Every time you drive past this remember one thing, it stands for unity. Stuart spoke of the marker symbolizing love and grace. "I thank you for the good times and the bad times and for welcoming me with open arms." "I am part of one of the greatest legacies God has ever created," he said. He went on to say that he wanted to reinvigorate and save traditional country music. Stuart said he recognizes that he is part of a great Mississippi creative legacy.
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Stuart himself raised his right arm in a pulling motion as a truck passed in a failed attempt to convince the driver to blow his air horn. "Til the day I die, I'll do this."Īs he talked about truck driving songs and making a living, 18-wheelers loaded with logs and sawdust lumbered by, the roar of their engines drowning him out.Īlderman-at-Large Janice Payne had to pause as she read a biography of Stuart, commenting that it was tax dollars passing by. "Everywhere I've ever had to go in my life, I've had to introduce myself as being from Route 8 Kosciusko Road, Philadelphia, Miss," Stuart said at the unveiling on the street corner. Later at the Ellis, in a "This is Your Life" style program, Stuart was greeted on stage by influential figures from his past, including his mother. Stuart arrived in a horse drawn carriage with his wife about a half hour before the dedication and worked the crowd, signing autographs and patiently posing for pictures. (Young later said he was not asked to participate in the program sponsored by the Community Development Partnership and Philadelphia-Neshoba County Tourism.)
Young and asked him why he wasn't seated in a place of prominence. They were old friends like Betty Seward, who entered him in his first talent show where he lost to a girl twirling a baton.Īs the program was about to begin, Stuart reached out into the crowd and warmly greeted Philadelphia Mayor James A. Manuel is Manuel Arturo José Cuevas Martinez, the Hollywood fashion designer who supplies Stuart with his stage wear and bet on him early on by giving him an outfit.Īs the sun set on one of the first fall evenings this year, hundreds gathered at the corner of Main Street and Byrd Avenue for the dedication. "And the greatest asset that I've ever had is sitting right there, my daddy, mama, my sister, my brother Manuel, my wife Connie. "The greatest asset anybody that has to leave home could have is friends, family and the solid foundation like I have here," Stuart told a local red carpet crowd at the formal dedication of the marker. Marty Stuart came home last week to dedicate his Mississippi Country Music Trail marker downtown and wound up in an electrifying two-and-a-half hour jam session at the Ellis Theater where Dolly Parton sang a pre-recorded "Happy Birthday" and he reunited with his boyhood band.īefore the evening was over, the music teacher who taught him his first guitar chord appeared on stage, he teamed up with wife and country music artist Connie Smith for a quiet, lovely, haunting duet and he thrilled the crowd with a solo mandolin performance he dedicated to his dad sitting on the front row. Marker dedication turns into jam session for Marty Stuart in Philadelphia Marker dedication turns into jam session for Marty Stuart
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