When Sturgill Simpson Stepped On Stage The Crowd Went Into A Frenzy

If I would of knew that Sturgill Simpson was playing live I would have been the first person in line! These lucky people where able to rock out to his music all night!

Find Out How He Took Down The Place…

Simpson and his four-piece band really cooked Wednesday and Sokol Auditorium's wood dance floor shook as the audience stomped and shouted through the Kentucky-born country singer's set.

To make the audience come alive, Simpson didn't need a wall of sound, pandering songs about campfires, a set full of pyrotechnics or a lead guitarist who played metal guitar solos to give things a supposed edge.

Nothing was better than watching Simpson belt out the final words to “Life of Sin” — “I don't have to do a … thing but sit around here and wait to die” — so hard that he had to clear his throat and drink water after.

“This is a really cool room, man. Feels good up here. I hope it sounds good out there,” Simpson said.

Simpson is a classic country poet singing about life, love and discovery, but he also dipped into drugs, country music and the meaning of everything. It was all bedded in a blistering and twangy jam that had us dancing and shouting.

Simpson has maybe the greatest voice in country – it can lull you in a love song or shake down walls – and hands that sizzle up and down the fretboard.

Simpson's 90-minute set alternated between rip-roaring country licks and slower western ballads, but with his impassioned delivery they surpassed sleepy strummers and became as engaging as the big jams.