![]() I’m just trying to present country music as a part of American culture, our heritage. You know, you have your Kenny Chesneys and Taylor Swifts, and they’re great for the genre, but this is the absolute other end of the country universe, the real traditional stuff. I wanted to give it a voice and show the integrity and entertainment value. Traditional country has so few outlets now. There was nothing like it on television at the time. As a country music fan, I loved those old syndicated shows- The Porter Wagoner Show, The Johnny Cash Show, The Flatt & Scruggs Show, The Wilburn Brothers Show. I loved the spirit of those shows and started talking to Patrick (Carr, Stuart’s biographer) and really wanted to develop this idea. I’m a big fan of the network and I’ve watched it grow. ![]() The most important thing was the right setting, the channel, RFD (a Nashville-based television station focused on rural America programming). What was the single driving force behind creating The Marty Stuart Show? What are your hopes for the future of the program? Stuart discusses the development of the show, his thoughts on the future of country music and his role in honoring its past. His most recent project is The Marty Stuart Show, a weekly television program airing Saturday nights on RFD-TV. A member of the Country Music Foundation and the Grand Ole Opry, he’s preserved the traditions of the genre by assembling a collection of country-related artifacts that has no rival. ![]() Widely acclaimed as one of country music’s greatest warriors, Marty Stuart turned a childhood obsession into a lifelong career filled with hit records and collaborations with numerous Nashville legends. ![]()
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