Sturgill Simpson paid tribute to the Grateful Dead for the band’s Kennedy Center Honors, playing a twangy country cover of the band’s classic “Ripple.” Simpson performed the song in front ...

Sturgill Simpson paid tribute to the Grateful Dead for the band’s Kennedy Center Honors, playing a twangy country cover of the band’s classic “Ripple.” Simpson performed the song in front ...

Sturgill Simpson has performed a cover of Grateful Dead's 'Ripple' to honour the band at the 47th Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month.

While honoring the Grateful Dead at the Kennedy Honors Event, the band received a special performance of "Ripple" from Sturgill Simpson.

But then Sturgill Simpson came around—or into my view, at least—in 2016 and released his third album, A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, and I watched him sing “Call to Arms” on Saturday Night ...

Photo credit: Jay Blakesberg After warming up on Friday, January 10, the Dead Ahead band returned to the main stage on Sunday, January 12, 2025, with more ...

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You have to hand it to Sturgill Simpson: He found a loophole in his own “quit after five albums” retirement plan. In April, Sturgill informed the world that he will now be known as Johnny Blue ...

Sturgill Simpson paid tribute to the Grateful Dead for the band’s Kennedy Center Honors, playing a twangy country cover of the band’s classic “Ripple.” Simpson performed the song in front ...

At the ceremony, Simpson covered the Grateful Dead’s “Ripple” with a band that included Don Was, Goose’s Rick Mitarotonda, and the late Phil Lesh’s son Grahame.