This disc strives to comprehend and remember. However, I believe that remembering, respecting, and comprehending those who fought is a positive beginning. Political correctness pushes us too far in the other direction, so I don’t see Westerners uprooting and returning to Europe in an effort to atone for our transgressions. I occasionally believe that our country goes too far in its defense of Manifest Destiny. He gives voice to great leaders like Crazy Horse, Big Foot, Sitting Bull, and others who made valiant attempts to protect their people and way of life but were unsuccessful. More of it is told from the other side in Marty’s songs. I have always been familiar with the names of both sides’ heroes, but Custer and the 7th Cavalry inevitably dominate most of history. My father studied the same part of history as Marty does, from the Battle of Wounded Knee through the Battle of the Little Bighorn, when I was a child. He first gave us “The Pilgrim,” in 1999, a work of unparalleled brilliance, and now we have “Badlands.” However, country music has a few, and Marty Stuart has recorded two of them. It happens more frequently in rock music, where you can hear self-contained operas like Pink Floyd’s “The Wall,” or Meat Loaf’s “Bat Out Of Hell,” or other albums that convey a whole story. The record as a whole is so much more rich when it is kept together, so while there may be one or two songs that could be “radio hit,” they aren’t necessary. With “Badlands,” a stunning ode to the American Indian, notably the plains Indians of the Dakota Badlands, he accomplishes it once more. Marty Stuart accomplished this feat once previously with the spectacular release of “The Pilgrim.” in 1999. It’s uncommon for an artist to present an entire album on a single, strong theme where all the songs mesh together in perfect harmony in this era of sound-byte hit tunes and bottom-line corporate expectations for same. three country music legends sing and play some of. Travis tritt, marty stuart & earl scruggs perform live! plus ricochet.
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