Sturgill Simpson - Keep It Between The Lines [Live on SNL]

[@shawns304]

Probably the best performance I’ve ever seen on SNL. I could watch this everyday and not get tired of it. Every musician performing here is the real deal talent, and Sturgill only takes them to another level. Simply amazing.

[@elmsavannah8642]

I agree! There’s a reason I’m back again today. I think one performance that rivals this is the original introduction of the Blues Brothers, but that was a different century entirely!

[@lindakelley508]

The only thing better than Sturgill, is Sturgill with a horn section

[@jessedeffenbaugh4151]

The legendary Dap Kings!

[@heidihall6415]

Yes!

[@rinnhart]

fuckin' brass keeping it straight on that machine

[@moonladylife]

They got some funk in that trunk!

[@msnyder6100]

And an organ. What a genuine voice. Well seasoned and trained.

[@station3913]

This is one of the greatest musical performances of all time. Not just from SNL, but from anywhere anytime. Every member of that band just completely nailed every bit of that song with astonishing enthusiasm.

[@michalmcquaite4698]

Wanna see a real legend, watch some Levon Helm...grass roots Americana baby. this guy has some chops himself.

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

Dude.. it was solid as hell. Band was groovin no doubt. But to go out on a limb and say greatest performance ever seems impulsive and makes me question your music knowledge. Its easy to get carried away when you're rockin I understand that completely. After all it is subjective so maybe you still feel this way today.

[@iamryanman]

This was a great performance .. on a side note check out “dancing til dawn live” by Lenny kravitz.. shit blew my mind how tight everyone played

[@zk2939]

This was definitely the best SNL live performances that has ever taken place. There’s no doubt there.

[@CatherineSTodd]

@@Benaddicted11trkfbal : Dude, your comment "makes me question YOUR music knowledge." Why not let us enjoy what we like and who we like? Who made YOU "the judge?" Thanks to Station for his excellent review.

[@Chris_Troxler]

It's refreshing to hear an organ in modern music again.

[@WadeMeredith]

That organist is pitching like 104mph. Boy is on fire.

[@vidkid1067]

Same with the horn section

[@Turk_2023]

Pearl Jam added a B3 organ in the early 2000s, its great to hear live

[@drewharrison1840]

Jam bands never ditched them thankfully

[@kenmiller770]

The B3 sound is as popular now than ever. But it all depends on what you listen to. Ditch pop music and the trash on the radio and you’ll hear it a ton.

[@paulwickline7434]

Love his country stuff... but on this release... adding these horns and this funky/bluesy vibe? DAMN!

[@karenszilagyi1269]

He just glides through genres like he himself is music...I love this guy!! :)

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

I can see why he is up for a Grammy. The sound is just sooooo good. It's new and yet old at the same time. I've never heard anything like it, and it all. just. works. :)

[@javenhand4381]

I love sturgil's face when he sings! Sturgil has changed my life with his sound.

[@ryannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn1]

Mine too brother.

[@ChristianParley]

That groove is cut so deep there's lava flying out of it.

[@davidfuller581]

Pocket so deep you can hear the lint.

[@nancymitchell863]

Seriously, I don't know if some of today's "country music fans" brains are even capable to appreciate how damn good this kind of music really is.

[@Ervdawg57]

STR8TFU

[@naiyalexic]

Straight to the point. Love this dude.

[@frznrrfan.frznrrfan102]

Dude is so bad a$$.

[@Remydelco]

Very true considering everything on clear channel country is hip hop pop top 40 garbage.

[@Remydelco]

@K Deronimo I live in Connecticut not west Virginia.

[@kaleikuaiwa2660]

Horn section is changing weather patterns in South America. Jeeeezzz.

[@MrJohnwilson3d]

Every time I come back and watch this, your comment makes me laugh!

[@jahmenrcbuildingasone4254]

This brother has got a few different genres of Music going on here! Every note hit my soul this dude is special😱

[@october001]

I wish he'd do a whole album like this! I remember watching this when it first aired and was completely blown away!

[@gregphillips2827]

I wish ANYONE would do an album like this now. Hell with genres, let’s get back to this!

[@gitgeronimo9375]

Sailor’s Guide is probably my favorite record of all time.

[@MrJc7998]

He’s one of my favorites. I’ve traveled many miles to see him. He’s gone to another side of music that completely misses me. It’s tragic. I don’t dislike it. But it’s not the country savior I heard years ago.

[@wigglefoot7988]

tragic savior

[@ffortner82]

@@MrJc7998 He's on a journey

[@donnafranzman2027]

Goosebumps! Watch it every time it shows up. Would never have been able to stay in my seat had I been fortunate enough to be there. Both performances that night were stellar!!!

[@zyskman78]

This is one of the best performances I have ever seen!

[@RayPendergast]

When's the last time you saw a band have THIS much fun on SNL???

[@lauraneville50]

absolutely TRUE!

[@mortalclown3812]

Ray Pendergast yes yes yes

Probably Neil Young 25+ years before this. I had the good luck to see Simpson last year, and it was easily the best show I'd seen in a good half-decade. He's unreal.

[@JLSLAMMED]

You said it, FUN! This is MUSIC!

[@wormwood078]

Faith No More

[@ConnorHolbrook419]

My family is from Magoffin county which is next to Breathitt county where Sturgill was originally from. I saw this live when I was in a penitentiary in Ohio and called my dad immediately the next day and said “you gotta look this guy up” and since then his music has been engrained between my dad n I, our family history and where we came from. This man’s work means more to me than we will ever know. God Bless him for being himself

[@jakem952]

Chills every time the trombone, trumpet and sax kick in. WOW!

[@mikeleonard9595]

Pretty sure he met a dude in a long black Cadillac on some crossroads in the delta at some point in time.

[@whodatchef1]

Chris bacca

[@sallysingerlbk]

Mike Leonard ...he must love Dave Alvin!

[@calebsackmann2563]

Mike Leonard he shook hands with Robert Johnson.

[@steveanderson8137]

Best KZbin comment of all time

[@kyleberling2210]

Hills of East Kentucky actually

[@Riegs36]

How can you not smile at this? They are having such joy playing and the energy they put out,I love it

[@jeffreyv2458]

One of the greatest performances on SNL.... Period!

[@wkerst]

That sax was lit af 📠

[@mickvk]

I'm still talking about this. That brass, OMG!

[@patdees420]

mickvk I’m STILL talking about this!

[@mickvk]

@@patdees420 It's still in my top play list when I need a jam! Right on man!

[@CatherineSTodd]

Wow! Sturgill's got some fancy footwork here... all while rocking out with that guitar... I had no idea!!!! We got ourselves our own new Elvis, but even better than before!

[@Ryan-wj7yq]

Damn listen to that little run around 0:30 right after the lyrics. That was awesome

[@scrmn53]

The voice, the energy... incredible!

[@midwestzed]

my girlfriend and I watched this live. spin that pretty blue vinyl still weekly... thanks for the great tunes sturgill!!!!!!

[@backauf]

at the breakdown - 2:37 - I can hear the SNL house band opening cases and packing up ... how do you close out the show after this ?

[@trevorwilson4933]

Well…check out the second song of the night. They should have just ended the series after A Call to Arms.

[@rayunterzuber70]

While his 2nd album was out I went to see him in Jacksonville, Fl. circa 2014. I met him on the street and was in awe. By sheer chance this man saw me, stopped to talk and bought my way in (to a sold out show) and my life was complete. I've seen him 3 times live so far. I'll make it 100 before I die.

[@keithsetzer6631]

This performance literally gave me chills it was so good!

[@geligniteandlilies]

Gorgeous performance from everyone. His voice is one of the strongest smoothest I’ve heard in decades. Hot damn!

[@ALisMedium]

One of my all-time favorite songs/performances by any group... ever.

[@thomasholland3289]

I have watched this video 20 times easy. Those two fella's up front on the slide and sax killed it! They played their guts out!. Look at the smirk Sturgil has on his face when the sax solo starts. Pure Bad Assery by those two young men and the entire band for that matter. This is one of those performances you never forget. Ya can't 🍒🍒🍒

[@elmsavannah8642]

I like Sturgill’s completely organic, unscripted whoop for the trombone solo. He knew that they were in rare air, alright.

[@cbrockbishop1566]

Can't believe 5 people could unlike this... best goddamn rock and roll I've ever seen.

[@ben-jam-in6941]

This is a phenomenal performance and is only beat as the best SNL performance by the other song they completely blew the house down with “Call to Arms”. I just about got my guitar outta the case just to break it over the nightstand…. Then threw my TV thru the window like a rock star! Both performances blew me away.

[@tammy5457]

Just left his concert tonight. Wooo, still blowing it off the roof!

[@virgil5650]

30 dislikes...Must be Nashville Execs

[@andrewkling9530]

jason Aldean alts

[@stevenadkins9369]

virgil5650 fuck yea and fuck Nashville!!

[@aaronmontgomery4000]

D B this is literally nothing like boz except the horns but just cuz it has a saxophone makes it sounds like boz?? Or rips him off.

[@aaronmontgomery4000]

gxm I have listened boz but to me this just has a way different feel, it may be how I view sturgill compared to boz like it is similar in the way the band is set up. But I am saying I really don’t think Sturgill is ripping anyone off with this performance

[@naiyalexic]

He sounds different than Boz to me. The inflections in his voice, the timbre... they're similar, but not the same. I'm a musician though so I notice this stuff. I'm sure he isn't TRYING TO SOUND like Boz.

[@mustangpatty51]

Love my boy from Kentucky...Sturgill is so awesome

[@rbdono2]

Just saw him and Tyler in Detroit. Man do I miss this sound coming from him. He still killed it, but this is what made me love his music.

[@gasolinedreams2691]

rbdono2 you have to be kidding. He saved country, then saved rock with this latest album. This guy is fucking special.

[@rbdono2]

@@gasolinedreams2691 Sound and Fury was great. I enjoyed it immensely. But I tell you what, Cuttin' Grass man......its an absolute fucking gem. I haven't stopped listening to it since the day it dropped.

[@thefumexxl]

This is absolutely amazing. It's like twangy country funk with a jazzy bent.

[@saorsablack9895]

Damnit Sturgill Simpson- This is a MASTERPIECE!!! I love the addition of the BRASS & Keys... Damnit Man, Your music puts the best feeling in my heart- 🙏

[@boc777]

Channeling a young Waylon Jennings and just flat out rocking the house. This is alt-country at its best....cant get enough of this.

[@AustinHilborn]

Absolutely my favorite artist.

[@jenn795.]

I love his voice such great music thank u

[@seanjd1971]

hells to the fuck yeah 🤘

[@SuperGraynard]

Y'all did a great job! So awesome to see you guys on the SNL stage.

[@teohernandez6473]

the bassist just has the fucking groove face

[@NHindividualist]

Fat white dude who's probably had more pizza in the last week than pussy in his whole life, and he just Tears. It. The. Eff. UP! There's laying down a groove, and then there's driving a Ditch Witch in turbo boost mode. Chuck Bartels can rip it! Shades of the Swampers from Muscle Shoals...

[@towen1977]

he's certified ridonkulous.

[@BIGOGRE1958]

That was a well put together music team!

[@frankhebner5393]

He kinda' looks like Chumley!

[@jugglinglivebabies]

Dude is so deep in the cut he only shows up in X-rays.

[@carlamitchell7467]

I just bought tickets for the Rogers, AR show in October. BUCKET LIST!

[@seansky2721]

Unapologetic story telling. Not all squishy & malleable like most country outlaw music of late. Mr. Simpson just kills it. Listen to all his tunes, and make up your mind for your ownself. Sierra Hotel, Young Mister!

[@pckpalen1]

some of the best new roadhouse music I've heard in ages...

[@celiathompson5829]

This is why we love this man. Go Sturgill! Go, go, go

[@anthonyfigueroa9643]

right after this I bout 2 of his cds♡♡♡♡♡

[@drgonzo767]

If you can find his CD as Sunday Valley get it too. Hell download it if you can find it. Just see where he starts and how he keeps evolving. Dude is a crazy talent.

[@whatwouldpivodo]

what's a CD? :-)

[@slave2thetrafficlitefornow76]

Good Lord he sounds good here. I love the full horn section w/ the funk keyboardist laying the groove for country music

[@dragonslowroller1541]

Yep home run on that one for everyone! Amazzzzzzing

[@eddietabullo8286]

Killer! Bass Player.

[@Youcantcan]

That keyboardist went to the cosmos.

[@timothyshearer8389]

Loved it!

[@marksmith6104]

Thats Bobby Emmett. He is the cosmos.

[@robbaro9623]

This cat takes chances. Phenomenal how he nails those chances. Respect!

[@robertkinoy7392]

More than a shade of Delbert McClinton! I feel a Lowell George influence in a lot of Sturgill's stuff, too.

[@blakeplaisance2090]

This is like the blues brothers crossed with Van Morrison...killer !!!

[@elmsavannah8642]

Crossed with Blood, Sweat, and Tears crossed with Pink Floyd crossed with Waylon crossed with… how did he do it? Somehow, for Sailor’s Guide, it was like he took every musical influence he ever had, combined them, and never sounded a bit like he was stealing from them.

[@brianweck137]

The Outlaws are coming back....

[@banjoplayingbison2275]

Coming back and here to kill bro-country!

[@claytonkeates2614]

Amen

[@bobstevens2888]

Thank god

[@buckeyenation7247]

Amen brother

[@mattmchugh5661]

These are cookin, so much energy on that stage... love it

[@davidshockley2383]

Sturgill is such a badass. That horn section was🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@chriswoollet]

Tremendous

[@michalmcquaite4698]

Rockin Awesome Keyboardist.

[@Jay-jay12345]

Goose bumps with this guy

[@russellmilam5686]

Going to see him live in September. I hope he's as good live as is he is on tv.

[@toddtaylor3998]

He's even better live and in person. I saw him last year and it was amazing. He ripped through the entire album in order from front to back, then played the rest of his songs. I know some people don't like the horns, but they just sound right to me.

[@kyleerickson6329]

honest to god I don't understand how it's even possible for anyone to not love that brass. It makes this song!

[@robertkinoy7392]

I'm hearing some Little Feat in this. Sturg is kickin butt these days.

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

That band was feeling good you could tell man. They were rocking, things were clicking and shit was rocking you can't mistake that feeling. I've never seen sturgill let loose like that, and I know his guitar wasn't even coming through on the mic. I think he might of been coked up. Sometimes it works as a performance enhancer if you are a bit reserved. That band let it all bleed out that was lovely. Can't give enough credit to the band tbh, the drummer, bass, the sax and trumpet as well as all the horns. Piano man, thats what happens when solid creativity meets professional players with the right energy going.

[@TigerKing77]

Sturgill made SNL his bitch that night he rocked it don't think I've ever seen that man jam out like that on stage and he's a badass talent all the way up to wazoo Mississippi that is

[@anthonyfigueroa9643]

best music I've heard in years.luv the brass.god sent.waited weeks 4 this to post.♡♡♡♡.keep this shit up bhr

[@DeadlyDanDaMan]

This is REAL music. It's incredibly refreshing. This has been missing for far too long.

[@Lawgamer411]

Still my favorite country album of all time.

[@ShyClam]

One of the best performance I've seen on SNL, that was the first time I heard your name

[@blakemoss7305]

I hear this as an up updated soundtrack during a Duke Boys chase scene...love it!!!

[@JESSEverything]

Amazing voice. If someone told me I was listening to a studio album I might believe it.

[@kyleerickson6329]

Bummer to hear that both the horns and lead guitarist won't be part of the band going forward. I'm sure the next iteration will be great in its own way, but man I love this sound right here!

[@leocroney703]

Had the pleasure of seeing this man live .. Amazing

[@KM1662]

how bout that trombone solo!

[@jacobcalbillo7953]

Sturgill please do an entire album with a horn section! We’re begging at this point.

[@ConstanceWhenever]

I love bass sax so much

[@CatherineSTodd]

Sturgill Simpson is the kind of Sailor I'd travel the wide wild oceans with any day of the week! Take me with you, SS!

[@tldhthompson]

One of the best making music today! Wow this is perfection

[@wcb3036]

Just relax and Turn it up!! He is cutting against the grain. Love it.

[@EricBarthDev]

Country is good again! (well this is anyhow!)

[@paulwarren8936]

This music can not be categorized. That's what makes it great.

[@gregruffin8705]

Well said.

[@aidawarah4698]

Eric Barth yes

[@theresaheyer537]

oh yeah!!!!!great music!thank you!great horns,brass,everything!

[@Rkitt8]

Best country musician of our time. I use country loosely because with this new release Sound & Fury he’s transcended genres

[@gasolinedreams2691]

Riian Kt he saved country, then saved rock with sound and fury.

[@kriskabin]

Nice, 3 saxophones in one band!

[@seanhoffmann4560]

What a great jam

[@bill.l]

WOW. Blown away. They are great.

[@lubbucs546]

On October 24, 2014 the Powerful Joe Rogan brought this man into my life. He's been my favorite ever since.

[@Gholzigal]

powerful joe rogan, even more powerful sturgill simpson!

[@robertkinoy7392]

Gavin Holzigal Is Rogan a government trained assassin?

[@trevorallen5988]

Same here!

[@jakestewart2908]

Adam Moody same

[@GlutenfreeGlobal]

Adam Moody The powerful Joe Rogan is a shill for the even more powerful George Soros, who was a nazi collaborator.

[@juice_box_jax]

In this time, the most precious substance in the universe is the Sturgill. The Sturgill extends life. The Sturgill expands consciousness. The Sturgill is vital to space travel.

[@vincequeen]

So much soul, so much fun. Tore it the f&@# up!!

[@quentinfernandez4673]

Rocking and entertaining. Thing is every band member lives up to it. Great entertainment. A fan from Bangalore India.

[@RollTideRoll_GSP]

Sounding great my man!!!! Keep it up brotha!

[@shannon-daygrant8754]

John Cale on keys and George RR Martin on bass. I love it !

[@kevink8965]

That .. was .. INCREDIBLE

[@nikkismustanggt]

Seen you twice in Knoxville! Rock on!

[@debbidquillian2631]

Dang that boy is good! Get it son!❤😊

[@johngjacobi]

why did it take me so long to find this genius!!!!!!?!?!?!?!

[@57boomer44]

O.M.G. T Bone SHREDS!!!

[@PizzlePro1]

Super Funky. Love the horns.

[@vikingblood0408]

WOW! What a tight band! Excellent!