Sturgill Simpson – The Ballad Of Dood & Juanita (IEX: NATURAL CLEAR VINYL) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

*BRAND NEW AND SEALED / INDIE EXCLUSIVE: NATURAL CLEAR VINYL

Description

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 lovewhat Simpson calls “a simple tale of either redemption or revenge.”
I just wanted to write a storynot 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 2016s soul-inflected A Sailors Guide to Earth, which won the Grammy award for Country Album of the Year and was nominated for Album of the Year, and 2019s 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 11×11 print of the illustration on the front cover.

Tracklist

A1 Prologue
A2 Ol Dood (Part I)
A3 One In The Saddle, One On The Ground
A4 Shamrock
A5 Played Out
B1 Sam
B2 Juanita
Featuring Willie Nelson
B3 Go In Peace
B4 Epilogue
B5 Ol Dood (Part II)

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: COUNTRY
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 02/25/2022