Sturgill Simpson Live At Sun King Brewery
Have you ever had a dessert that’s just too rich? A girlfriend or boyfriend that’s just too damn hot? That’s how it feels with Sturgill Simpson‘s music. This stuff is so good, it hurts. Any new material from Sturgill demands an immediate stop down of one’s life to pay attention. Seriously Sturgill, we’ve got shit to do. The man, his writing, his impeccable sense of timing in music that is virtually unparalleled. Jesus, can June 1tth and the release of High Top Mountain just get here so we can share this bounty with the rest of the world?
Below are some selections from a live set at the Sun King Brewery in Indianapolis on April 5th, presented by MOKB. Not recommended for those with heart conditions. And if that wasn’t enough, NPR’s Mountain Stage just posted Sturgill’s 16-minute set.
May 1, 2013 @ 11:34 am
I seriously can’t put his album down. Since it was so nice out last night I turned it on in the garage at max. volume and worked around the yard. It just puts a hitch in your step and makes you want to dance a jig…hell I even think my chickens were dancing too..lol!
Thanks for sharing the all these videos!
May 1, 2013 @ 11:43 am
Saw Sturgill open up for Jr Brown last week. He left his band behind and did the show solo acoustic. He jokingly said ‘he was sick of looking at them after the Dwight tour and wanted to spend a week alone.’
Hell of show. Considering that 90% of the audience didn’t know who he was they lapped it up and he had a decent line of folk at the merch stand buying cd’s afterwards.
Just a great show plain and simple.
May 1, 2013 @ 2:06 pm
Been kicking it to Sunday Valley for a long time now and I got this early with a digi and a wait on the cd ,Sturgill is god man …..what else can you fucking say.
May 1, 2013 @ 5:43 pm
To be honest I was a little let down by High Top Mountain. I feel like it didn’t accurately translate the character and unfettered emotion of his live shit. I mean it’s good enough, and no doubt better than 90% of anything in the last year or so… I was just underwhelmed, maybe my expectations were too high, but I really think the production waterlogged Sturgill’s potential… Instead i’ll just listen to these videos!!! over and over like I do with all the other Sunday Valley vids… anyways, great post!
May 3, 2013 @ 8:37 am
I kind of see what you are saying but do you think that it partly due to what you maybe knew of him when he was still Sunday Valley? For me personally this new album is better than 99.8% of the anything I have heard in the past 5 years.
May 3, 2013 @ 9:37 am
I do, a little… Sturgill is one of those rare guys where the sky is the limit. You know, take guys like Corb Lund, Hayes Carll, even Hank III (all of whom I love), but it’s hard to imagine them exceeding their potential…probably because they’ve already reached it(Losin Lately Gambler, Trouble In Mind, Straight To Hell) . But with Sturgill Simpson it’s easy to envision him blowing the lid off. I feel like I run into this problem with Scott Biram…Easily one of my favorites, but his records never seem to expose that intrinsic element. I think trigger may have nailed it with the acknowledgement of his ‘impeccable timing.’ It’s almost like we are rabbits and Sturgill and Scott Biram are dangling carrots in front of us…I don’t think it translates on this album… I will also concede the extra 4 years and 9.8%!
September 27, 2014 @ 3:03 pm
Except for the fact that Corb Lund’s voice sucks!
March 3, 2017 @ 12:30 pm
wot? Lund has a great voice
May 1, 2013 @ 6:30 pm
I’ve listened to his new album probably 100+ times in the last week. Every song on there has something that relates to me personally. It’s great. He’s by far one of the greatest songwriters out there right now. And if he comes through MI anytime soon I’ll be the first one buying tickets.
May 1, 2013 @ 7:04 pm
Great music, love it.
May 2, 2013 @ 12:14 am
Excellent!! Gotta get me that album!!
May 2, 2013 @ 2:03 am
There is also a show at mountain stage
=> http://www.npr.org/event/music/179228317/sturgill-simpson-on-mountain-stage
Since I discovered Stu (thx Trigg) I follow any update on his facebook I’m a die hard fan now. ^^
I can’t wait to see some more shows !
May 2, 2013 @ 8:03 am
The entire band is awesome. Love the guitar work on Water in a Well.
May 2, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
He has and opening set coming up for Charlie Robison at Gruene Hall either this weekend or next I’m hoping to able to make it. Gotta see this dude live. Love me some tonkin’ music. Him and Charlie live at a old joint like Gruene should be a hangover inducing good time.
May 2, 2013 @ 1:38 pm
It’s this weekend on Saturday, and yours truly will be there even if the creek rises.
May 2, 2013 @ 1:11 pm
Love this stuff!
May 2, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
Thanks for introducing Sturgill to us Trigger. I was born and raised in Eastern Ky and I can hear it in his voice that he was too. Country music has always been about having people like him represent people like me. Thank you.
May 3, 2013 @ 7:33 am
Yes, I will definitely be picking up High Top Mountain when it comes out. Instant classic is a phrase that’s sometimes overused, but it looks like it just might apply here.
Interesting to me that both he and Jason Isbell have albums coming out on June 11. They’re both on Thirty Tigers. Also, both also have serious guitar chops but seem to have made a decision to de-emphasize that particular skill to an extent and instead focus more on serving the song.
May 3, 2013 @ 12:25 pm
2013 is the year of the song, if we’re not seeing a more long-term trend where songwriting is regarded over everything else. And we’re not just seeing that in the Americana/independent realm.
May 3, 2013 @ 8:19 am
Join Sun King Brewery and My Old Kentucky Blog for a celebration of four years of Fresh”¢Local”¢Beer; Saturday, July 6th from 4-10pm at Sun King. Festivities include the tapping of Sun King’s most anticipated seasonal beer, Grapefruit Jungle, accompanied by some of Indy’s best food trucks and live rock and roll, honkey tonk, blues and soul from Sturgill Simpson, Saint Paul and the Broken Bones, and Luella and the Sun.
Tickets Go On Sale this Friday at 10AM to the general public for $15.
Pre-sale will run this Thursday from 10am-10pm with the password “MOKB”
Get Advance Tickets here: http://www.mokbpresents.com/event/266169-sun-king-4-indianapolis/
This event will sell out so we highly encourage you to get your tickets in advance. A limited amount of $12 discount tickets will be available at Sun King starting this Friday.
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May 3, 2013 @ 8:40 am
If Sturgill has a show in Michigan I will be coming out of my taping retirement. Guaranteed! What clique does this cat need to be a part of to get some more respect? 🙂
May 3, 2013 @ 12:51 pm
I think one of the reasons Sturgill is on a meteoric rise is because he circumvented all of the stupid cliques that may offer some initial support to small artists, but then saddle them in the long term. Sturgill blew past all of that and found the right people to help him, and now his patience and insistence on doing it the right way is paying off. This will be a lesson to all of the scenesters who think that riding Shooter’s coattails is the way to financial sustainability for their music. This might give an artist an initial bump in exposure, but in the end will only get them so far, and will saddle them as an artist that lacks commercial viability. Nobody can help an artist out more than they can help themselves, and instead of trying to serve the interests of a scene, artists need to start trying to connect with the outside world and do right by their music. Sturgill’s success isn’t tied to any other artist. It is tied to his own God-given talents.
And by the way, this is the same path Rachel Brooke and Austin Lucas are following, and they’re better off for it.