John Marty Stuart (born
September 30 1958) is an
American country music singer, known for both his traditional style, and eclectic merging of
rockabilly,
honky tonk, and traditional country music. In the early-1990s, he had a successful string of Country hits.
Once infamous for his flamboyantly
hedonist party image, he is now a
born again Christian and records both Country and Gospel music. He is known for wearing
rhinestone-studded
Nudie suits onstage, but after the passing of his friend and former father-in-law
Johnny Cash he now wears black in his honor.