Live Review: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives @ The Birchmere — 2/27/20

Posted on 03/02/2020 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, bluegrass, country, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Nashville, Rashad Polk, Tennessee, The Birchmere.

Marty Stuart performs at The Birchmere on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Rashad Polk)

If you have even the slightest interest in country music, you owe it to yourself to see Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives. The Fabulous Superlatives — “Cousin” Kenny Vaughan on guitar, “Professor” Chris Scruggs laying down the bass, and “Handsome” Harry Stinson keeping the beat on the drums — are an all-star team of Americana players. Marty is a former child prodigy who was already playing professionally with bluegrass legend Lester Flatt as a teenager.

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Best of the Year: Top 10 Concerts of 2019 by Mark E.

Posted on 12/23/2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged 9:30 Club, AMP, AMP by Strathmore, Best of 2019, best of the year, Dawes, Jenny Lewis, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Theatre, Lucinda Williams, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Neko Case, Rhiannon Giddens, Rosanne Cash, Shemekia Copeland, Steve Earle, Strathmore, Strathmore Music Center, The Anthem, The Birchmere, The Wood Brothers.

Rosanne Cash placed as one of Mark Engleson’s top shows of the year. Read on to see who else made the cut. (Photo by David LaMason)

Editor’s Note: This year, we asked our bloggers to name their Top 10 shows of 2019 or choose their Top 10 photos of the year. We will run them over the course of mid-December as our Best of the Year posts.

Editor (again): After much consideration, the prolific Mark Engleson chose his top 10 shows for 2019.

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Snapshots: Steve Miller Band and Marty Stuart @ Wolf Trap — 7/31/19

Posted on 08/05/2019 by Jason Nicholson "Le Mouton Flâneur" in Live Review and tagged Americana, blues, country, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, southern rock, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Wolf Trap.

The Steve Miller Band performs at Wolf Trap on July 31, 2019. (Photo by Jason Nicholson)

The Steve Miller Band teamed up with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives to deliver on a night of classic American music at Wolf Trap recently, with Steve and company providing plenty of rock and Marty and friends delivering the country. Jason Nicholson was there to photograph it all!

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Preview: Steve Miller Band and Marty Stuart @ Wolf Trap, 7/31/19

Posted on 07/25/2019 by Parklifer in Preview and tagged Americana, California, country, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, psychedelic, rockabilly, southern rock, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, Wolf Trap.

Steve Miller Band (Photo by David Woo)

The Steve Miller Band joins forces with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives for a show dubbed “An Amazing Evening of Original American Music: Classic Rock Meets Classic Country” at Wolf Trap on Wednesday, July 31!

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Live Review: Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives @ The Birchmere — 4/4/19

Posted on 04/08/2019 by Mark Engleson in Live Review and tagged Americana, bluegrass, country, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Nashville, Tennessee, The Birchmere, The Fabulous Superlatives.

Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives (Photo by Alysse Gafkjen)

In 2017, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives won the Americana Music Association Award for Group of the Year. It was easy to see why at an appropriately fabulous show at The Birchmere recently.

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Music Park: Sweetheart of the Rodeo 50th Anniversary w/ Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman of The Byrds and Marty Stuart @ Jefferson Center (Roanoke, VA) — 10/10/18

Posted on 10/19/2018 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Americana, Chris Hillman, country, folk, Jefferson Center, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Roger McGuinn, Strathmore Music Center, Sweetheart of the Rodeo, The Byrds.

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Roger McGuinn and Marty Stuart perform at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke, Virginia, on Oct. 10, 2018. (Photos by Chester Simpson; Words by David Edwards)

There were two overriding themes to the Sweetheart of the Rodeo concert at Roanoke’s Jefferson Performance Center recently — a theme of Americana music and a theme of Tom Petty.

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Snapshots: Watermelon Park Festival @ Clarke County Fairgrounds (Berryville, VA) — 9/20-9/23/18

Posted on 10/01/2018 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged Americana, Bela Fleck, Billy Strings, bluegrass, Chester Simpson, country, folk, Furnace Mountain, Jack Dunlap, John Miller Jr., Johnny Bluegrass and the Porta John Pickers, Kentucky Thunder, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, Molly Tuttle, music festival, Richie Stearns, Ricky Skaggs, Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, roots, Shepherds Ford Productions, The Ingramettes, The Jeff Austin Band, The Woodshedders, Watermelon Park, Watermelon Park Festival.

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Marty Stuart and Watermelon Park owner John Miller Jr. at the Watermelon Park Festival in September 2018. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

Watermelon Park, located in Berryville, Virginia, on the banks of the Shenandoah River, is a local haven for camping, tubing and kayaking all summer long. It hosted the 15th annual Watermelon Park Festival recently, and we’ve got pictures of the performing bands to prove it!

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Snapshots: Watermelon Park Festival @ Watermelon Park (Berryville, VA) — 9/21-9/24/17

Posted on 09/29/2017 by Chester Simpson in Live Review and tagged acoustic dance music, Americana, bluegrass, Cedric Watson, Chester Simpson, Furnace Mountain, Keller Williams, Kenny Vaughan, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, roots, Shenandoah River, The Del McCoury Band, The Woodshedders, Watermelon Park, Watermelon Park Festival.

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Keller Williams performs at Watermelon Park Festival. (Photo by Chester Simpson)

The 14th Annual Watermelon Park Fest, located in Berryville, Virginia, was held on the banks of the Shenandoah River on Sept. 21-24.

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Don’t Miss: Watermelon Park Festival @ Watermelon Park Campground (Berryville, VA), 9/21-9/24/17

Posted on 09/18/2017 by Mickey McCarter in Live Review and tagged acoustic dance music, Americana, Bumper Jacksons, Keller Williams, Marty Stuart, Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, roots, The Dead South, The Del McCoury Band, The Quebe Sisters, The Seldom Scene, Watermelon Park, Watermelon Park Campground, Watermelon Park Festival, Western swing.

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Watermelon Park Fest Sept. 24-27, 2015 (Photo by Chester Simpson)

Kick off the fall season this weekend with the Watermelon Park Festival, one of our region’s most exciting Americana and roots music festivals, at Watermelon Park Campground (3322 Lockes Mille Rd, Berryville, Virginia) on Thursday, Sept. 21, through Sunday, Sept. 24. Several ticketing and camping options are available.

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