Sturgill Simpson has drawn comparisons to Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings and other country musicians who spearheaded the outlaw music movement in the 1970s in reaction to the formulaic Nashville Sound of the 1960s. Along with releasing both traditionalist and experimental country albums, Simpson has been an outspoken critic of the Academy of Country Music, the Country Music Association, and the current tastes of Nashville’s Music Row.
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