![]() Sometimes that leaves a vague picture in people’s minds, and I’m fully aware of that. I’ve got as many friends in rock ‘n’ roll as I do in country. “The tempo of rock ‘n’ roll has that fire, but when you unplug it, it’s just bluegrass. “To me, rock ‘n’ roll is just bluegrass hot-wired,” Stuart said. You may have noticed as many rock analogies as country ones. That’s no damn way to get your record accepted by country radio! Stuart even has bluegrass legend Jimmy Martin open a song by introducing his coon dogs and having them bark. There’s a blues rap that comes off like Eric Burdon and War’s “Spill the Wine” on moonshine. Ringing, 12-string guitar riffs recall the Byrds and the Monkees. There’s Hank Williams dueting with Jerry Jeff Walker, the Blasters with Johnny Burnette. There are echoes of so many styles on “Honky Tonkin’ ” that listening to it can be dizzying. ![]() The album was too raw and too rockin’ to gain that proffered level of acceptance. ![]() The title cut, a duet with Travis Tritt (with whom Stuart has cut his most successful singles), was a radio hit and was nominated for Grammy and CMA awards.īut Stuart is still Stuart, not Garth Brooks. Stuart’s latest album, last year’s “Honky Tonkin’s What I Do Best,” was proffered by MCA Nashville as the release that finally would push him over the top, from successful recording artist to bona fide superstar. And what interests me for the future is taking it back to the roots and hitting it from there.” “What country music is to me right now is understanding that the ‘90s were good for it, but the new century’s coming. ![]()
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