Porter Wagoner - Wagonmaster

In a world where the term is overused, Porter Wagoner is a true legend. He pioneered music television with the Porter Wagoner Show where he discovered Dolly Parton; influenced everyone from Johnny Cash and Dwight Yoakam to the Byrds & Gram Parsons; and recorded seminal concept albums in the early 70s, populated with the lonely, addicted, and mentally ill

In 2006, Marty Stuart, torchbearer of traditional country music, approached his longtime hero Wagoner about Porter recording one his haunted ballads, Committed to Parkview. The song is a first-person account of a tenant of Nashville's legendary sanitorium and was recorded by Johnny Cash in 1976 on his One Piece At A Time album.

Porter and Marty decided to build an album, Wagonmaster, around the song, revisiting the classic feel of his chilling concept albums, riding in style with the best of Hank Williams and Ernest Tubb. The results are a record of a proud, ragged man looking back unflinchingly at his life. At 79, and celebrating his 50th anniversary at the Grand Ole Opry, Porter has never been more vibrant and relevant.

There is a gem of a hidden track on the CD with Porter and Marty reminiscing about Hank Williams' first appearance at the Opry before Porter recites Men With Broken Hearts and sings an acoustic version of  (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle.

• Wagonmaster (part 1)
• Be A Little Quieter
• Who Knows Right From Wrong
• Albert Erving
• A Place To Hang My Hat
• Eleven Cent Cotton
• My Many Hurried Southern Trips
• Committed To Parkview
• The Agony Of Waiting
• Buck and The Boys
• A Fool Like Me
• The Late Love of Mine
• Hot Wired
• Brother Harold Dee
• Satan's River
• Wagonmaster Reprise
• Porter and Marty