
Wilson noted she couldn’t quite believe she was holding that same guitar. “He would twirl around with that guitar around his neck and say, ‘Hello, I’m Johnny Cash.”
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Stuart recalled fond memories of Cash playing the guitar on that very stage when Cash did his live TV show on ABC more than five decades ago. “Hank Jr gave it to Johnny Cash, and Johnny Cash gave it to me.” “The guitar originally belonged to Hank Williams,” Stuart told her. Singer Lainey Wilson played a guitar that belonged to both Hank Williams and Johnny Cash. He also highlighted some of his collection, inviting his famous friends to play guitars once owned by Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, A.P. Kenny Vaughan, left, and Marty Stuart perform during Marty Stuart’s 19th Annual Late Night Jam at … the Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday, Jin Nashville, Tenn.

In less than two years, more than 20,000 items including Johnny Cash’s first black performance suit, the first instrument Hank Williams Sr ever played, the boots Patsy Cline wore on the day her plane went down in Tennessee, famous guitars, handwritten lyrics, and so much more, will go on display at Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music in his native Philadelphia, Mississippi.Īs Stuart played his 19 th “Late Night Jam” at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, the event that comes every year the Wednesday night before Nashville’s annual CMA fest, he used it to help raise funds for the complex through ticket sales, donations, and a silent auction before the show. In the five decades since, the 5-Time GRAMMY-winner has become a country musician historian and an avid collector, building the largest private collection of country music artifacts in the world. The singer, songwriter, and musician extraordinaire was a child prodigy who was so talented on the guitar and mandolin, he was playing with Lester Flatt and making his debut on the Grand Ole Opry at the age of 13. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)Īn established artist in his own right, Marty Stuart is well-known for his love and reverence of country music, and the legendary artists who came before him. Marty Stuart performs during Marty Stuart’s 19th Annual Late Night Jam at the Ryman Auditorium on … Wednesday, Jin Nashville, Tenn.
