![]() It featured Scruggs playing the signature riff on the upright bass and Stinson playing the next verse slapping his cheeks while he mouthed the tune. ![]() For “Sitting Alone”, Vaughan strapped on a 12 string Rickenbacker which, along with the spot on harmonies, gave the song a rather British Invasion sound.Įach of the musicians took turns singing lead on various songs, with Vaughan singing a couple of his tunes, such as “Country Music Got A Hold On Me” and the more rocking, “Hot Like That.” Scruggs took the lead vocal duties on the Bob Wills classic “Brain Cloudy Blues” and Stinson singing the Woody Guthrie tune, “The Ballad Of Pretty Boy Floyd” and the Byrds’, “Ballad Of Easy Rider.”Īs the above songs suggest, country music may have been the main theme of the night, they also strayed all over the musical map with a couple of surf tunes, including the most interesting version of “Wipe Out” I’ve ever heard. During “Matches”, Stuart even brought out an acoustic B-Bender guitar, something I’ve never seen before, but now I want one. Missing from the normal “Country” band set up was a steel guitar, but that was ably handled as both Vaughan and Stuart each sported B-Bender Tele guitar, which enabled the guitarists to bend the B string up a step giving a sound similar to a pedal steel player. Striding out on stage for their 7:30 start time, the Superlatives wearing matching Nudie style suits, and Stuart wearing black and his trademark scarf, they immediately lit into an instrumental “Graveyard.” After the second song, “Country Boy Rock & Roll”, Stuart asked for the house lights to be turned up so he could see the audience, which gave the show more of a backyard jam than a formal concert. Apparently, they had a frozen transmission on their tour bus. ![]() Stuart, backed by Kenny Vaughan on lead guitar, Harry Stinson on drums and Chris Scruggs on upright and electric bass, came ready to play, after a rocky start to the day that left them stranded in a New Jersey Parking lot until 5AM. It may seem redundant to name a band as the wonderful bests, but if you’ve ever seen them, you would understand, they are both wonderful and the best at what they do. Marty Stuart stopped by The Egg Performing Arts Center’s Hart Theater and brought along his Fabulous Superlatives. Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives The Egg 1-30-22
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