John Marty Stuart t released his second solo album, ‘Busy Bee Cafe’ in 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. His first solo album ‘With a Little Help from My Friends’ was released in 1979 by the Ridge Runner Records label. In 1980, he joined Johnny Cash's backup band and performed as a guitar player after having worked with renowned guitarist Doc Watson. Stuart moved on and attached himself with fiddler Vassar Clements. Lester Flatt dismantled Nashville Grass in 1978 due to his deteriorating health issues. John Marty Stuart appeared with the band in the final episode of the fifth season of the American television variety show ‘Hee Haw’, which features country music among others. Stuart readily agreed to the offer extended to him by Ronald White and joined the musical group. White asked him to join the band on a permanent basis after having performed with the Nashville Grass at the Labour Day Concert held in Delaware in 1972 upon being invited by the former. He met Ronald White, principal mandolin player of the Nashville Grass band which was established in 1969 by Lester Raymond Flatt, a guitar and mandolin player of bluegrass group, soon after dropping out of school. However, after the life-changing experience of performing with a touring musical group, Stuart could not cope with the humdrum of school life and dropped out of school soon afterward. The tour concluded with the conclusion of the summer vacation of his school. At age 12, he turned pro and began touring as a mandolin player with the Sullivan Family, a bluegrass gospel group. John Marty Stuart was having an infatuation towards country music from his early childhood days and learnt to play guitar and mandolin before turning 12. He hailed from a mixed heritage of English, French, Choctaw, Colombian and Scottish ancestry. Grammy Award-winning American country music singer-songwriter John Marty Stuart was born on September 30, 1958, in Philadelphia, Mississippi, the United States of America to his parents John and Hilda.
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