Anyone had a chance to check out Billy Strings yet? He has a new album coming out this fall. His live show is worth checking out if you get a chance.
I love his last album Turmoil and Tinfoil and am happy to hear that he has a new one coming out. That song Meet me at the Creek is incredible!!
I'm looking forward to seeing his live show for sure on this tour!
I was in Nashville last weekend to see Widespread Panic at The Ryman. Billy Strings sat in for several songs that night. Apparently it was a dream of his to play with them. What a fun night to be a witness. They had so much fun together.
Oh Nice!! I caught some of the videos and listened to the show on Nugs.
New album is a little on the long side for my liking, but really choice stuff.
They do take on some of the Jamband format on a few songs. But I'm loving it.
just now finally giving this guy a chance. i'm loving the new album and got tix for both of his shows in detroit at the end of the year!
Enjoy, I almost did the 2 Detroit shows. But got tickets for Grand Rapids New Yrs eve instead. I live in Kazoo.
HOLY POOP! What an amazing show, I was totally blown away!
He covered Beatles and The Dead during his jams and I believe he even covered a Greensky Bluegrass song!
He's my current favorite at the moment and I will be excited to see his next tour. This one was sold out so it looks like he will be going to bigger venues!
Quote from: ChiefOKONO on Oct 09, 2019, 12:11 PMHOLY POOP! What an amazing show, I was totally blown away!
He covered Beatles and The Dead during his jams and I believe he even covered a Greensky Bluegrass song!
He's my current favorite at the moment and I will be excited to see his next tour. This one was sold out so it looks like he will be going to bigger venues!
i am seeing him Wednesday here in VA, looking fwd to it
Quote from: parkervb on Nov 04, 2019, 10:36 AMQuote from: ChiefOKONO on Oct 09, 2019, 12:11 PMHOLY POOP! What an amazing show, I was totally blown away!
He covered Beatles and The Dead during his jams and I believe he even covered a Greensky Bluegrass song!
He's my current favorite at the moment and I will be excited to see his next tour. This one was sold out so it looks like he will be going to bigger venues!
i am seeing him Wednesday here in VA, looking fwd to it
How did the show go for you parkervb?
Quote from: pjthom30 on Nov 07, 2019, 11:42 AMQuote from: parkervb on Nov 04, 2019, 10:36 AMQuote from: ChiefOKONO on Oct 09, 2019, 12:11 PMHOLY POOP! What an amazing show, I was totally blown away!
He covered Beatles and The Dead during his jams and I believe he even covered a Greensky Bluegrass song!
He's my current favorite at the moment and I will be excited to see his next tour. This one was sold out so it looks like he will be going to bigger venues!
i am seeing him Wednesday here in VA, looking fwd to it
How did the show go for you parkervb?
It was badass. The band is damn good. They played what seemed to be quite a few Bluegrass songs about Virginia like this one:
they also did a lil Tweezer Reprise in a jam section in the first set and covered Bird Song in the 2nd. I think he may have a lil Pearl Jam "Why Go" in a jam section but not 100%. Great Dust in a Baggie jam. Would see again 100%
Looks like a solid setlist. Couple Beatles songs also and a My Sharona tease. Been checking Nugs for the show but hasn't been posted yet.
Quote from: pjthom30 on Nov 07, 2019, 01:05 PMLooks like a solid setlist. Couple Beatles songs also and a My Sharona tease. Been checking Nugs for the show but hasn't been posted yet.
yea! that too! where'd you see a full setlist?
Found on the Billy strings fans FB page
Set 1
East Virginia Blues
Rundown
Shenandoah Breakdown
Shenandoah Waltz (1)
Dust in a Baggie >
Taking Water >
Thirst Mutilator (2) >
Running
Rocky Raccoon
Away from the Mire
Little Maggie
Set 2
Blue Ridge Cabin Home (1)
Home
Everything's the Same
Blue Virginia Blues (1)
Ole Slewfoot
Likes of Me >
Pyramid Country (3)(4) >
Letter to Seymour
Think of What You've Done
And Your Bird Can Sing >
Meet Me at the Creek >
Birdsong >
Creek
Encore: Freedom
(1) FTP
(2) Tweezer Jam
(3) My Sharona (The Knack)
(4) 96 Quite Bitter Beings Tease (CKY)
holy shit a CKY tease! I didn't catch that but maybe that's the jam I was pegging as PJ.
He quickly sold out two nights at Headliners in February. I got tickets to the second night. He won't be playing 600 seat capacity again.
Yeah that's for sure. If anyone is at home on a Friday evening there's a live stream for tomorrow's show.https://livestream.com/TheRelixChannel
Quote from: pjthom30 on Nov 14, 2019, 11:29 AMYeah that's for sure. If anyone is at home on a Friday evening there's a live stream for tomorrow's show.https://livestream.com/TheRelixChannel
I saw that. Thanks!
New album coming, YES!!!!!
Renewal is the title.
You can listen to the single here:
https://found.ee/Strings_FireLine
Really enjoyed the single today!
https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/07/26/billy-strings-tour-2021-interview-grateful-dead/8067442002/
New single released!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx3NOJ-oCfo
more info:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-in-the-morning-light-video-1219457/
https://www.spin.com/2021/09/billy-strings-in-the-morning-light/
I just got a dose of SOUL Therapy last night in the Church of Strings! HOLY POOP it was an Incredible Show!!!
It was thrilling to see the jams, on stage interaction and just the live music sound in a big room. Boy have I missed that!!!
I feel like he and the band have certainly leveled up a few times since the last time I saw him 2 years ago. The light show was incredible as well and they had some new lights with multiple colors/beam which I had never seen before. I woke up today tired but still with a mind blown.
They covered a Doors song that I wasn't familiar with or had forgotten. It was a live debut :)
Setlist is here:
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/billy-strings/2021/the-belasco-los-angeles-ca-4b8c2b86.html
Next time I believe that he will be in a bigger venue. I believe Billy is a musical savant and he was channeling everything last night!
I'm glad you enjoyed the show ChiefOKONO! We saw Billy back in 2019 at Headliners in Louisville and it was a fantastic show, and we all said to each other afterwards that he was going to get really big and move up to bigger venues just like you said in your comments.
Right on! I am very excited to hear the new album soon!!
Music is my savior these days.
I gotta get to one of his shows ASAP!!! I've been really digging his collabs with Billy and the Kids! He's an amazing talent!!!
oh and when he starting this acoustic solo and then turned on the pedal FX to switch to electric tone, I kind of flipped out!
this new album is incredible...
great story about his journey in the NYT too.
BMFS yall
Gets better towards the end, but kind of a step back from Home. Sort of disappointing.
Thanks for the heads up parkervb, just looked up the article and looking forward to reading it!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/27/arts/music/billy-strings-renewal.html
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/bluegrass-awards-winners-billy-strings-1235685/ (https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/bluegrass-awards-winners-billy-strings-1235685/)
Billy is on fire!
Hell yes! Well deserved!
Personally love the album and am going to be diving deeper with multiple listens. The single/video In the Morning Light still slays me!
Billy on ACL
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-red-daisy-austin-city-limits-1246345/
Billy announced some more shows and I was lucky enough to score tickets for two shows in Cincinnati at the new music venue on the riverfront. I joined the fan club to get in on the presale but I was still only able to get GA seats because the reserved sections sold out in a flash (might try again Friday for general online sales to see if anything opens up). I just checked StubHub and of course there are plenty of tickets that popped up at outrageous prices.
Grrrrr.....
We're on the other side of the two shows mentioned above in Cincy and all I can say is next time around Billy is going to need an even bigger place to play. The shows were at the new Andrew J Brady music center which holds 4500 in the configuration it was in for these shows which is a big step up from the last show we saw at Headliners which holds something like 700. Interestingly they venue split the crowd between GA floor and the balcony when you entered the venue, so there was no way to go between the balcony and the floor once you were inside. The GA floor was PACKED to the point where there was very little space to move around even all the way to the edges, and frankly we found it to be unenjoyable so for the second night we upgraded to balcony reserved seats which was much much better. I can tell you we will never go through that GA floor experience again at this venue and they really should consider selling fewer tickets plain and simple.
Billy and the band are playing incredibly well and apparently they are livestreaming shows that sell out on nugs so we'll be enjoying some future shows that way for sure. One really fun thing that happened at the second show was Billy saw a kid in the crowd down front so he had his people get the venue staff to pick him up and lift him over the front rail so he was out of the crowd crush and got the best seat in the house for the rest of the show. Billy even knelt down to the kid and gave him what looked like a pick! In spite of the attention he is getting Billy seems like a really down to earth guy and I look forward to seeing him again.
Billy announced two new shows in Buena Vista, CO at the Renewal Festival Sept. 23 & 24. We went to Buena Vista this past spring break and had a great time. This area has quite a few hot springs so if you are into that sort of thing I can't recommend it enough. We had a house all to ourselves with a private hot spring tub overlooking the creek and all I can say is it was the best hot spring experience we have had so far (and we have had plenty)! We're actually going back to the same place for Betsy's fall break which is why we're passing on this festival. Looks like tickets go on sale Thursday if anyone is interested. :beer:
Drugs, Bluegrass, and Bass Fishing: How Billy Strings Outran His Past and Infiltrated the Mainstream
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/billy-strings-bluegrass-fishing-concert-1369241/
Billy on Late Night
Billy Strings: The Fire On My Tongue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS6WrFex1uY
Looks like a bunch of new dates came out, which is awesome!
https://www.billystrings.com/tour
Billy Strings Picks and Sings With His Father on New Album 'Me/And/Dad'
The bluegrass star and his dad Terry Barber drop "Long Journey Home" and "Life to Go" from the upcoming project
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-me-and-dad-new-album-1234604449/
Billy Strings Dresses as Frodo, Covers Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath at Epic Halloween Gig
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-lord-of-the-rings-halloween-tour-dates-1234622145/
Missed this one when it was released:
Billy Strings - Love And Regret (Official Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CtktWSXhSM
Billy Strings Sets 2023 Summer Headlining Tour
https://www.billboard.com/music/country/billy-strings-headlining-summer-tour-dates-1235252840/
One of my favorite Billy Strings covers. He did this on a Neal Casal tribute album called Highway Butterfly, a super awesome box set if you haven't heard it. Some great artists on it.
This is so great, thank you for posting rkwedge!!!
This is really good.
Quote from: rkwedge on Feb 13, 2023, 04:47 PMOne of my favorite Billy Strings covers. He did this on a Neal Casal tribute album called Highway Butterfly, a super awesome box set if you haven't heard it. Some great artists on it.
That is one of my favorite songs on that tribute album! And there really isn't a bad cover on that entire album! Great tribute to a great artist!
He just released a new song with Willie - "California Sober" ! :)
https://billystrings.lnk.to/californiasober
Official Video for California Sober -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFNC8HaUUsk
Completely agree and it even kind of sounded a bit like his own tune!
Quote from: iLikeBeer on Feb 28, 2023, 06:11 PMQuote from: rkwedge on Feb 13, 2023, 04:47 PMOne of my favorite Billy Strings covers. He did this on a Neal Casal tribute album called Highway Butterfly, a super awesome box set if you haven't heard it. Some great artists on it.
That is one of my favorite songs on that tribute album! And there really isn't a bad cover on that entire album! Great tribute to a great artist!
We watched Billy's five hour (!) Halloween show on Nugs yesterday and it was really fun. There was quite a bit of full on rock-n-roll which was really good to see them do. They are on fire!!!
That is insane!!! can you buy the video of it?
Quote from: ranyart on Nov 06, 2023, 04:10 PMWe watched Billy's five hour (!) Halloween show on Nugs yesterday and it was really fun. There was quite a bit of full on rock-n-roll which was really good to see them do. They are on fire!!!
New Billy Strings album next month, HELL YES!!!
https://www.billystrings.com/
Billy guests on Ringo Starr's new album Look Up and will also be at his live concert benefit for the LA Wildfires at the Ryman this spring!
https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ringo-starr-concert-special-la-wildfire-relief-1235875584/