The Sturgill Simpson thread

[mposey34]

Sturgill Simpson really began turning heads and drawing attention with Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, his follow up album to 2013's High Top Mountain.

His latest release, A Sailor's Guide To Earth, a tribute to his son, is a masterpiece. I don't think it is unreasonable to expect this album to be nominated for a lot of awards, and will absolutely be on top albums of 2016 lists.

Here is a link to him performing the album, in it's entirety, live on KCRW.

http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morn...urgill-simpson

This guy has become one of the great singer/songwriters working today.

[Arby]

I dont know about masterpiece, but I like it a lot. Never heard of the guy before this album.

Ended up accidentally clicking on a link to NPR First Listen in the AOTD thread and figured Id give it a chance. Drew me in right away and listened all the way thru. Probably heard the album 5 total times now. Its very very good.

[justink]

i got lucky and scored an extra ticket to his first houston show at fitzgeralds. taped it.

now he's big and doesn't allow taping anymore....

[coldengrey12]

Sailor's Guide is one of the best albums of the year.

[soccer41]

I scored a ticket to him playing the album in full at Rough Trade in NYC last Tuesday, it was unbelievable. Here's rolling stones review http://www.rollingstone.com/music/ne...-show-20160420

Couldn't believe how good he/the band/ the album was. The album is unbelievable.

[zajDmB1]

Checking out now, have only heard him on Colbert.

[keithcoldroses]

Loving the new album.

[Funkhouser]

Originally Posted by Arby

I dont know about masterpiece, but I like it a lot. Never heard of the guy before this album.

Ended up accidentally clicking on a link to NPR First Listen in the AOTD thread and figured Id give it a chance. Drew me in right away and listened all the way thru. Probably heard the album 5 total times now. Its very very good.

very good album but let's not throw the word masterpiece around so frivolously

[justink]

I'll leave this up for a few days...

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mj8yvr2i4...FyLtG0a3a?dl=0


Sturgill Simpson
November 16, 2014
Fitzgerald’s
Houston, TX

Recorded by:* Justin Kacz
Location:* Left stack, Stand zip tied to the balcony corner, Stand at 8 Feet
Source:* DPA4023 (DIN) > Oade Concert Mod R-44 (24bit/48khz)
Conversion:* 24/48kHz wav > Audacity (Fade in & Fade out applied, Normalization, Convert to Mono, Slight Compression, Mix and Render, Tracking) > xACT (FLAC, Tagging)

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***** DO NOT ENCODE THIS SHOW TO LOSSY FORMATS EXCEPT FOR PERSONAL USE***
******************DO NOT SELL OR DISTRIBUTE FOR PROFIT*******************
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01. Intro
02. Sitting Here Without You
03. Water In A Well
04. Long White Line
05. Voices
06. Poor Rambler
07. Time After All
08. Medicine Springs (The Stanley Brothers cover)
09. Living The Dream
10. A Little Light
11. Life Of Sin
12. Sad Songs and Waltzes (Willie Nelson cover)
13. Sometimes Wine (The Sunday Drivers cover)
14. I Never Go Around Mirrors (Lefty Frizzel cover)
15. Some Days
16. It Ain’t All Flowers
17. The Promise (When In Rome cover)
18. Railroad Of Sin
19. You Can Have The Crown
20. Turtles All The Way Down
21. Old King Coal
22. Waymore’s Blues (Waylon Jennings cover)
23. I’d Have To Be Crazy (Steve Fromholz cover)
24. Listening To The Rain (The Osborne Brothers cover)


- Thanks to Russell at FOH for the help and allowing me to record
- Thanks to Mark F. for the setlist help

[scrock25]

I am not a fan of Country Music, but this guy is the bees knees.... I LOVE both of his albums.

[Beefsteak1138]

N'sync w/ my zero

[Lee3691]

Saw him do a cover of In Bloom on Daily Show - was p good

[WidespreadMule3]

It's people like Sturgill that are getting me into country music. There's some really great country music out now between him, Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Johnson and a few others. Not to mention the classics like Willie, Hank and others.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by WidespreadMule3

It's people like Sturgill that are getting me into country music. There's some really great country music out now between him, Chris Stapleton, Jimmy Johnson and a few others. Not to mention the classics like Willie, Hank and others.

Checkout Turnpike Troubadours if you haven't already.

[justink]

i'm glad he's going to have a horn section on tour. i was worried about that.

[SmoothG]

Never listened, someone got a few good tunes to start out with?

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by SmoothG

Never listened, someone got a few good tunes to start out with?

Turtles All the Way Down

You Can Have the Crown

Living the Dream

Hero

[justink]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Turtles All the Way Down

You Can Have the Crown

Living the Dream

Hero

Long White Line

Some Days

Life of Sin

It Ain't All Flowers

The Promise (cover)

[SmoothG]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

Turtles All the Way Down

You Can Have the Crown

Living the Dream

Hero

Originally Posted by justink

Long White Line

Some Days

Life of Sin

It Ain't All Flowers

The Promise (cover)

Nice, thanks, ill give these a try.

[mposey34]

The last two albums, and particularly the new album, don't strike me as country music at all.

His first album certainly does though.

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by scrock25

I am not a fan of Country Music, but this guy is the bees knees.... I LOVE both of his albums.

Whoops

... all THREE of his albums

[c33dmb]

I hate modern country music for all I'm worth.

That said, this new album wasn't a bad listen. As stated before, the most recent two albums have a very distinct sound. They're very different from the country-pop garbage saturating the radio. The first one, not so good.

I really appreciate that Simpson has a voice that would definitely work with the "Chew Tobacco Spit" "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy" phenomenon but actually applied himself and added some thoughtful lyrics and instrumentation. I really liked "Keep It Between The Lines," "Call to Arms" and the Nirvana cover.

As someone who is endlessly barraged with today's country-pop due to where I live, an artist like Simpson with his two most recent albums is very refreshing.

[justink]

anyone know how to rip this?

http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morn...urgill-simpson

[justink]

Originally Posted by justink

anyone know how to rip this?

http://www.kcrw.com/music/shows/morn...urgill-simpson

i love how Sturgill explains how he fucked up the lyrics to a Nirvana song and the trouble it caused.

[mposey34]

He will be on Conan tonight

[K270]

Just caught him on SNL. I have no clue what two songs he performed, but holy shit he was on fire. The second song especially. Anyone want to clue me in on what he performed and if the horn section is on his studio cds?

[Drwbllz]

Originally Posted by K270

Just caught him on SNL. I have no clue what two songs he performed, but holy shit he was on fire. The second song especially. Anyone want to clue me in on what he performed and if the horn section is on his studio cds?

I haven't watched yet, but yes, he has horns on his CD's. I hope he played Call to Arms. That song rips.

Edit: He did play Call to Arms. The other was Keep it Between the Lines. Love both.

Edit 2: http://www.gossipcop.com/sturgill-si...h-performance/

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by justink

love him to death. but my only complaint with sturgill is that he constantly sounds like he's singing with a dick in his mouth.

Love sturgill and I definitely agree with this.

[BTCS_JTR]

That Call To Arms performance was great. When was the last time SNL had a performance that destructive?

[justink]

he only has horns on his last album. it's the dapkings (of sharon jones and the dapkings).