaking — Stuart’s performance was a vivid reminder that not all modern country acts have forsaken Nashville’s artistic history. Stuart acknowledged as much during his take on George Jones’ Old, Old House: “Time’s left a wreckage where once there was beauty.” Perhaps, but thankfully, there are still artists — and legends like Haggard — very much capable of reminding us all about that splendor. By
Preston Jones
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