{"id":67971,"date":"2017-11-28T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T17:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=67971"},"modified":"2021-01-31T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T14:31:01","slug":"67971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/67971\/","title":{"rendered":"Marty Stuart 25th Anniversary as Opry Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-74491 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Marty-Stuart-1500-1024x551.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"984\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Marty-Stuart-1500-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Marty-Stuart-1500-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Marty-Stuart-1500-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Marty-Stuart-1500-1536x827.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Marty-Stuart-1500.jpg 1561w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/>Marty Stuart to Celebrate 25th Anniversary as a Member of the Grand Ole Opry<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Grammy<sub>\u00ae<\/sub>\u00a0Award-winning multi-talented\u00a0Marty Stuart\u00a0will celebrate his 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member with appearances on two Opry shows Friday, December 1 at the Ryman Auditorium. Stuart was inducted in the Opry family on November 28, 1992, some 20 years after he first played the Opry at 13 years old as a band member for legendary Country Music Hall of Famer and Opry member Lester Flatt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-67937\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/martystuart2018tour.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/martystuart2018tour.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/martystuart2018tour-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Stuart is widely regarded as one of country music\u2019s biggest champions worldwide. The Mississippi native has said, \u201cThe Opry is a way of life. It\u2019s an institution that gets passed on every weekend. If you\u2019re going to be a country performer, the Opry is the place to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The five-time Grammy winner continues to record and release keenly relevant music, records that honor country\u2019s rich legacy while advancing it into the future.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-28854\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/01\/martystuarmaritzt04.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year he released his 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0studio album,\u00a0<em>Way Out West.\u00a0<\/em>It was named one of the \u201cBest Americana Albums of 2017\u201d and\u00a0<em>NPR Music<\/em>\u00a0proclaims \u201cis Marty Stuart\u2019s album-length paean to the myth and magic of the American West.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among those scheduled to be on hand to celebrate with Stuart are his wife, Opry member Connie Smith, Old Crow Medicine Show (who Stuart invited to become Opry members in 2013), Charlie Worsham, and Stuart\u2019s band, The Fabulous Superlatives. Among others coming soon to the Opry are Dailey &amp; Vincent, Radney Foster, Gaither Vocal Band, Drew and Ellie Holcomb, Alison Krauss, LoCash, Martina McBride, Carly Pearce, and Chris Young.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TasteOfCountry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marty Stuart to Celebrate 25th Anniversary as a Member of the Grand Ole Opry Grammy\u00ae\u00a0Award-winning multi-talented\u00a0Marty Stuart\u00a0will celebrate his 25th\u00a0Anniversary as a Grand Ole Opry member with appearances on two Opry shows Friday, December 1 at the Ryman Auditorium. Stuart was inducted in the Opry family on November 28, 1992, some 20 years after he first played the Opry at 13 years old as a band member for legendary Country Music Hall of Famer and Opry member Lester Flatt. Stuart is widely regarded as one of country music\u2019s biggest champions<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/28\/67971\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67971"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74493,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67971\/revisions\/74493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}