Marty Stuart has released the lineup for his special 10th Anniversary Late Night Jam on June 8. Joining Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives for performances this year will be country icons Dolly Parton, Mel Tillis and Connie Smith, as well as The Quebe Sisters Band, Doug Kershaw and a few unnamed surprise guests.
The event starts at 10 pm at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium, and has become the unofficial start to CMA Music Festival weekend. Tickets are reportedly selling quickly and, as always, proceeds will benefit MusiCares with a portion also going to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.
“It’s hard to believe that the Late Night Jam is ten years old,” says Stuart. “I can’t help but think back on the first one. I was nervous; pacing and hoping that we’d have enough people show up. The show ended up being a sell-out and we’ve been going strong ever since. That first show was over 25,000 people ago, and it was also many good deeds ago from MusiCares, and a lot of really magical performances ago from some of my dearest musical friends. Every year I say, ‘How can I top that show?’ Somehow it happens and good things result from it. This year will be no different.”
Over the past 10 years, guest performers at this one-of-a-kind event have included Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Dierks Bentley Charlie Daniels, Porter Wagoner, Neko Case, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jerry Lee Lewis and more.
