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Marty Party Hit Pack

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Anyone interested in the common ground between Country and Rock or the evolution of Rock And Roll as presented by a contemporary artist will NEED to hear the CD! Marty Stuart ROCKS! ...but with a down-home country feel. GET IT!

MOVE OVER ELVIS!

One of the finest, clean cut acts in Country music, Marty blends 1950's Rockabilly with modern styles to make a great and pleasing sound. He does a great version of The Band's "The Weight" and his classic tunes "Hillbilly Rock" and "Little Things" are essential to any Country music collection. The duets with Travis Tritt on "The Whiskey Ain't Working" and "This One's Gonna Hurt You" are just great. The two stars compliment each other's style and mix really well. This is a must for any CD collection, you won't be disappointed.

Before his landmark roots projects like "The Pilgrim" and after establishing himself as a wonderful session player, Marty Stuart was a flashy, rockabilly twanger who's roots were obvious to anyone who had an ear to listen. "The Marty Party Hit Pack" compiles the best of those years in one convenient disc. Commercial hits like "Western Girls" and "If I Ain't Got You" are found here as well as the excellent Buddy Holly-ish "Tempted." His duet with the Staples Singers, "The Weight," was one of the best songs from the "Rythm, Country and Blues" album. Also included are two great tunes from the "No Hats" era with Travis Tritt. Those songs are "This One's Gonna Hurt You" and "The Whiskey Ain't Workin'." "Burn Me Down" and Stuart's cover of Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" are also here.

If you enjoy rockabilly or guitar-driven country that isn't too polished up (despite the big hair and rhinestoned jackets of the singer), you'll definitely enjoy "The Marty Party Hit Pack." Stuart has gone on to do much more musically and in the defense of true country legends, but the songs on this album were his most successful commercially. He's a definite star for real country music, and we need more like him if we expect country to stay alive.

MARTY STUART-THE MARTY PARTY HIT PACK: Lumped in with the so called hunky "hat acts" of the early 90s, twanger rock traditionalist MARTY STUART didn't even wear a stetson...in fact, he sported the best head of hair in all of country music. Possessing a servicable if unspectacular voice, his real key to the kingdom was his fiesty six stringer ablities on axe and mandolin; he cut his teeth with bluegrass great LESTER FLATT as well as JOHNNY CASH before going solo. THE MARTY PARTY HIT PACK collects a dozen rollicking chestnuts, from his TRAVIS TRITT "buddy song" duets THIS ONE'S GONNA HURT YOU and THE WHISKEY AIN'T WORKIN' to irresistable line dance starters HILLBILLY ROCK and WESTERN GIRLS. STUART also tackles THE BAND's masterstroke THE WEIGHT with glorious gospel backing from THE STAPLE SINGERS, as well his own NOW THAT'S COUNTRY, which smartly elaborates exactly where he's coming from. This 12 pack goes down smooth as Lone Star beer...leave it to MARTY to get the party started.

RATING: FOUR FRETS

The first one ordered must have gotten lost in the mail,but I only received one copy after contacting seller.
Worth the wait though,anyone who is a Marty Stuart Fan will appreciate Marty in his "PARTY" mode from sometime back.
Buy any Marty Stuart CD,LP,or whatever,and you're bound to get some good,100% American Music!

This is a tremoundous collection. But... if you are really interested, and they are still available, go out and get the first 3 cd's. You cant go wrong.