She puts a whole lot more emphasis on family life than I ever did, and she’s been a great sense of balance to me. Stuart also says his wife has taught him some important lessons: “With Connie, I have learned about balancing love and music. His mom introduced them, she took Stuart to see Smith live in concert in Mississippi but it was unbeknownst to her what would happen in the next few decades. He married Connie Smith in 1997 and he was 17 years younger than her.
Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have a rather unorthodox love story, but it’s one with a very happy ending.
Twitter Instagram Marty Stuart And Connie Smith In the 1970s, Smith was nearly fired from the show for testifying about Jesus Christ. Even more of a rarity is when someone comes along with not only the God given talent, but the heart and compassion to make a difference. In the mid-60s Smith was temporarily fired from the Grand Ole Opry for not being on the show for twenty six weeks out of the year, which was the required amount of weeks to stay a member at the time. It had been a dream of Smith’s to become a member since childhood. Marty Stuart and Connie Smith have been married for 25 years since 8th Jul 1997. Stuart married country artist Connie Smith on July 8, 1997. In 1965 Smith officially became a member of the Grand Ole Opry radio show in Nashville, Tennessee. He also played with Country Music legend Marty Robbins and recorded under the names Ray. One of the very earliest appearances of Marty Stuart was on The Porter Wagoner Show playing with Lester. As can be seen in the picture below, he was wearing fluttery neck wear even then, like most everyone was in Flatt’s band. Also impressed by her vocals, Atkins offered Smith a recording contract, and she eventually signed with the label on June 24, 1964.īecause Chet Atkins found himself too busy with other artists, Bob Ferguson acted as Smith’s producer on her first sessions and would continue to work as her producer until her departure from RCA. Marty Stuart started playing country music professionally at the ripe age of 14 in Lester Flatt’s bluegrass band. After divorcing his first wife, he stayed for almost ten years before committing himself to another marriage relationship. Anderson’s manager Hubert Long brought the demo recording to RCA Victor Records, where producer Chet Atkins heard it. Cindy Cash, Johnny Cash’s daughter, was Stuart’s first wife, whom he married from 1983 to 1988. After performing on the program, Smith returned to Nashville that May to record demos by Anderson that he planned on pitching to other country artists. In January 1964, Smith ran into Anderson again at a country music package concert, where he invited her to perform with him on Ernest Tubb’s Midnight Jamboree program in Nashville, Tennessee. That day at the park, country artist Bill Anderson heard Smith perform and was impressed by her voice. Here she performed Jean Shepard’s “I Thought of You”, Smith won the talent contest and five silver dollars. In August 1963, she entered a talent contest at the Frontier Ranch country music park near Columbus, Ohio. Its all quite improbable, and beautiful: Martys prediction being fulfilled despite the 17 year age difference, and the twists and turns the two took to. Smith graduated from Salem-Liberty High School as the class salutatorian in 1959.
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