Simpson, Sturgill - Cuttin' Grass

New Vinyl Record - Sturgill Simpson, Cuttin' Grass

Indie Version, Colored Vinyl

Since breaking through in 2014 with his Grammy nominated Metamodern Sounds in Country Music album, Sturgill Simpson has established himself as one of the most daring and most acclaimed artists of our time. 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. Now Simpson returns to the music of his native Kentucky with his first bluegrass project, Cuttin’ Grass - Vol. 1 (The Butcher Shoppe Sessions). The album, which he calls "a mixtape for the fans," was dreamed up while he was recovering from Coronavirus, and sees him reimagining songs from across his catalogue backed by some of Nashville's finest acoustic virtuosos. "All the songs I’ve ever written were written on one guitar, my old Martin D-28, and sung in a fashion that's probably closer to bluegrass than to anything else," Simpson explains. "I had it in my mind for a long time that someday I want to cut as many of these songs as possible in this fashion, just organic and stripped down to the raw bones of the composition. If you can’t sit down and play a song like that, it’s probably a pretty shitty song.” 

Players: 

Sturgill Simpson - vocals, rhythm guitar

Sierra Hull - mandolin, vocals

Mike Bubb - bass

Stuart Duncan - fiddle, vocals

Scott Vestal - banjo, vocals

Tim O’Brien - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals

Mark Howard - rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals

Miles Miller - percussion, vocals

Track list, and background on each song

1. All Around You - from A Sailor’s Guide To Earth (2016), performed this song with The Dap Kings at the 59th GRAMMYs
2. All The Pretty Colors - a Sunday Valley song, from album To the Wind and On to Heaven (2011)
3. Breakers Roar - from A Sailor’s Guide To Earth (2016)
4. I Don’t Mind - a Sunday Valley song, from album To the Wind and On to Heaven (2011)
5. I Wonder - a Sunday Valley song, from album To the Wind and On to Heaven (2011)
6. Just Let Go - from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
7. Life Ain’t Fair and the World Is Mean - from High Top Mountain (2013)
8. A Little Light - from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
9. Life Of Sin - from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
10. Long White Line - from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
11. Living The Dream - from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
12. Old King Coal - from High Top Mountain (2013)
13. Railroad of Sin -  from High Top Mountain (2013)
14. Sitting Here Without You -  from High Top Mountain (2013)
15. Sometimes Wine - a Sunday Valley song, from album To the Wind and On to Heaven (2011)
16. The Storm - from High Top Mountain (2013)
17. Time After All - from High Top Mountain (2013)
18. Turtles All The Way Down -  from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
19. Voices -  from Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014) 
20. Water In A Well - from High Top Mountain (2013)