Sturgill Simpson - Ballad of Death & Juanita -Indie Only- (LP)

EAN code : 0793888436701
Carrier : LP
Release Date : 25-2-2022

Sturgill Simpson will be releasing his new concept album, The Ballad of Dood and Juanita , on CD on August 20th, vinyl release will be December 3rd. This is the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter's third album in twelve months and his most ambitious project to date.. Written and recorded in less than a week, and featuring the same ace musicians who played on last year's Cuttin' Grass albums, the record tells a classic American story of a Civil War-era couple torn apart by violence and reunited by love—what Simpson calls "a simple tale of either redemption or revenge."

“I just wanted to write a story—not a collection of songs that tell a story, but an actual story, front to back,” says Simpson. He describes the concept album as a “rollercoaster ride through all the styles of traditional country and bluegrass and mountain music that I love, including gospel and a cappella.”

In a career marked by risk-taking and rule-breaking, Simpson has previously challenged genre conventions with 2016's soul-inflected A Sailor's Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy award for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year, and 2019's Sound & Fury, which was nominated for Rock Album of the Year.

The Ballad of Dood and Juanita is available on an indie record store-exclusive CD that includes a printed illustration from the album artwork. A standard CD is also available. On 12/3/21, the vinyl will be available on indie-exclusive Translucent Natural vinyl, and will include another 11x11 print of the illustration on the front cover. Standard black vinyl is also available. Support your local independent record store.

Tracklist:

• 1. Prologue
• 2. Ol' Dood (Part I)
• 3. One In the Saddle, One On the Ground
• 4. Shamrock
• 5. Played Out
• 6. Sam
• 7. Juanita (Feat. Willie Nelson)
• 8. Go In Peace
• 9. Epilogue
• 10. Ol' Dood (Part II)