Another Sturgill Simpson Bluegrass Outing
Sturgill Simpson
Delivers Second Surprise Bluegrass Album
‘Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 – The Cowboy Arms Sessions’
Out Today Digitally
Sturgill Simpson has released his second surprise bluegrass album in two months: Cuttin’ Grass’ Vol 2 – The Cowboy Arms Sessions (Vol 1 released in October).
Produced by David Ferguson, Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 is out now digitally on High Top Mountain Records via Thirty Tigers/Cooking Vinyl Australia. Vinyl pre-order is available now for release on April 2, 2021. Pre-order HERE.
For Cuttin’ Grass, Volume 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions, Simpson reunites with an A-team of acoustic musicians — now dubbed “The Hillbilly Avengers” – to once again revisit and reinterpret his catalogue. “On Volume 2, we recorded everything I was too afraid to do on Volume 1” says Simpson. “It’s hard to deny that this is a much more personal record. I was thinking about my kids, my grandfather, my wife.”
PLAYERS
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar: Sturgill Simpson
Mandolin, Vocals: Sierra Hull
Bass: Mike Bub
Fiddle, Vocals: Stuart Duncan
Banjo, Vocals: Scott Vestal
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Vocals: Tim O’Brien
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Vocals: Mark Howard
Percussion, Vocals: Miles Miller
Executive Producer: Ora Simpson
Produced: David Ferguson
Recorded and Engineered by: Sean Sullivan
Mastered by: Richard Dodd
TRACKLIST for Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 – The Cowboy Arms Sessions
- Call to Arms (First appeared on A Sailor’s Guide to Earth)
- Brace for Impact (Live a Little) (First appeared on A Sailor’s Guide to Earth)
- Oh Sarah (First appeared on A Sailor’s Guide to Earth)
- Sea Stories (First appeared on A Sailor’s Guide to Earth)
- Hero (First appeared on High Top Mountain)
- Welcome to Earth (Pollywog) (First appeared on A Sailor’s Guide to Earth)
- Jesus Boogie (Originally performed by Sunday Valley)
- Keep It Between the Lines (First appeared on A Sailor’s Guide to Earth)
- You Can Have the Crown (First appeared on High Top Mountain)
- Tennessee (Unreleased)
- Some Days (First Appeared on High Top Mountain)
- Hobo Cartoon (Unreleased)
*All songs written by Sturgill Simpson, with the exception of “Hobo Cartoon” which is written by Merle Haggard and Sturgill Simpson
Since breaking through in 2014 with his Grammy-nominated Metamodern Sounds in Country Music album, Sturgill Simpson has established himself as a daring and acclaimed artist, with a strong singular vision. His music stretches across genres and styles, from the psychedelic soul of 2016’s A Sailor’s Guide To Earth (Grammy nominated for Album of the Year and winner for Best Country Album) to the fuzzed-out rock attack of Sound & Fury in 2019.
Simpson debuted in 2013 with his independent release High Top Mountain. He made his acting debut in the CBS All Access series $1 and has appeared in several movies, including Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die (for which he also wrote and performed the theme song), and had a pivotal role in the award-winning Queen & Slim. The Sound & Fury album was accompanied by a ground-breaking anime film (an interest Simpson picked up during his years in the Navy), on Netflix. Simpson also remains committed to philanthropy, supporting such non-profit organizations as the Special Forces Foundation, The Equity Alliance and MusicCares.
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Another Sturgill Simpson Bluegrass Outing
