Sturgill Simpson

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 family to not work in a strip mine or deep mine.

Influenced by: Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Tyler Childers

Label:

High Top Mountain Records

Active:

2010-present

Scene:

Kentucky/Appalachia

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