Photos: Sturgill Simpson puts on career-spanning show in St. Paul
by Tony Nelson
September 26, 2024
Kentucky alt-country star Sturgill Simpson brought the Why Not? tour to Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul on Wednesday, Sept. 25. The set brought out several covers and explored his new persona recording as Johnny Blue Skies.
Setlist (via setlist.fm)
Juanita
Life of Sin
Turtles All the Way Down
Railroad of Sin
The Promise (When in Rome)
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Procol Harum)
Time After All
I'd Have to Be Crazy (Steven Fromholz)
Right Kind of Dream (Johnny Blue Skies)
All Said and Done
Long White Line (Moore & Napier)
Fastest Horse in Town
Mint Tea (Johnny Blue Skies)
If the Sun Never Rises Again (Johnny Blue Skies)
A Good Look
L.A. Woman (The Doors)
Welcome to Earth (Pollywog)
Best Clockmaker on Mars
I Don't Mind
You Don't Miss Your Water (William Bell)
Living the Dream
One for the Road (Johnny Blue Skies)
Purple Rain (Prince)
Just Let Go
Jupiter’s Faerie (Johnny Blue Skies)
Scooter Blues (Johnny Blue Skies)
Brace for Impact (Live a Little)
It Ain't All Flowers
Water in a Well
Midnight Rider (The Allman Brothers Band)
Call to Arms