![]() ![]() ![]() "I started wearing the decorated, bolero-style jackets with bluejeans instead of matching pants-everybody else had been wearing complete suits. "In 1985, when I got a record deal with CBS, I started looking around for a way to get the 'image' back into country music," he says. High fashion is staging a comeback in country music these days, thanks in part to Marty's efforts. "Porter Wagoner, Little Jimmy Dickens and Hank Snow were really the only people who stuck to their guns, clotheswise," says Marty. Entertainers let slouch creep into their style, save for a select few. In those days, rhinestone-studded outfits and other flashy, custom-made spotlight suits were de rigueur dress for most country entertainers.īut then, during the anything-goes Seventies, country music's dress code took a nose dive. Throughout the Fifties and Sixties, country music became closely associated with its own trademark style of flamboyant stage wear. His collection of nearly 200 vintage country music outfits, the most extensive anywhere, recalls the glory days of hillbilly glitter. Sight and sound have a unique union in country music, and Marty is working to preserve their previous fusion. "And then all the musicians would step off wearing matching outfits." He smiles, "Man, that was something to see!" "Ernest Tubb would come into town and there'd be this big green bus," says Marty. Marty Stuart remembers fondly when country music singers really looked the part. This article appeared in Country America - October 1990 Marty Stuart - High Priest of Hillbilly Fashion - Country America - October 1990 Marty Stuart - High Priest of Hillbilly Fashion ![]()
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