also country music isn't really a southern phenomenon (although in the popular imagination it's very much tied to the south)
Yeah, seriously. Aside from the cities, most of this country really is a giant Texas. It doesn't take long to find places full of people in hats and boots with big belts or camo caps and gun racks. I saw more rednecks at a recent Brad Paisley show 45 minutes outside of Chicago than I saw on my most recent trip below the Mason-Dixon line. And even the cities are packed with country fans.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
Its a red region thing
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
And for some a rejection of rap and r'n'b thing,
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 31 January 2015 16:13 (nine years ago) link
he'll be on AC Limits stream tonite, 9 PM EST yes Ma'am:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AustinCityLimitsTV?app=desktop
― dow, Thursday, 2 April 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
http://klru.vo.llnwd.net/o36/acl_homepage/SturgillSimpson_slide.jpg
― dow, Thursday, 2 April 2015 00:37 (nine years ago) link
@TwangNation @SturgillSimpson @acltv lead player trippin on "Long White Line" yay And now ditto on very electric bluegrassActually enunciating too: "Lawd that her-oi-n (heroine?)dee-stroyed me."
― dow, Thursday, 2 April 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
"Sick of that bank, cain't take no more crank."
― dow, Thursday, 2 April 2015 01:22 (nine years ago) link
"Medicine Springs," excellent
― dow, Thursday, 2 April 2015 01:49 (nine years ago) link
wooooow
MN State Fair this year: Merle Haggard, Kris Kristoferson, and Sturgill Simpson
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:18 (nine years ago) link
fuckin' good times there.
― Premise ridiculous. Who have two potato? (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:43 (nine years ago) link
tickets $35 too which seems like a bargain
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
I "saw" Merle and Kris at Hardly Strictly a few years ago (I could not actually see the stage). they sounded good tho, did a lot of old chestnuts (Mama Tried, Sunday Mornin etc.)
$35 is a total deal!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:47 (nine years ago) link
yeah i mean i guess i figure both merle and kris by themselves would be a $35 ticket and sturgill is probably in the $20 zone by now
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:49 (nine years ago) link
he's playing the Fillmore this Saturday for $25 but I am poor and don't have babysitting
but I do wanna go
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
You probably can't get a funnel cake at the Fillmore show.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:05 (nine years ago) link
nothin on a stick, at all
― j., Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
they give out free apples
(which are good for throwing at Bill Graham's portrait)
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
New album April 15th
http://www.spin.com/2016/03/sturgill-simpson-brace-for-impact-new-song-beats-1-zane-lowe-stream/
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 4 March 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
ooh!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 4 March 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
Cool. Saw him in Seattle last November. His guitar player is very good.
― van smack, Saturday, 5 March 2016 03:36 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to it a lot.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Sunday, 6 March 2016 01:21 (eight years ago) link
apparently it will feature an "In Bloom" cover. intrigued!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 6 March 2016 01:58 (eight years ago) link
WTF I'm not sure I'm into this. Sounds like some post-Eagles Don Henley shit with more distortion.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 6 March 2016 03:35 (eight years ago) link
more like Turgid Simpson
― karla jay vespers, Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:05 (eight years ago) link
Sounds like some post-Eagles Don Henley shit with more distortion.
I'll be the judge of that!
(listens)
I dunno, seems like he's really committing to being that "Country Guy Only Rock Fans Listen To"--serious Mitchell Froom/Tchad Blake vibes from the production. Most Henley thing about it is how it just keeps going and going after making its point.
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 6 March 2016 04:26 (eight years ago) link
Weird single, kind of an early or mid-90s adult rock vibe and the production doesn't sound great.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 7 March 2016 04:12 (eight years ago) link
I relistened to the first album a few months ago and decided it kinda sucks
― micro brewbio (crüt), Monday, 7 March 2016 04:14 (eight years ago) link
Yeah I pretty much stand by what I said upthread -- it's one good song but it's a whole album.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Monday, 7 March 2016 04:21 (eight years ago) link
You guys are nuts. The new single is good.
― van smack, Monday, 7 March 2016 04:59 (eight years ago) link
so, for the first time, somebody owes dan auerbach money?
― leet gentlemen's club (contenderizer), Monday, 7 March 2016 05:25 (eight years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/sturgill-simpson-on-staying-country-covering-nirvana-on-new-album-20160321?page=2
― Thomas H. Handy (dandydonweiner), Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:15 (eight years ago) link
I see Dave Cobb is not part of this new one.
― van smack, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:37 (eight years ago) link
Good
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 22 March 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link
This cover of "In Bloom" is hilariously inept:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpDYfkymaSE
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:02 (eight years ago) link
he seems even more full-on into bad 70s country trope mode. WTF, cotton in his gums like Brando in the Godfather?
terrible
― Thomas H. Handy (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 24 March 2016 17:31 (eight years ago) link
whut the heyul
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Thursday, 24 March 2016 20:27 (eight years ago) link
the addition of "to love someone" at the end of that line is hilarious unintentional irony
― human life won't become a cat (man alive), Thursday, 24 March 2016 20:29 (eight years ago) link
You guys go to hell
― van smack, Thursday, 24 March 2016 22:07 (eight years ago) link
kinda wish he'd gone all the way with it
He likes to shoot his gunBut he don't know what it meansTo love someoneThe way I love you...
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Thursday, 24 March 2016 23:03 (eight years ago) link
really not sure why anyone is bemused by this cover, it...sounds like a sturgill simpson song, just like he made "the promise" sound like one of his songs
tbf it's not half as good as "the promise" but it's totally fine
― if young slothrop don't trust ya i'm gon' rhyme ya (slothroprhymes), Wednesday, 30 March 2016 14:28 (eight years ago) link
NYT Profile
...it’s Elvis on Mr. Simpson’s mind, and in his mouth.“T.C.B., baby!” he yelled, a reference to Presley’s band. Mr. Simpson is partial to Presley’s later years, the Stax era, “when they were laying it down hard and heavy. Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don’t wanna tell people, ‘I never really listened to Waylon.’”
“T.C.B., baby!” he yelled, a reference to Presley’s band. Mr. Simpson is partial to Presley’s later years, the Stax era, “when they were laying it down hard and heavy. Elvis was a way bigger influence than Waylon Jennings, but you don’t wanna tell people, ‘I never really listened to Waylon.’”
― Now I Know How Joan of Arcadia Felt (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 31 March 2016 21:58 (eight years ago) link
in fact he does seem to wanna tell ppl he never really listened to waylon.
from the quoted lyrics to that father-son song, i'd guess jason isbell's "outfit" made an impression on him when they toured together.
― dc, Thursday, 31 March 2016 22:15 (eight years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/07/473237504/first-listen-sturgill-simpson-a-sailors-guide-to-earth
― Mordy, Thursday, 7 April 2016 13:55 (eight years ago) link
― van smack, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:
I think in the NYT profile he talks about why he produced this one himself
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 April 2016 14:09 (eight years ago) link
this feels kinda half baked with a lot of strings on top
― Heez, Friday, 8 April 2016 03:52 (eight years ago) link
It has its moments, but it ain't great.
― self-clowning oven (Murgatroid), Friday, 8 April 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
Album works pretty well as an entry point to his music (which this is for me, never got around to Metamodern, will probably go back now though).
― Jeff W, Sunday, 17 April 2016 11:38 (eight years ago) link
Liking this a lot.
Haven't had time to absorb much of the lyrics, which might be a bit heavy-handed from what I read. But it sounds fine overall.
― Half-baked profundities. Self-referential smirkiness (Bob Six), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 07:20 (eight years ago) link
Welcome To Earth (Polywog) is my favourite song so far this year
― Jerry Lee Lewis: The Total Film-Maker (stevie), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
Rest of the album is very strong too, I think
― Jerry Lee Lewis: The Total Film-Maker (stevie), Wednesday, 20 April 2016 13:12 (eight years ago) link