Busy Bee Cafe

Busy Bee Cafe
Studio album by
Released1982
GenreCountry
LanguageEnglish
LabelSugar Hill Records
ProducerMarty Stuart
Marty Stuart chronology
With A Little Help From My Friends
(1978)
Busy Bee Cafe
(1982)
Marty Stuart
(1986)

Busy Bee Cafe is the second solo album of American country singer Marty Stuart. Unlike his debut solo album, this project contains original material by Stuart, including the title track, 'Boogie For Clarence' and 'Long Train Gone'.

The album also pays tribute to the people with whom Stuart honed his craft as a musician; with songs written by Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Bill Monroe, and Johnny Cash (Cash appears as a guest performer on 'One More Ride', 'Hey Porter' and 'Get In Line, Brother'), as well as Stuart's own 'Boogie For Clarence', which was written for country guitar icon Clarence White. Stuart would later record another tribute to White on his 2010 album Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions with the instrumental track 'Hummingbyrd', which was recorded with White's Fender Telecaster which he purchased from Clarence's daughter. Michelle Jason Ankeny of Allmusic praised the album as "a loose, jam-oriented record".[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One More Ride" (duet with Johnny Cash)Bob Nolan3:15
2."Blue Railroad Train"Alton Delmore2:25
3."I Don't Love Nobody"Traditional, arranged by Lester Flatt2:20
4."Watson's Blues"Bill Monroe3:18
5."Busy Bee Cafe"Marty Stuart3:48
6."Down The Road"Flatt, Earl Scruggs1:32
7."Hey Porter" (duet with Johnny Cash)Johnny Cash2:48
8."Boogie For Clarence"Marty Stuart3:00
9."Get In Line, Brother" (duet with Johnny Cash)Flatt2:22
10."Soldier's Joy"Traditional, arranged by M. Christian2:02
11."Long Train Gone"Marty Stuart3:15

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Busy Bee Cafe". Allmusic. Retrieved 10 November 2014.