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Mountain Stage After Midnight: Marty Stuart, The McCrary Sisters, Tracy Nelson
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What do Marty Stuart, The McCrary Sisters, The Greencards and Tracy Nelson have in common? We’re playing them all this week on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
Broadcast from 1am-5am Saturday and Sunday mornings here on West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Mountain Stage After Midnight takes the best episodes from the show’s 31 year history and shares their memories and songs with our late-night listeners.
Gather up some energy and stay up late Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7 for some spectacular sets on Mountain Stage After Midnight.
First up is a March 2012 show from the Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol featuring Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives, Blue Highway, The Pines, The McCrary Sisters and John Fullbright.
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Tracy Nelson on the Mountain Stage in 2011.
We’ll also hear an August 2011 show that includes Grupo Fantasma, Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, The Greencards, Tracy Nelson and Musikanto.
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