Johnny Blue Skies is the recording alias of Sturgill Simpson, a Kentucky-born musician whose career has moved through outlaw country, psychedelic soul, concept albums, and country music's mainstream and underground in a way that has made him one of the most critically engaged figures in American music. Recording as Johnny Blue Skies allows him to separate a specific musical direction from the accumulated expectations of the Sturgill Simpson name — a distinction his most dedicated listeners will understand while still showing up for the catalog in full.
The Mutiny for the Masses Tour brings this material to State Farm Arena on October 25 — a large room for an artist who has earned arena-scale audiences while consistently making music too idiosyncratic for the mainstream. October 25.
