Sturgill Simpson

Film & TV

Jackson, Kentucky, USA

John Sturgill Simpson (born June 8, 1978) is an American country music singer-songwriter and actor. As of February 2022, he has released seven albums as a solo artist. His first two albums, High Top Mountain and Metamodern Sounds in Country Music, were independently released in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The latter was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album, listed 18th on…

Known for

• Sturgill Simpson: Live at The Austin City Limits Festival2024
• Willie Nelson 90: Long Story Short — Self2023
• The Creator — Drew2023
• True Love: Making The Creator — Self2023
• Killers of the Flower Moon — Henry Grammer2023
• The Hunt — Vanilla Nice2020
• Materna — Paul2020
• Find Your Groove — Self2020
• Picture Show: A Tribute Celebrating John Prine — Self2020
• The Dead Don't Die — Guitar Zombie2019

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

US

Active from

1978-06-08

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

376,473

Total plays

13,256,162

John Sturgill Simpson (born June 8, 1978) is an American country music and roots rock singer-songwriter. Simpson was born in Jackson, Breathitt County, Kentucky, the only child of a secretary and a state policeman who formerly worked undercover narcotics. Due to his father's work, Simpson's family moved to Versailles, outside Lexington, where Simpson graduated from Woodford County High School. Simpson's mother's family were coal miners. Simpson is the first male on his mother's side of the fami

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Family name

Simpson

Gender

male

Citizenship

United States

Place of birth

Jackson

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

rock music

Genre

country music

Instrument

guitar

Record label

Atlantic Records

Military branch

United States Navy

Official website

www.sturgillsimpson.com

Image

Sturgill Simpson photo 2016 (cropped).jpg

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