STURGILL SIMPSON
Barrowland, Glasgow, February 26
Scorching three-hour set of country, rock, blues, bluegrass and surprise cover versions from Johnny Blue Skies and friends
Johnny Blue Skies aka Sturgill Simpson
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There is outright mischief in his own material
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S this Sturgill Simpson we see before us, modest yet muscular? Or are we instead witnessing the Scottish debut of Johnny Blue Skies, the soulful alter ego responsible for last year’s excellent Passage Du Desir? Anyone who has followed Simpson’s slaloming career over the last decade will appreciate that whichever name he chooses to play under, his live set contains musical multitudes.