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Marty Stuart (alongside his Fabulous Superlatives) often performs tracks from this album on The Marty Stuart Show on RFD-TV. The package includes a CD of the original album and the deluxe edition tracks and the text itself tells the story of the album's history and production, as well as its ultimate release and reappraisal. In addition, a coffee table book was released under the title of The Pilgrim: A Wall-To-Wall Odyssey. In honor of the album's 20th anniversary in 2019, The Pilgrim was reissued in several forms, including digital and vinyl deluxe editions featuring 10 previously unreleased bonus tracks. "The Pilgrim (Act IV)" (unreleased alternate take) Words: Excerpt from " Sir Galahad" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Music by Marty Stuart "The Greatest Love of All Time (Reprise)" "Sometimes The Pleasure's Worth the Pain" The album fared poorly in the charts, but was popular amongst critics and Stuart's fans, receiving almost entirely positive reviews. He tracked Rita down, and today the couple are happily married and raising a family. It was at the Pacific where he decided that the love he had known had to be put back together. He developed a drinking problem, and rode the rails until he reached the Pacific. He left town, and began hitchhiking and hoboing all across America. The only thing he was guilty of was falling in love with a woman that he didn't know was married. Norman kissed Rita, told her that he loved her more than life, handed her the letter, and shot himself in the head.Īfter Norman's funeral, Rita left town to escape the scandal, and The Pilgrim was in despair. The Pilgrim tried reasoning with Norman, claiming that he did not know Rita was married, but his words fell on deaf ears. Norman then regained control, and shook The Pilgrim's hand, saying "I just wanted to meet the man that tore up my home and let him see what it's done". She had to finally admit that she was married. He began making threats, and The Pilgrim, not knowing who Norman was, jumped up to defend Rita. He found her at the hospital - holding hands with The Pilgrim. He wrote her a letter, put it in his coat pocket, got his gun and went in search of his wife. One evening, Norman came home, and Rita wasn't there. Norman began to feel the distance between him and Rita at home, and knew she was on the verge of leaving him. She never responded to his affections, despite the fact that he begged her to marry him.
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That man was The Pilgrim, who came from a town 40 miles away, and did not know that Rita was married.
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Rita took comfort in the charms of a man she worked with at the hospital. Everyone was surprised when Norman (described as "cross-eyed Norman" in the album's liner notes) married Rita, the town's beauty queen.Īs time went by Norman grew more and more possessive and jealous. The Pilgrim is based on a true story of a man from Stuart's hometown, named Norman. The album features many country/bluegrass legends as guest stars, including Emmylou Harris, Pam Tillis, George Jones, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs and Johnny Cash. With this album, he demonstrates his songwriting skills (every track is either written or co-written by Stuart) and his diverse instrumental skills. It was a significant move in Stuart's career, as before The Pilgrim, he had been focusing more on trying to score a hit song instead of making the music that really mattered to him. Stuart plays the role of the Pilgrim, as well as other roles. It is a concept album, telling the story of a man (The Pilgrim) from Marty Stuart's hometown of Philadelphia, Mississippi. The Pilgrim is the 10th studio album of country music artist Marty Stuart, released in 1999.