“Classic,” said Jason Petty, who portrays Robbins in “Marty’s El Paso.” “When I think of ‘El Paso,’ I think of Marty Robbins.” Scheduled for Jan. 22 at Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greeneville, ...

We often assume that musicians eat, sleep, and breathe their artistic craft, and while that’s often true, Marty Robbins used music as a means to an end to fund his true dream job: a stock-car racer.