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.

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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