Sturgill Simpson

Sturgill Simpson grew up in Jackson, Kentucky, and built his reputation as a country singer and songwriter who drew heavily from outlaw and traditional country while pushing into psychedelic and experimental territory. Critics and peers frequently compared his voice and style to Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings, though his records often go further out than either of those touchstones. Over the course of several albums he kept shifting sounds, from stripped-down honky-tonk to orchestral soul to hard rock.