Sturgill Simpson: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @nprmusic
    @nprmusic  Год назад +60

    Hey Tiny Desk Fans,
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    • @rileyontheroad
      @rileyontheroad Год назад +8

      Keep them to yourself. NPR is the “power,” and you’re apart of it.

    • @chrisramirez990
      @chrisramirez990 11 месяцев назад +2

      Aye!

    • @parkerchess999
      @parkerchess999 10 месяцев назад +1

      This man's voice has the voice of Elvis Presley, but country like!

    • @meatstew232
      @meatstew232 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@rileyontheroad what are you talking about? genuinely curious.

    • @rileyontheroad
      @rileyontheroad 8 месяцев назад

      @@meatstew232 they pretend to be “the little guy” fighting the establishment when they’re the definition of the establishment. I mean they’re government funded.

  • @005connect9
    @005connect9 5 лет назад +522

    THIS is country music, its story telling. and not about friday nights and tractors and typical BS, its about life and the realness that comes along with it. sturgill is a treasure!

    • @sure2658
      @sure2658 Год назад +6

      Average npr listener statement

    • @005connect9
      @005connect9 Год назад +10

      @@sure2658 this is perhaps the second or third time I’ve viewed anything from this channel. Not that you’re anyone who warrants any sort of explanation.

    • @005connect9
      @005connect9 Год назад +26

      @@sure2658 don’t pay me no mind brother, just crank up that Florida Georgia line in your big lifted pick up truck and go do donuts in the parking lot at your towns Starbucks because they won’t write Donald trump on your cup.

    • @muskytribe7911
      @muskytribe7911 Год назад

      Amen

  • @tomlawrence6302
    @tomlawrence6302 6 месяцев назад +152

    12 years later and I'm still coming back to jam to this. Pure gold from Sturgill.

    • @beepbeepspaghetti
      @beepbeepspaghetti 5 месяцев назад +2

      You listening to his new album, too?!

    • @tomlawrence6302
      @tomlawrence6302 5 месяцев назад +3

      @@beepbeepspaghetti He’ll yeah. Nonstop. It’s amazing.

    • @mraxe6429
      @mraxe6429 2 месяца назад

      @@tomlawrence6302i love his new album as well! He always does something unique and i am all for it

    • @davidaldridge5716
      @davidaldridge5716 Месяц назад +1

      @@beepbeepspaghettiand it might go without saying to those who pay attention…..but he’s in a zone of some sort right now (Fall tour 2024)
      I mean it’s always fun to see them live but they’re on fire right now and you can tell they are having a good time

    • @adhdturtle37
      @adhdturtle37 Месяц назад +1

      @@davidaldridge5716 Nashville 2024 was a great show!

  • @scottbartlett4853
    @scottbartlett4853 9 лет назад +1227

    "We'll do one for the ladies. I'm just bullshittin' they're all for the ladies"
    Awesome haha!

    • @aaronellington403
      @aaronellington403 7 лет назад +8

      lol i read this as he was saying it

    • @EllieMcHale1
      @EllieMcHale1 7 лет назад +19

      Scott Bartlett hehe. I could spend all day and all night watching him sing. I front railed his Coachella set and melted. It wasn't hot. Just him. We locked eyes once and it made my day.

    • @arielmedrano8098
      @arielmedrano8098 5 лет назад +6

      hahaha 😂 still waiting for hem to say it, read comments while he plays

    • @iamR-cy5jb
      @iamR-cy5jb 5 лет назад +1

      Truth

    • @redriverbluesman
      @redriverbluesman 10 месяцев назад

      Soo good. What a line! : )

  • @anthonywilson7020
    @anthonywilson7020 Год назад +30

    Every once in a while you feel like an artist takes a tiny peek into your soul and it hurts in the best way possible. That’s what Sturgil is to me. Thanks man.

  • @ricborrow5025
    @ricborrow5025 4 года назад +173

    Without the rest of the band, hearing his true skill on guitar and vocals, I just found another inspiration as an artist. Thank you Sturgill, and thank you NPR for bringing us this rendition and for having him

    • @mikl3468
      @mikl3468 2 года назад +4

      I had no idea he was such a good guitarist.

    • @toddurness9748
      @toddurness9748 Год назад +2

      @@mikl3468 Just watched this for the first time. I had no idea as well. He's amazing on it.

  • @benrogers9693
    @benrogers9693 9 лет назад +738

    This guys guitar playing is unreal!!

    • @benwarner5713
      @benwarner5713 9 лет назад +15

      +Ben Rogers His guitar player is one of the hottest county players I've ever seen. And he's Slovenian.

    • @ryandontworryboutit1583
      @ryandontworryboutit1583 9 лет назад +10

      +Taremlov Snej it pains me to see Sturgill's playing covered up by Laur Joamets...while he IS a god...Sturgill is sexual in his playing. Just RUclips some old Sunday Valley tunes "Sometimes Wine" and "Never Go To Town Again".

    • @UbiDoobyBanooby
      @UbiDoobyBanooby 8 лет назад +3

      Hey guys, I'm new to this whole country thing but I gotta have this song under my belt. anyone know the name of the style I need to learn to play like that? or is he just using a pick and alternate picking with did different patterns over the six strings? I've been learning it today and I get close but man, he hits every string dead on, no mistakes in his patterns. just damn.

    • @UbiDoobyBanooby
      @UbiDoobyBanooby 8 лет назад +3

      +Taremlov Snej Day two, I'm getting pretty good. after practicing for a bit I can hit the strings I need to pretty consistently. But man, I need a new guitar. its tuff hitting that Asus4. played it on a cheaper guitar with less resistance on the strings and it was so easy and sounded great. Lol. But I have a long way to go. Im just pumped I can actually play it in any way close to how he does.

    • @jikcgu1234
      @jikcgu1234 7 лет назад +6

      You should see him live! Did like a 15 min guitar solo in the middle of "brace for impact" at red rocks.... dude absolutely SHREDS

  • @debrapoole7671
    @debrapoole7671 8 лет назад +173

    That is how country is DONE ladies and gents. He gives me the fucking chills EVERY time.

  • @kirstieisakoolkid
    @kirstieisakoolkid Год назад +62

    I’ve played guitar for many years now, and I’m still amazed by his skill and how effortless he makes it look.

    • @steele09
      @steele09 Год назад +2

      He’s got a very light touch

    • @caverappleyard5140
      @caverappleyard5140 11 месяцев назад +3

      Get you some of that DMT boi

    • @steele09
      @steele09 10 месяцев назад

      @@caverappleyard5140 You got some for me?

  • @darinball441
    @darinball441 6 лет назад +46

    I am gonna make a bold statement and say this might be the best thing out of the whole tiny desk concert series. Just phenomenal....

    • @olliea8857
      @olliea8857 5 лет назад

      darin ball it’s possible.

    • @jaytroll188
      @jaytroll188 28 дней назад

      its really good. but Tedeschi Trucks Band still the goat tiny desk for me

  • @HawgNutz
    @HawgNutz Год назад +18

    Lord knows how much I want to see this man in concert and pray for the opportunity to meet him and just tell him how grateful I am to him for his music. It's a gift in my opinion and has gotten me through some nights that without it I might not have made it through, thank you Sturgil for all the amazingly awesome songs you write and sing

    • @redriverbluesman
      @redriverbluesman 10 месяцев назад +1

      I hear you. He's cleared a lot of stuff up for me and I'm sure for many others. He is a gift!

  • @MrBagley55
    @MrBagley55 8 лет назад +1131

    Sturgil is about the only guy out there that Merle Haggard gave his official nod to.You can't possibly get any better kudos than that.

    • @MaryCateOMalley
      @MaryCateOMalley 6 лет назад +120

      Also, he had the guts to speak out about Nashville exploiting the memory of Merle.

    • @jacksonparrish224
      @jacksonparrish224 6 лет назад +15

      God damm right.

    • @LowTops76
      @LowTops76 6 лет назад +45

      Doesn't John Prine produce him? That's pretty radd.

    • @jefflangeheine4880
      @jefflangeheine4880 6 лет назад +18

      I miss old Merle.

    • @realmcory9348
      @realmcory9348 4 года назад +3

      Did not know that must be why I liked him straight up

  • @redacted4646
    @redacted4646 4 года назад +132

    0:30 - Turtles All The Way Down
    3:48 - Time After All
    7:20 - Life Of Sin
    10:15 - Water In A Well

    • @mpyoung33
      @mpyoung33 4 года назад +5

      Too bad he doesn’t play any of these songs anymore. His career will be dead in no time if he stays on the path he’s following. Nobody wants to hear his new age pop/rock/metal BS.

    • @TheDamino
      @TheDamino 4 года назад +7

      Marty Young You mean Sound and Fury, the best album he’s made so far? Idiot

    • @wimrawe2343
      @wimrawe2343 2 года назад +3

      ​I think that makes you a nobody, lol. heh...rock and roll is now new age? but you're right,now that he's a big Hollywood star his music career is on the back burner

    • @OccupyMelody
      @OccupyMelody 4 месяца назад +1

      @@mpyoung33 reading your comment these days must hurt. It’s okay, we have all been wrong before.

    • @mpyoung33
      @mpyoung33 4 месяца назад +2

      @@OccupyMelody I was exactly right 4 years ago. Nothing has changed.

  • @rwesleyslaven
    @rwesleyslaven 6 лет назад +765

    I'm 100% confident that literally every NPR version of a song is better than the studio version...

    • @Profitocracy-
      @Profitocracy- 2 года назад +9

      100% agree about that !
      There is something with NPR u can't find away

    • @keithbuck1668
      @keithbuck1668 2 года назад +1

      You're not wrong.

    • @briewhit1312
      @briewhit1312 2 года назад +15

      the studio version of Turtles All The Way Down is a tough one to beat

    • @rwesleyslaven
      @rwesleyslaven 2 года назад

      @@briewhit1312 I would argue this one is better 🤷‍♂️

    • @carlbolinger6275
      @carlbolinger6275 2 года назад

      the animated music video version is way better ❤️🤠

  • @Hank-le4lg
    @Hank-le4lg 5 лет назад +45

    3/31/2019 I still come back and listen to this amazing session.

  • @debtoralive4693
    @debtoralive4693 2 года назад +35

    Unfortunately for me, I only recently discovered this incredible musician. I don't know where he was hiding but I'm sure glad I found him. His voice is awesomely emotional.

  • @BradWrightVIDEOS
    @BradWrightVIDEOS 2 года назад +946

    This guy is the anti-Luke Bryan. We need so much more of this. Modern country is dumbing down the masses.

    • @bhebert62482
      @bhebert62482 Год назад +41

      Absolutely bro. The pop country sh!t needs to die. Hank 3 was warning us years ago about it

    • @aliasjones440
      @aliasjones440 Год назад +66

      @@bhebert62482 Colter Wall, Zach Bryan, Sam Barber, Tyler Childers, Billy Strings, Chris Stapleton. just to name a few

    • @GuyCostigan
      @GuyCostigan Год назад +35

      ​@@aliasjones440Charley Crockett too

    • @darryltincknell1784
      @darryltincknell1784 Год назад +11

      ..and the magnificent Arlo McKinley.

    • @360.Tapestry
      @360.Tapestry Год назад

      might be the masses dumbing down country... the machine only supplies what the people demand

  • @Sylinic
    @Sylinic 10 лет назад +3926

    Haha, I thought my whole life that I genuinely disliked country music, now that I've heard REAL country music, it's kind of shocking how my opinion did a complete 180.

    • @LakerStud33
      @LakerStud33 10 лет назад +56

      MGK BOSTON
      It's not country. It's crap for the most part. A few gems in the rough but crap for the most part. Love Sturgill.

    • @TehAldolase
      @TehAldolase 10 лет назад +23

      Hopefully you will find more that you can like...you will mostly have to look to older stuff and lesser knowns on youtube. Welcome to the fan club!

    • @LakerStud33
      @LakerStud33 10 лет назад +61

      Merle, Waylon, Kenny, George and the boys never get old either.

    • @GizzardsandGravy
      @GizzardsandGravy 10 лет назад +17

      there are a ton of good underground country artists....i release mine at
      www.oldssleeper.bandcamp.com my 2012 album, New Years Poem, was voted as one of the albums of the year on www.savingcountrymusic.com and there are a ton of other artists getting coverage on there....country has soul.

    • @johnhollywoodparker1
      @johnhollywoodparker1 10 лет назад +15

      i agree, i've loved the classics for all of my life, but to hear something new that has that sound....it's great!

  • @Myraeiliana
    @Myraeiliana 5 лет назад +119

    This guy deserves WAY more recognition than he is getting. SERIOUSLY.

  • @R8teen18
    @R8teen18 2 года назад +95

    Tiny desk concerts are the best thing to ever happen to music

  • @pmjosh
    @pmjosh 6 лет назад +18

    I love that he uses this guitar on several performances and has presumably been playing it for a long time. You can see the wear from his ferocious pick attack BELOW the pickguard and above the sound hole. Just a great player

  • @Wemyss333
    @Wemyss333 Месяц назад +5

    I just saw Sturgill for the first time last night at Massey hall in Toronto. It was a 32 song 3 hour set and I loved every minute

  • @rubensalazar9619
    @rubensalazar9619 4 года назад +17

    I can't stop listening to turtles all the way down. Over and over. Brilliance. Pure genius from start to finish.

    • @littlebear3597
      @littlebear3597 4 года назад +3

      SAMES. over and over and over. This rendition is heavenly

  • @jacnbcc
    @jacnbcc 8 лет назад +398

    New Sturgill fan to the room here. On a whim, checked out the album A Sailor's Guide to Earth on the day of it's release ---was blown away. Plugged my headphones in at work one day and was captivated from the first song. Haven't been able to stop since. Just starting to make my way back into his previous works....music is a huge part of my life...and this my friends, is music that has made me the most excited in as far back as I can recall. Great voice, lyrics/storytelling, awesome guitar player, diversity....the whole deal. I haven't listened to much in the way of mainstream radio in a couple of years now.... mostly fluff.. that insults my intelligence (and ears!) . And if I should say so, he comes across as a very genuine and humble man....still kicking around in sneakers, doing his own thing... mischievous eyes and grin haha... i honestly think he is adorable. But all that boy crush stuff aside :P.... unbelievable talent :)

    • @bryanmorganti8007
      @bryanmorganti8007 8 лет назад +7

      +jacnbcc a friend introduced me to his music not too long ago, and I am like you, I can not stop listening to him. He has renewed my faith in that there is real music still being made!

    • @stringerup9549
      @stringerup9549 8 лет назад +5

      +jacnbcc He was on Marc Maron's WTF podcast last week. I thought he was interesting & stopped to listen to some of his music. WOW!!! I'm obsessed and can't quit listening. I especially love the Sunday Valley music.

    • @jacnbcc
      @jacnbcc 8 лет назад +4

      +stringerup haha i have been soaking in any podcast, interview, etc. Refreshing guy to listen to and an interesting cat. driving 8 hours this summer to see his show 😃✌

    • @jacnbcc
      @jacnbcc 8 лет назад +2

      I have just been listening to the Sunday Valley stuff....it's awesome. The guy can play wicked guitar , great picker. :)

    • @CanadianGrown
      @CanadianGrown 8 лет назад +1

      +jacnbcc he's also done a couple on joe organs podcast.."the joe rogan experience "

  • @tyeclark3677
    @tyeclark3677 6 месяцев назад +12

    This man changed my life, for the better. There are sages among us normal folk. Makes me realize, life is beautiful. Thank you sir….

  • @tjakins7816
    @tjakins7816 4 года назад +6

    Can really appreciate his guitar playing..very genuine and gentle when needed.

  • @LakerStud33
    @LakerStud33 10 лет назад +190

    My faith in country music has been restored. Thank you Mr. Simpson this doobie is for you.

  • @JohnAtkisson
    @JohnAtkisson 7 лет назад +36

    He is the real deal- guy doesn’t seem to give a damn about how he is supposed to act as a country singer- because he is so talented he is defining it as he goes along. Just awesome!

  • @turdferguson3263
    @turdferguson3263 5 лет назад +1295

    Thank Jason Isbell for Sturgil, thank Sturgil for Tyler, and watch out for Billy Strings.

    • @marcuswatson4910
      @marcuswatson4910 4 года назад +50

      Lol billy strings. Somebody’s been on RUclips!

    • @DualYel
      @DualYel 4 года назад +55

      Zach Bryan, Benjamin Tod, Jogn Moreland. Have fun

    • @nathanclark2780
      @nathanclark2780 4 года назад +38

      All awesome! And don’t forget the sweet flat picking of Molly Tuttle! Her and Strings together tear it up!

    • @Muffinman__
      @Muffinman__ 4 года назад +10

      Billy strings is just a all around guitar picker

    • @jennygeorge4164
      @jennygeorge4164 4 года назад +1

      Tyler who?

  • @redriverbluesman
    @redriverbluesman 10 месяцев назад +20

    I can't stop listening to this phenom! I thought I disliked country music, then I heard some!

  • @castle4610
    @castle4610 5 лет назад +67

    "I'll do one for the ladies. I'm just bullshitting, they're ALL for the ladies." My man. haha

  • @shogekimura
    @shogekimura 9 лет назад +581

    i would pay large amounts of money to get my hands on an acoustic album from sturgill

    • @JG-pm2wn
      @JG-pm2wn 5 лет назад +15

      Shoge Kimura I think this is his best sound

    • @MichaelWilliams-ki9kg
      @MichaelWilliams-ki9kg 5 лет назад +1

      Somethings never change

    • @snobored99
      @snobored99 4 года назад +17

      You’re in luck, just announced acoustic album coming out later this year

    • @yeeeeyee
      @yeeeeyee 4 года назад +7

      @@snobored99 two actually! Volume 1&2

    • @funnygirl9236
      @funnygirl9236 4 года назад +3

      @@yeeeeyee you just made my day

  • @Tom-dx1tv
    @Tom-dx1tv 8 лет назад +89

    I love his music so much MORE when he plays unplugged. It's great either way, but wow - so much more emotion. Does anyone agree?

  • @towerhillbilly
    @towerhillbilly 10 лет назад +395

    You can't listen to Sturgill without thinking of Waylon.
    His current touring band has one of the best Tele pickers you'll ever hear,Laur Joamets of Estonia.Sometimes, the further you get from Nashville, the better the Country music gets.

    • @dewismaximus
      @dewismaximus 10 лет назад +4

      Sturgill is better, in my opinion. Sadly he doesn't seem to think so. I was bummed he quit. Check him out on "Sunday Valley - Sometimes Wine"

    • @JensenAllsopenglishteacher
      @JensenAllsopenglishteacher 10 лет назад +8

      ?Dewey Feltz Whaaaat.? Sturgill is good but you are super high if you think he comes even close to Waylon.

    • @dewismaximus
      @dewismaximus 10 лет назад +2

      Jensen Allsop I never mentioned Waylon. I was speaking of Sturgill's current guitar player.

    • @JensenAllsopenglishteacher
      @JensenAllsopenglishteacher 10 лет назад +2

      Dewey Feltz sorry for the misunderstanding.

    • @victoredwards0530
      @victoredwards0530 9 лет назад +12

      +towerhillbilly
      How true is your statement: "The further you get from Nashville, the better the country music gets." A hearty amen to that, brother! Sturgill is the new country light.

  • @benjaminbjorn7240
    @benjaminbjorn7240 4 года назад +10

    I love Sturgill so much because he worked a regular job until he was 35 years old, then decided to be a songwriter. You can see it when he sings & talks. He’s an all around good dude!

  • @Myraeiliana
    @Myraeiliana 7 лет назад +9

    I’m so glad he was asked to do one more song. Thank you once again NPR for introducing me to another awesome artist

  • @ryancovers1241
    @ryancovers1241 8 лет назад +53

    damn, I usually don't like country. This is a lot more sincere and easier to listen to than most country music, great concert!

  • @johnnyballinger1558
    @johnnyballinger1558 8 лет назад +100

    those old maybell carter licks still sound as good today as they did in Appalachia, 60 plus years go! i guess you simply have to have grown up there to have it! God bless ky...

    • @fretzombie
      @fretzombie 8 лет назад +5

      Johnny Ballinger Im stuck in lewahvull kentucky (louisville).

    • @dentonsworld611
      @dentonsworld611 5 лет назад +1

      I love Kentucky born and raised here ive always ventured away from here but it always pulls me back home

  • @dolcedolente
    @dolcedolente 8 лет назад +6

    Sturgill is single-handedly making me believe in country music again. Excellent songwriting, singing, and that guitar-playing is ON FIRE!

  • @jamiecorstorphine1271
    @jamiecorstorphine1271 5 лет назад +64

    when i first started listening to Sturgil about a year ago, i thought he sounded like Waylon..... the more i listened to him the more he sounds like Sturgil and nobody else.

    • @ryanmccue8180
      @ryanmccue8180 4 года назад +2

      I totally agree such a unique voice and his guitar picking is just as phenomenal such a great artist more will follow

    • @priscillaheater6373
      @priscillaheater6373 4 года назад +1

      I thought the same thing about a year ago and that is a big reason I started listening him ....And now I say you are 100 percent right ....he def sounds like Sturgil!!! Very good talent!

  • @benlockey9495
    @benlockey9495 5 лет назад +17

    The opening of Time After All just plopped me on my grandpa’s front porch talking about the trees in my mind. Nostalgia so thick.

  • @daddo39
    @daddo39 9 лет назад +1694

    Everyone should be calling their local country radio station and asking them why the hell they dont play guys like Sturgill,Stapleton and Isbell

    • @josephshelton6385
      @josephshelton6385 8 лет назад +3

      +Mark Smith Yup, and Eady

    • @taketheother
      @taketheother 8 лет назад +2

      absolutely

    • @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154
      @conduitofthegospeldarrellb9154 8 лет назад +14

      +Mark Smith Kacey Musgrves is a great country lyricists also

    • @wattoosay
      @wattoosay 8 лет назад +18

      +Darrel Be I am waiting for the day Sturgill and Kacey do a song together

    • @mosneedly3751
      @mosneedly3751 8 лет назад +9

      +Mark Smith I think Darrell Scott deserves a place on country radio as well.

  • @wolfman175
    @wolfman175 5 лет назад +3

    Saw a guy with an acoustic guitar on a thumbnail in suggested videos and clicked on it. Never heard of this guy before then. 3 seconds in when he started, my jaw dropped. Phenomenal voice and guitar playing! Off to see what he's done up 'til now! Also loving this channel, discovering lots of artists I'd never heard of and I love the smaller, more intimate setting! Thank you NPR!

    • @RileyTesla
      @RileyTesla 4 года назад

      Well his style of music has evolved quite a bit since this tiny desk concert. Interested to hear your thoughts on his other work though, sturg is one of my favorites and I love how each album is so unique compared to the last.

  • @gillyd4242
    @gillyd4242 8 лет назад +32

    Best artist I have heard in awhile - authenticity in his voice.

  • @spilledinfinity8652
    @spilledinfinity8652 5 лет назад +40

    I wondered about this guy when I recently discovered his work. Sound and fury, turtles and such. I think I also saw him on Joe Rogan, but hes a country musician? It didnt add up. This is the much needed country musician that wandered into psychadelia. Super talented and a great guitarist. This is good stuff.

    • @marcmcdonald5384
      @marcmcdonald5384 2 года назад +4

      A country musician that does DMT...probably why he was on Rogan. I feel he's more like Willie Nelson than most country stars in that regard

  • @bigrig4385
    @bigrig4385 3 года назад +14

    I believe that this may be one of the best solo acoustic performances I've ever seen.

  • @paulfinelli9228
    @paulfinelli9228 8 лет назад +9

    I been waitin' for this guy a long time now (since I spent my 10 thousandth hour listening to Townes Van Zandt over and over).

  • @DomDaGrizz
    @DomDaGrizz 4 года назад +7

    When "Water in a well" came on...my lower lip trembled, my soul shook, my eyes wept and my heart was swept away.

    • @nickdeviley3586
      @nickdeviley3586 Месяц назад

      I have wept to his songs a good many times... i feel you

  • @nickanto
    @nickanto 10 лет назад +166

    His guitar skills are as good as his voice

  • @beauskelton7819
    @beauskelton7819 2 года назад +13

    00:31 Turtles all the way down
    03:48 Time after all
    07:20 Life of Sin
    10:14 Water in the well

    Posting this for folks like me that visit this weekly.

  • @GTH8991
    @GTH8991 7 лет назад +16

    Those vocal skills at 9:00. Sturgill is such an incredible musician.

  • @SleighJessi
    @SleighJessi 8 лет назад +209

    Every time I take a look
    Inside that old and fabled book,
    I'm blinded and reminded of the pain caused by some old man in the sky.

    • @scootz85
      @scootz85 4 года назад +6

      I have listened to this song for years and just heard that line today. Such an underrated line from him

  • @douglaswilson4814
    @douglaswilson4814 7 лет назад +8

    That was completely awesome. He sounds so good live, and in an acoustic setting like this. I prefer this over the studio tracks ten fold.

  • @gregoryshouse4425
    @gregoryshouse4425 5 лет назад +10

    This guy is a living legend. One of my favorite all time artist in the midst of his career.

  • @TheRed-HeadedStrangeGirl
    @TheRed-HeadedStrangeGirl 2 месяца назад +1

    I could not love this dude any more than I already do❤Last saw him in San Fran in August and am so lucky to see him again this coming week in OKC ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @iggiemoe
    @iggiemoe Год назад +2

    I have probably watched this Tiny Desk more than any of the others. This entire performance is a VIBE, and, lately, I've been living for it! I'll be adding Sturgill to my list of must see live shows.

  • @citythink
    @citythink 3 года назад +7

    50 years into my life, much spent in a small Canadian City surrounded by farmland and I’ve just really started to dig country music. I haven’t completely missed it though; I love the Grateful Dead, enjoy Johnny Cash and Classic tunes from Hank, Waylon and Willie… but had zero interest in new country music. That’s when I heard Charley Crockett. Then Hank Shoulders and Sierra Ferrell. More recently, thankfully found Sturgill. And Billy Strings, Tyler Childish, Colter Wall and Chris Stapleton. Country is full of amazing old school stripped down storytelling again. Not pop music (though there are the Luke Bryans too.) now I can’t get enough. Love it.

    • @brazenlilhussy5975
      @brazenlilhussy5975 2 года назад +1

      Billy Strings? Check out Benjamin Todd (Lost Dog Street Band is the name of the group) 'Gems on VHS' is a name of a great channel on RUclips with loadsa performances and field recordings I'm pretty sure you'd like. From Ireland to Canada. 💯

  • @jwanda10
    @jwanda10 3 года назад +4

    this is actually the best thing on youtube. i mean overall youtube, this is the best thing i’ve found.

  • @paulaelfritz5927
    @paulaelfritz5927 8 лет назад +10

    He is so good! I just seen him in Amsterdam with my son last Friday night! He is so amazing and a heel of a show! Sweet music! :)

  • @MrFullmoontonight
    @MrFullmoontonight Год назад +2

    I am happy to have had the opportunity to explore many of the areas he refers to in Eastern KY, Sadly this area was decimated by flooding last year and I had to leave for higher ground like many others. There is beautiful melancholy as well as tragedy that hangs with the mist that rolls across those hills.

  • @YourselfAndEye
    @YourselfAndEye 5 лет назад +6

    It's a breath of fresh air to hear a real country artist

  • @mcglobulon
    @mcglobulon 8 лет назад +8

    saw him in boston couple weeks back, never seen a more enthusiastic crowd and i saw The Pogues in the same theater. Sturge is the Word.

  • @BlakMayo44
    @BlakMayo44 8 лет назад +6

    I go back and watch this almost every week. I just love it!

  • @andreweddy86
    @andreweddy86 10 лет назад +232

    This guy is gonna win a Grammy

    • @Cool_Hand_Luke
      @Cool_Hand_Luke 10 лет назад +17

      Like hell. Popularity contests do not tend to favor the more skilled underdogs.

    • @parkerinVB
      @parkerinVB 10 лет назад +7

      sh!t, Isbell's Southeastern wasn't even NOMINATED last year, so Stu's got no hope. Not that he gives a sh!t anyway

    • @andreweddy86
      @andreweddy86 10 лет назад +3

      Haters will hate!

    • @bskinner1865
      @bskinner1865 10 лет назад +1

      A Eddy He will win that Grammy in the Americana genre

    • @Cool_Hand_Luke
      @Cool_Hand_Luke 10 лет назад +3

      Brandon Skinner I forgot about the Americana award. He'd better win that one for sure.

  • @killerintinctprodutions3808
    @killerintinctprodutions3808 6 месяцев назад +2

    I’ve listened to this guy for a while now. I had no idea how good of a guitar player he is. What an awesome musician.

  • @davidkimbriel5333
    @davidkimbriel5333 4 года назад +14

    Sturgill is killing it on this version of Turtles all the Way Down. Trying to pick out some of the embellishments he does with my guitar right now and I am stumped.

  • @wigs2u
    @wigs2u 9 лет назад +26

    Sturgill is THE MAN. Great songs, singer, band, the full meal deal.

  • @MankindFilm
    @MankindFilm 4 года назад +17

    Filming the music video for this song was one of the best weekend ever for me as a filmmaker. Sturgill Simpson is masterful on the lyrics here, they don't get old even after shooting the band playing the song over and over haha.

    • @zacharysmith9696
      @zacharysmith9696 Год назад +2

      What a crazy awesome comment buried down the line! Congrats

  • @CMBlue
    @CMBlue 6 лет назад +7

    How does he sound so much better than the album live when the album is so damn good to begin? Love his music and talent

  • @sharonbarratt8743
    @sharonbarratt8743 6 лет назад +2

    This man has got it all, you can feel his heart and soul thru his lyrics. He sounds like Waylon with a special twist! Love Him!!!!!

  • @JediFishKC
    @JediFishKC 2 года назад +1

    That Time After All is one of my favorite takes of all time. Just awesome.

  • @jamesrossiter6319
    @jamesrossiter6319 5 лет назад +184

    He’s literally playing lead and rhythm guitar and singing songs he wrote, all at the same time.

    • @el_duderino_man
      @el_duderino_man 4 года назад +13

      Strummin and a pickin. The only way an acoustic guitar should ever be played. Cheers!

    • @wodenoftheangles3339
      @wodenoftheangles3339 4 года назад +4

      It's good but it ain't nothing new.

    • @kaydufty1618
      @kaydufty1618 4 года назад +1

      Great guitar playing. That's why Jimi Hendrix is considered the greatest, he took that to another stratosphere

    • @hollypendergrass5761
      @hollypendergrass5761 3 года назад +4

      Yeah, but not everyone has lyrics like Sturgill.

    • @dlm9293
      @dlm9293 3 года назад +1

      It's a beautiful thing, ain't it?

  • @blkngld08
    @blkngld08 7 лет назад +10

    Man, you can see in his eyes how his past shaped him as he's telling us these stories. I'm so glad country music is back.

  • @kingcam50
    @kingcam50 8 лет назад +6

    if you truly love real country music you will know Mr Simpson is the best pure reminder of what a true country voice sounds like.. loved him from day one,and will continue to be a fan till time after all

  • @realisticron4025
    @realisticron4025 3 года назад +1

    He's so honest with himself. The world needs more of these guys! Oh, and somebody get him a suit! Got to love him.

  • @andrewhoule7448
    @andrewhoule7448 7 лет назад

    It's been a long time since I sat down and listened to any music without any preconceptions. I was never one to listen to country music. Being in my sixties I thought my musical tastes had pretty much atrophied. I'm glad I sat down and listed to this! I will be seeking out more from this talented country singer!

  • @dahartluke8438
    @dahartluke8438 8 лет назад +52

    the dude just oozes charisma

  • @skaramcfarty1980
    @skaramcfarty1980 2 года назад +8

    I wish this man the best in life! He gives his gift to us with his whole self,even when he’s hurting!
    Love you dude❤️
    Make Art Not Friends 😎

  • @robertbenedict5648
    @robertbenedict5648 10 месяцев назад +3

    The ole Wildwood Flower creeping in there. I love it

  • @dfbess
    @dfbess 2 года назад +1

    I still come back to watch this from time to time..

  • @brbradford9739
    @brbradford9739 3 месяца назад +1

    My library of songs has only TWO country artists in it: Sturgill Simpson & Johnny Blue Skies!! So amazingly talented!!!

  • @aaronfrankt
    @aaronfrankt 5 лет назад +4

    Was lucky enough to score tickets to his show at TXR last week, and let me tell you the new songs are bad ass live. It was like this on steroids with a whole new sound.

  • @jasonw4053
    @jasonw4053 8 лет назад +10

    Great writer, his voice gives me goosebumps. Really, though, I think he's the most solid guitar player ever.

  • @jewfroDZak
    @jewfroDZak 5 лет назад +5

    The first tune he plays is probably my all time favorite tune about the reptile aliens made of light...It's a rare song that brings me to a teary eyed catharsis the first time I hear it. Cheers guy.

    • @jewfroDZak
      @jewfroDZak 2 года назад

      @Sturgillsimpson mayhaps I be

  • @justinwilson7140
    @justinwilson7140 2 года назад +2

    Ol Sturgil has this way of becoming everyone’s daddy when he performs. Like the fact that one man is making that many beautiful noises at once blows my mind.

  • @robertfonseca4061
    @robertfonseca4061 5 лет назад +2

    still coming to this video after 5 years love this Artist

  • @mcampbell5158
    @mcampbell5158 4 года назад +6

    I just discovered this guy last night because one of his songs was on the show, the 100.
    I am not a country fan but I definitely dig this. I think the best collaboration that should happen is this guy and Dan Auerbach. I think the two of them together could make some pretty awesome music.

    • @leethomas5830
      @leethomas5830 4 года назад

      Towns van zant and john prine also

  • @juice_box_jax
    @juice_box_jax 4 года назад +12

    *listening to Water In A Well*
    "OMG did I just....is that an emotional response I'm having? Is this a feeling? In 2020?"

  • @jdbarber7904
    @jdbarber7904 10 лет назад +4

    This guy is GREAT! Real Country music is alive!!!

  • @mollygrubber
    @mollygrubber 4 года назад +2

    As soon as I heard this, I immediately flashed back to the "desperado" days of Waylon, Willie, Kris, Merle et al. So GOOD.

  • @ericrolls9122
    @ericrolls9122 4 года назад

    Please just take this recoding and make it into album...absolutely speechless..such beauty....literally my life on repeat!!!

  • @DF-we4pt
    @DF-we4pt Год назад +5

    Such an underrated guitar player. Amazing rythym and picking

  • @SMriverboys
    @SMriverboys 9 лет назад +11

    I discovered Sturgill like a month ago. I am now what could be considered a full fledged fan, but I keep coming back to this video. He puts his soul out there!

    • @h2obeth
      @h2obeth 6 лет назад

      Did you check out the last SNL with Chris Stapleton and Sturgill Simpson?

  • @albertgatte5419
    @albertgatte5419 9 лет назад +9

    just heard of this guy...20 seconds in and im a fan. gonna find more of his music. His great.

  • @JackDeTate
    @JackDeTate 6 лет назад +1

    The likelyhood
    of this incredible sense of rhythm,
    and the attention grabbing control
    of this, (currently engaged audience),
    coming together,
    I'm just so impressed.
    I am so impressed.
    I am so.

  • @jerrylee7666
    @jerrylee7666 7 лет назад

    Right when I think I'm getting good on guitar and singing, I find this... Dear... God... Talk about talent!!!! Amazing!

  • @lct8954
    @lct8954 6 лет назад +9

    Love his voice and his music. Reminds me old country REAL country. Hats off!!!

  • @paulaelfritz5927
    @paulaelfritz5927 8 лет назад +5

    Wow. He is totally amazing. I love his voice and music!

  • @XXLTexan
    @XXLTexan 9 лет назад +15

    Sturgill Simpson and Chris Stapleton could bring back that mid to late 70's prog country that became all country until it all started sounding like Def Lep in the mid 90's. Thank you Waylon I mean Sturgill!!

  • @perryskaggs4870
    @perryskaggs4870 4 года назад +1

    I just re-discovered this tiny-desk!! In terms of modern music, there is no one quite like Sturgill