During his time on stage, Billy was joined on upright bass by his bandmate Royal Masat, who performed with the Fabulous Superlatives throughout the evening. Strings offered a decided change of pace with his acoustic homage to traditional country and bluegrass with takes on “Freight Train Boogie”, “Long Journey Home”, “Tennessee Stud”, and more. Ahead of King, 26-year-old Georgia acoustic bluesman Jontavious Willis made his Ryman debut to a standing ovation. King performed his own “Wildflowers & Wine” (per Stuart’s request) as well as a cover of Howlin’ Wolf‘s “Killing Floor”, mining the history of his blues-rock influence. The evening also saw a double-dose of guitar wizardry with King and Strings each showing off a different school of playing. Lainey Wilson made proper use of Williams’ 1939 Martin guitar (also used by Johnny Cash) on a cover of “Lost Highway” early on in the program, performing with Stuart’s backing band The Fabulous Superlatives. Proceeds from the sold-out Late Night Jam will go toward building Stuart’s Congress of Country Music, a soon-to-be-opened museum, theater, and educational space in his hometown of Philadelphia, MS. Along the way, the musicians helped themselves to host Marty Stuart’s extensive collection of historic instruments-which number over 20,000 total-playing guitars once owned and used by Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, George Jones, and more. What followed was a marathon, three-hour concert that saw the rising stars of today share the stage with luminaries of bluegrass and country music.
“It was a strange feeling for the past two years when the first Wednesday night in June rolled ’round and we didn’t have the Late Night Jam,” Stuart said to start the show, per Tennessean.
The 19th edition of the CMA Fest week tradition in Music City featured guest appearances by Billy Strings, Marcus King, Emmylou Harris, and many more. After two pandemic-induced years away, Marty Stuart’s Late Night Jam returned to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Wednesday.
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