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Beginning in 2008, Smith began appearing alongside Stuart on his weekly television series The Marty Stuart Show, performing every Saturday night. The two continued to write music together and several of those songs appeared on Smith's next studio outing, Long Line of Heartaches, which appeared from Sugar Hill Records in 2011. While her late-period output wasn't prolific, she made up for it in quality and the release once again received critical acclaim. Ten years later, Smith joined the roaster of Fat Possum Records to released 2021's spirited The Cry of the Heart. At 80 years old, it was the 54th album of her career and was again produced by Stuart. Smith paid tribute to some of her heroes and peers with the 2024 album Love, Prison, Wisdom and Heartaches, a collection of covers that included songs originally recorded by Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Dottie West, and the Glaser Brothers. Once again, Marty Stuart was at the controls for the sessions, and Smith was backed by Stuart's band the Fabulous Superlatives, joined by several legendary Nashville studio musicians, including pianist Hargus "Pig" Robbins in what proved to be one of his final recording sessions before his passing in 2022. ~ John Bush, Rovi
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