Today’s Country Legend was born September 30, in Philadelphia, Mississippi,

initially toured with Lester Flatt, and then in Johnny Cash’s road band before beginning work as a solo artist in the early 1980s.

known for his combination of rockabilly, country rock, and bluegrass music influences, his frequent collaborations and cover songs, and his distinctive stage dress.

In 2020 was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

when he was 12 years old, he told his mother then that he was going to marry Connie Smith, the two were wed in 1997

Today’s Country Legend is Marty Stuart