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Certain Songs #2529: Sturgill Simpson – “In Bloom”

January 14, 2023 by Jim Connelly

Album: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
Year: 2016

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On his third album, Sturgill Simpson’s ambition burst into full bloom: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth was nothing less than a song cycle about a father explaining to his newborn how to exist on this crazy plane of existence.

And so it was an album of risks, as he expanded his musical palette to include rock, blues, and tons and tons of horn-inflected soul, throwing his big voice over big soundscapes. That said, one of the biggest risks was the Nirvana cover smack dab in the middle of the record. And not just a Nirvana cover, but a Nirvana cover that redirected, if not redefined the song’s original intent.

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Certain Songs #2528: Sturgill Simpson – “Turtles All The Way Down”

January 13, 2023 by Jim Connelly

Album: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music
Year: 2014

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Like Jamey Johnson or Whitey Morgan, the second Sturgill Simpson starts singing, I get instant flashbacks to when Waylon Jennings helped me fall in love with country music, which we’ll definitely discuss when we get there.

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