Sturgill Simpson (2,534 views)

[Goober]

John Sturgill Simpson (June 8, 1978)
Associated Acts: Sunday Valley, Sturgill Simpson, Johnny Blue Skies
Years Active: 2004 - Present
Voice Type: Marijuana, LSD, Baritone, DMT 
Vocal Range: B1  - C♯6
 

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{Album Ranges}With Sunday Valley:

To The Wind And On To Heaven (2011): C♯3 - B4

As Sturgill Simpson:

High Top Mountain (2013): A2 - B5

Metamodern Sounds In Country Music (2014): E♭2 - A5

A Sailor's Guide to Earth (2016): G♯2 - D5

Sound & Fury (2019): D3 - B♭4

Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 1: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions (2020): F♯2 - D5

Cuttin' Grass, Vol. 2: The Butcher Shoppe Sessions (2020): A2 - F5

The Ballad of Dood & Juanita (2021): E♭2 - G4

As Johnny Blue Skies:

Passage du Desir (2024): E♭2 - B4

Significant High Notes:

C♯6 ("Call to Arms" Live KCRW 2016 + SNL 2017, "The Motivator" Live At The Norva 2015)
C6 ("The Motivator" Various Live Performances)
B5 ("Poor Rambler")
B♭5 ("Hey Now", "Sugar Daddy")
A5 ("It Ain't All Flowers")
F5 ("It Ain't All Flowers", "Keep It Between the Lines" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Poor Rambler")
E5 ("Call to Arms" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Let Me Know" EP Version, "Railroad of Sin" Live Gilford 2021)
D5 ("Call to Arms", "Railroad of Sin" Cuttin' Grass Version)
C♯5 ("Hey Now", "Let Me Know" EP Version)
C5 ("A Good Look" Live Los Angeles 2019, "Hey Now", "Honky Tonk Guy", "Where Did We Go Wrong")
B4 ("All Around You" Live 59th Grammy Awards 2017, "Call to Arms", "Fastest Horse In Town" Live Brooklyn 2019, "Hey Now", "If The Sun Never Rises Again",  "Let Me Know", "Life Of Sin" Live Radio City Music Hall 2018, "Never Go To Town Again", "Sometimes Wine" + EP Version, "Sugar Daddy", "Where Did We Go Wrong")
B♭4 ("A Good Look", "Bloody Breathitt", "Breakers Roar" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Honky Tonk Guy", "It Ain't All Flowers", "Never Go To Town Again", "Night Tide" Live Lexington 2010, "One For The Road", "Poor Rambler", "Remember to Breathe")
A4 ("All Around You" Live Outside Lands Fest 2024, "All The Pretty Colors" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Best Clockmaker on Mars", "Crying" Various Live Performances, "Fastest Horse In Town" Live Brooklyn 2019, "I'd Have to Be Crazy", "I Don't Mind" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "In Bloom" Live KCRW 2016, "Jesus Boogie", "Jupiter's Faerie", "Keep It Between the Lines" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Let Me Know", "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Life of Sin" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Long White Line" Radio City Music Hall 2018, "Make Art Not Friends" Live Copenhagen 2020, "Old King Coal", "Old Sunshine" + Demo, "Remember to Breathe", "Sometimes Wine" + EP Version, "Sugar Daddy", "The Promise" Live Chicago 2024, "Use Me (Brutal Hearts)", "Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Where Did We Go Wrong", "Whitehouse Road")
G♯4 ("Big Time", "Cut The Sails" EP Version, "Hero" Cuttin' Grass Version, "I Wonder" + EP Version, "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Never Go To Town Again", "Sea Stories" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "The Promise", "Turtles All the Way Down" Live Radio City Music Hall 2018)
G4 ("Bloody Breathitt", "Brace For Impact (Live a Little)", "Call to Arms", "Folded Flag", "Go In Peace", "I Don't Mind", "I'd Have to Be Crazy", "In Bloom", "Jesus Boogie" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Juanita", "Jupiter's Faerie", "Let Me Know" + EP Version, "Life Of Sin" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Living the Dream" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Old King Coal", "Poor Rambler", "Railroad of Sin" Live Nashville 2015 + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Remember to Breathe", "Sugar Daddy", "Use Me (Brutal Hearts)", "Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Where Did We Go Wrong", "You Can Have the Crown")
F♯4 ("Breakers Roar" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Folded Flag", "Keep It Between the Lines" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Last Man Standing", "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean", "Living the Dream", "Long White Line" Cuttin' Grass, "Oh Sarah", "Old Sunshine" + EP Version, "Scooter Blues", "Water in a Well")
F4 ("All Around You" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "All The Pretty Colors" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Best Clockmaker on Mars", "Cut The Sails" EP Version, "Fastest Horse in Town", "Go In Peace", "Hero" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Hey Now", "Honky Tonk Guy", "I'd Have to Be Crazy", "I Don't Mind", "In Bloom", "I Wonder" + EP Version, "Jesus Boogie" + EP Version, "Juanita", "Jupiter's Faerie", "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean", "Living the Dream", "Long White Line" Cuttin' Grass, "Oh Sarah" Sunday Valley Version, "Ol' Dood (Part II), "One For The Road", "Panbowl", "Poor Rambler", "Railroad Of Sin" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Some Days", "Sometimes Wine" + EP Version, "The Promise", "Turtles All the Way Down" Cuttin' Grass Version, "You Can Have the Crown")

Significant Low Notes:

D3 ("Breakers Roar", "Hero", "Hobo Cartoon", "I Wonder" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean", "Make Art Not Friends", "One in the Saddle, One on the Ground", "Right Kind of Dream", "Sam", "Sitting Here Without You", "Sometimes Wine" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Turtles All the Way Down")
C♯3 ("Crying" Various Live Performances, "Cut The Sails", "I'd Have to Be Crazy", "Oh Sarah", "Time After All" Cuttin' Grass Version)
C3 ("If The Sun Never Rises Again", "Life Of Sin", "Long White Line", "Old King Coal", "Ol' Dood (Part 1)", "Who I Am")
B2 ("All Around You", "Hobo Cartoon", "I'd Have to Be Crazy", "If The Sun Never Rises Again", "It Ain't All Flowers", "Old King Coal", "Ol' Dood (Part II)", "Right Kind of Dream", "Tennessee", "Water in a Well" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)")
B♭2 ("Juanita", "Oh Sarah", "Scooter Blues", "The Storm", "Turtles All the Way Down")
A2 ("Crying" Karaoke In Japan, "I Wonder" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Long White Line" Radio City Music Hall 2018, "One in the Saddle, One on the Ground", "Purgatory", "Sam", "Swamp of Sadness", "Voices" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)", "You Can Have the Crown" + Cuttin' Grass Version)
G♯2 ("Breakers Roar", "Hobo Cartoon", "Juanita")
G2 ("Living the Dream", "Scooter Blues", "Shamrock", "Some Days" Live Nashville 2014, "Sometimes Wine" Cuttin' Grass Version, "Swamp of Sadness", "The Promise", "Water in a Well" Cuttin' Grass Version)
F♯2 ("Big Time", "California Women" Live Radio City Music Hall 2018, "It Ain't All Flowers", "Juanita", "Long White Line" Live Amsterdam 2016, "Ol' Dood (Part 1)", Singing Prison Sex On JRE, "Shamrock", "Voices" + Cuttin' Grass Version)
F2 ("A Little Light" + Cuttin' Grass Version, "Big Time", "I'd have to Be Crazy" Live San Francisco 2024, "Played Out", "Who I Am")
E2 ("California Women" Live Bonnaroo 2018, "La Grange" Thursday Night Live 2011, "Shamrock")
E♭2 ("I'd Have to Be Crazy" Live Copenhagen 2020, "La Grange" Thursday Night Live 2011, "Ol' Dood (Part I)", "Scooter Blues", "Voices")
B1 ("Warrior Man" Squidbillies S13 E7)

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{Questionable Notes}C6 ("Never Go To Town Again" ^[1], "Sugar Daddy" ^[1])
G♯5 ("Sitting Here Without You" ^[1])
G5 ("Life Of Sin" Cuttin' Grass Version ^[1])
F♯5 ("Life Ain't Fair and the World Is Mean" Cuttin' Grass Version ^[1])
E♭5 ("Railroad Of Sin" ^[1])
D5 ("I Don't Mind" ^[2], "Living The Dream" ^[5])
A4 ("Sea Stories" ^[2])

D2 ("Bus Route" ^[5], "Ol' Dood (Part I)" ^[1][5])
C2 ("La Grange" Thursday Night Live 2011 ^[5])
A1 ("I'd Have to Be Crazy" Live Copenhagen 2020 ^[5])

[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.

[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.

[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.

[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.

[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.

Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

Italics mark non-melodic notes.

Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

[Electric Mami]

HAH! He's one semitone short of 4 octaves!

[Goober]

what a loser...

[Yojojo]

wow this dude can't measure up to the same range as william shatner what a fuckin' jive turkey

[BAZanine]

I'm not really hearing the D2, personally. I think it grazes E♭ but it's more an implied note than anything imo.

[Electric Mami]

I hear the D2 just fine and on pitch personally. The fact that it falls perfectly on the instrumental with the bass also playing a low D may be distorting my judgement, but when focusing on his voice I do hear it. Granted that it's a quick slide though

[Goober]

yall should fight about it

[Yojojo]

Mar 18, 2024 0:30:02 GMT Goober said:

yall should fight about it

now im imagining a WWE match between TRPers

"and here comes Braden with his signature move of the Dwight Yoakam Yeet, HOLY SHIT ELECTRIC MAMI HAS ACQUIRED A CHAIR MY GOD ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN"

[Goober]

I guess I should ask the masses, who hears the linked D2 as a D2

EDIT: it's linked in questionable notes if anyone still wants to hear it. 

[Baronessa]

I mean I hear some D2 rattle but it's really just at the end and sounds incidental. The usual kind of ambiguous sung-spoken country passage.