Sturgill Simpson Announces New Concept Album 'The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita'
Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Semi Song
Sturgill Simpson has shared details of a new concept album.
'The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita' will arrive digitally and on CD on August 20, with a vinyl release following on December 3.
Penned and recorded in under a week, the LP serves as the prolific Grammy Award-winning artist's third full-length in 12 months and his most ambitious project yet, calling it "a simple tale of either redemption or revenge." Expanding on the creative motivation, he said:
"I just wanted to write a story — not a collection of songs that tell a story, but an actual story, front to back." Describing it, he compared it to a "rollercoaster ride through all the styles of traditional country and bluegrass and mountain music that I love, including gospel and a cappella."
It finds Simpson backed by the same musicians who accompanied him on 2020's 'Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions' and 'Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Cowboy Arms Sessions'.
'The Ballad Of Dood And Juanita' 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 (featuring Willie Nelson)
8. Go In Peace
9. Epilogue
10.Ol’ Dood (part II)
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