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  • Billy Strings - September 15, 2019 at Red Rocks in Morrison, CO
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    Video by 201 Productions / Audio by Andy Lytle
    Set list:
    DUST IN A BAGGIE
    WHILE I’M WAITING HERE
    TAKING WATER
    EVERYTHING’S THE SAME
    AWAY FROM THE MIRE
    HOLLOW HEART
    PYRAMID COUNTRY
    LITTLE MAGGIE
    RUNDOWN
    TURMOIL & TINFOIL
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  • @johnburns5652
    @johnburns5652 4 місяці тому +66

    53 yrs old. Brought up on bluegrass, this young man is amazing. The best I've heard since Flatt and Scruggs!

    • @prongs97
      @prongs97 3 місяці тому +2

      47 here, you should see him live.

    • @crocodilegrundee4514
      @crocodilegrundee4514 2 місяці тому +1

      55 here, gotcha both beat😁
      Love to see him live too.

    • @Hear4Metallica
      @Hear4Metallica 2 місяці тому

      Maybe since Garcia and Grisam

  • @peterlee4856
    @peterlee4856 2 роки тому +19

    I may be old and I may be strange but I can still dance and I can still holler Im not at your shows 'cause I ain't got a dollar
    So wherever you are what you might want to know is I thank.the Lord for this free you tube show. Yes I may be old in the hospital today your music is medicine that will get me away from these doctors and nurses and all I can say is I may be old but not in the way that makes you believe I'm here to stay. So
    Let me go home where I can be strange and be back with my livestock out on the range. I'm learning your songs and I will sing them out loud to stars and the mountains and my good friends the clouds.

  • @nath9201
    @nath9201 2 роки тому +116

    I can't get over how good this kid is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deadheads and Bluegrass lovers unite...Billy's kids are here!

    • @sgenetti77
      @sgenetti77 2 роки тому +11

      Eh man, leave room on the bandwagon for this rock guitar player and heavy music lover brother! These songs are what's up! Topical, melodic, musical, backed by killer playing and vocal harmonies....Jesus. What great songs he and the band write!

    • @RiverRat1953
      @RiverRat1953 Рік тому +7

      I have listened to Jerry Garcia for 52 years. Garcia turned me on to bluegrass with the Old and In The Way. Billy’s tribute to the Dead brings tears to my eyes! God bless Billy Strings! His style of bluegrass is PERFECT!

    • @bomarroletti1960
      @bomarroletti1960 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@RiverRat1953100% correct

  • @bigtdrewdrmr
    @bigtdrewdrmr 3 роки тому +57

    For those who thumbed this down you know absolutely nothing about music. Billy Strings is a Prodigy and 1 of the BEST pickers living today!
    God Bless Billy ❤️

    • @D45VR
      @D45VR 3 роки тому +2

      I love Billy Strings but your statement is silly. Does everyone have to agree with you? Just enjoy what you like and stop judging others.

    • @dianadubuque5296
      @dianadubuque5296 4 місяці тому +1

      What idiots would dis BMFS and his band mates. Duh!!!

    • @crocodilegrundee4514
      @crocodilegrundee4514 Місяць тому +4

      I agree he is one of the best flat pickers I’ve ever heard. Would be impossible to thumb this down. His bandmates are incredible in their own right too!

    • @chuckmottmusic1915
      @chuckmottmusic1915 22 дні тому +1

      @@D45VR Sounds to me like he is merely stating facts. If you don't like bluegrass move on. No need to act like an ass.

    • @billyhill598
      @billyhill598 18 днів тому +2

      Billy Strings can play any song ya want. This guy will be a legend . To me he already is. I'd give anything to play like that. But i like all music.

  • @chiznicken
    @chiznicken Рік тому +290

    Billy Strings is definitely a musical missionary. I'm a third generation gigging musician, have allowed music (all music) to consume my life. I've never seen anyone resurrect a genre like this. Sure there are originators of styles, Elvis, Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc., And while they deserve the respect and appreciation they deserve, it seems what Billy is doing to bluegrass is more difficult. People have expectations, judgmental, snobby, ignorant opinions. Billy and his crew are keeping a huge part of American culture alive and have every ounce of my respect and appreciation. Thanks guys, you're truly setting a much needed bar on the level of talent all music can/should strive for.

    • @jamesmoody9363
      @jamesmoody9363 Рік тому +1

      😊

    • @eric_b_
      @eric_b_ Рік тому +7

      underrated comment. so true.

    • @mikebanner7745
      @mikebanner7745 Рік тому +13

      When's the last time bluegrass has sold out 20-30,000 seat arenas night after night after night? He's resurrected bluegrass and his crowds are a huge cross-section of fans. Billy Strings is probably the best thing that's happened to music in general in the last 20 years.

    • @bidensniffedmetoo1005
      @bidensniffedmetoo1005 Рік тому +6

      That’s one of my favorite comments ever… he just popped up after I played a song and it was nutshell by AIC mixed into his song Wargasm live. That alone made me think I found my new favorite artist. Miss people pouring their heart and soul into music . America is right 🇺🇸🤘

    • @MeetMe-at-TheCreek
      @MeetMe-at-TheCreek Рік тому +1

      Lol when they want you to hear it it will be prompted and be loved by millions Amazing musicians. 33 stands for something.

  • @cmcdonald7880
    @cmcdonald7880 3 роки тому +39

    If Away From The Mire doesn't give you chills you have no soul

    • @jimbernard8964
      @jimbernard8964 2 місяці тому

      I've literally told a couple people that.

  • @GPJACKSOGA
    @GPJACKSOGA Рік тому +128

    I've been listening to bluegrass for sixty years and I just love this guy.

    • @mstuckey311
      @mstuckey311 Рік тому +4

      I'm sort of new to bluegrass even though my family roots are in appalachia via Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. I thank my bro-in-law for introducing me to Mr. Strings and reconnecting me to my roots. I've seen him twice now, and I'm seeing him again in Feb. I can't wait.

    • @MeetMe-at-TheCreek
      @MeetMe-at-TheCreek Рік тому +1

      Check out CABINET. They are also another great bluegrass band from the Northeast.

    • @MeetMe-at-TheCreek
      @MeetMe-at-TheCreek Рік тому +2

      They are untraditional bc they do have percussion but they are good to the ears and get the feet moving.. Enjoy

    • @dirkevans3443
      @dirkevans3443 Рік тому +4

      68 here and Yes Sir, this kid can tear it up
      The Real Deal

    • @williamreilly5469
      @williamreilly5469 6 місяців тому

      Bless his heart...
      Seen him live tonight and I was blown away...ive seen Zeppelin and now I can say I seen Billy Strings ~
      Unfuckinbelievable

  • @dubsmith7
    @dubsmith7 2 роки тому +153

    Just a casual bluegrass fan here, but this kid, this collection of musicians, is really something!

    • @tscottshea
      @tscottshea Рік тому +6

      I can't think of a better way to describe it, Dub! These kids rock!

  • @eko4749
    @eko4749 3 роки тому +82

    Guy on the mandolin is amazing

    • @zg1972
      @zg1972 Рік тому +2

      He is sooooo good👍 !!!!

    • @cameronbarnhardt1652
      @cameronbarnhardt1652 Рік тому +4

      Jarrod walker everyone!

    • @jrobertsbrewer
      @jrobertsbrewer Рік тому +1

      Indeed. I am really blown away by the Banjo as well.. these guys could be studio musicians.. What talent.

    • @jacstocker5100
      @jacstocker5100 9 місяців тому +1

      The banjo player too

  • @mcchaikin
    @mcchaikin Місяць тому +4

    Love me some Billy Strings! And I’m 76 years old!

  • @jessechristian8665
    @jessechristian8665 Рік тому +150

    These kids nowadays. Taking bluegrass to a new level. God bless 'em.

  • @1TaylorKing
    @1TaylorKing 3 роки тому +583

    I’m recently obsessed w this guy. Been watching every video I can find on him in the past week or so

    • @sarahswartz2735
      @sarahswartz2735 3 роки тому +3

      Not sure where you’re located but he’ll be in Ohio in June just in case you’re interested!?

    • @1TaylorKing
      @1TaylorKing 3 роки тому +2

      @@sarahswartz2735 I’m in jersey let’s goooo

    • @sarahswartz2735
      @sarahswartz2735 3 роки тому +5

      @@1TaylorKing I’ll be there but I’ll be working I’m doing security for him!

    • @jswolfe94
      @jswolfe94 3 роки тому +12

      I'm currently stuck going down the Billy Stings rabbit hole as well. I'm really hoping to catch the Ohio show. I'm in Holland, outside of Toledo.

    • @sarahswartz2735
      @sarahswartz2735 3 роки тому

      @@jswolfe94 nice!! So then you’ll be going to legend valley?

  • @tomf429
    @tomf429 6 місяців тому +11

    Great pickers, great singers, great sound system, great setting, great audience. Perfect bluegrass storm.

  • @damiandavis4831
    @damiandavis4831 3 роки тому +15

    dressed like a hippie
    headbanging like a rockstar
    guitaring like GOD🤘

  • @petercontarino646
    @petercontarino646 8 днів тому +1

    It’s not only great to hear someone of this playing caliber but he is writing new music!! Music that is worth hearing and carrying on.

  • @angelinamayland4989
    @angelinamayland4989 14 днів тому +2

    Billy Strings' face when he gets in the zone...that is passion!!

  • @d3adc0ps
    @d3adc0ps 4 роки тому +772

    0:00 Dust in a Baggie
    4:35 While I'm Waiting Here
    11:20 Taking Water
    15:36 Everything's the Same
    19:25 Away from the Mire
    29:05 Hollow Heart
    32:40 Pyramid Country - >
    39:48 Little Maggie
    44:35 Rundown
    49:05 Turmoil & Tinfoil
    57:28 Band intros/set outro

    • @d3adc0ps
      @d3adc0ps 4 роки тому +7

      @Class Clown They were opening for Greensky Bluegrass...

    • @ThunderCat731
      @ThunderCat731 4 роки тому +8

      upvote this

    • @steven2973
      @steven2973 4 роки тому +6

      Utah Fitz out here doing the lord’s work🙌🙌🙌

    • @smigsky6741
      @smigsky6741 4 роки тому +9

      @Class Clown was opener for Greensky...Dude will never be an opener again..Good Stuff

    • @AlienTrees
      @AlienTrees 4 роки тому +1

      thank you dude

  • @jims3114
    @jims3114 4 роки тому +1970

    I just found out about him a few months ago. Some people frown that he is not pure Bluegrass. He introduced this genre to younger people that would never be interested in Bluegrass. A regular Bluegrass band would not draw these big crowds. Music is supposed to be fun to play and listen too. Critics need to get over it.

    • @jnholland006
      @jnholland006 4 роки тому +81

      James Silverstone everyone from added something to it ! Original 3 bands are Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys, Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers. After that it was all a spin off of the original ! Moral of story lol Billy is keepin it alive and I’m grateful!!! sorry I got long winded !

    • @jims3114
      @jims3114 4 роки тому +32

      @marlene riggs I learned banjo years ago. Its been gathering dust in the corner because i have learning guitar. I like bluegrass but when i go to a show or listen to music its usually rock. Billy renewed my interest in Bluegrass and its cool to see him covering the dead. A lot of Bluegrass songs are in the key of G and easy for a beginner guitarist to learn to chord along and sing with.

    • @Jen-nemo1934
      @Jen-nemo1934 4 роки тому +47

      Agree !! 💗💗 Love his music.. The greats rewrite genres !! 😎 Sometimes music evolves quicker than some people's brains lol.

    • @andykraft5819
      @andykraft5819 4 роки тому +57

      When Bill Monroe started he was way outside the "mainstream" of the time. True artists always take the genre to new places.

    • @daveguitarnowski4402
      @daveguitarnowski4402 4 роки тому +50

      I don't give much of a crap for "bluegrass" (whatever that means these days, lol)... but I dig the crap out of these guys. And I'm (somewhere ) in my 60's

  • @davidrosen9346
    @davidrosen9346 2 роки тому +17

    one of the most amazing and endearing things about Billy Strings is his complete selflessness, like no ego on stage, he's a true team player, gives away focus which makes him look so brilliant

  • @gotskinn
    @gotskinn 6 місяців тому +27

    fuggin. I'm 213 yrs old & this rocks.

    • @RVGP-AMOR
      @RVGP-AMOR Місяць тому

      First person thats older than me

  • @leokregul342
    @leokregul342 3 роки тому +15

    Well my bad day yesterday was one of my worst today. Till I picked up my guitar and watched Mr. Strings play I tried to play along found myself forgetting my tragic day an wishing I was right there playing my heart out an my only worry would be if God was going to wake me in the morning so I could do this all over again,thanks Billy.

  • @elmoblatch9787
    @elmoblatch9787 3 роки тому +237

    That smile. This kid has charisma. The ol' youtube algorithm has deranged society with conspiracy madness, but it also gave me Billy Strings.

    • @robertferguson3023
      @robertferguson3023 3 роки тому +1

      Billuminati got you hooked like a leg o sheep

    • @VibrationsfromMirror
      @VibrationsfromMirror 3 роки тому +1

      Welcome Home!

    • @danstephens1260
      @danstephens1260 2 роки тому +8

      Because it's madness doesn't mean it might not be real

    • @apancher
      @apancher 2 роки тому +1

      You can tell he is loving every minute of it!

    • @squirlmy
      @squirlmy 2 роки тому +3

      Only once in a while do I get a conspiracy nutter. I resist clickbait. I actually have more problems and issues with UA-cam demonetizing good music, music teaching and harmless educational stuff like Tom Scott's videos. But they do a much better job than Facebook and Twitter.

  • @chanceburger3169
    @chanceburger3169 5 місяців тому +8

    I came across this kid about 4 years ago,I'm 61 years old now an I have been following an listening to a lot of the same bands since I was 14.I don't know how much more time I got on this earth but I wish Billy an his band were here 40 years ago.This kid is just getting started an has so much more to offer all of us.

    • @brendafreeman1284
      @brendafreeman1284 4 місяці тому

      Just heard him yesterday
      Love it.l am Elvis fan since
      He sang his first song.
      Loved this also.🙏🙏😊😊

  • @philhardwick100
    @philhardwick100 Рік тому +31

    I was at this show. No one sat down and there was no opener. The crowd was in such a great mood. Between Billy and that venue it was my most memorable of anything I’ve ever seen. It was his first time opening there.

    • @JasonLumbatis
      @JasonLumbatis Рік тому

      Sounds like you caught a dandy

    • @heehaw8401
      @heehaw8401 Рік тому +1

      State Farm Arena in Atlanta was packed on March 10. Everyone stood the whole show. No opener. Three hours.

  • @gayspark
    @gayspark 2 роки тому +13

    Upon discovering Billy I have since, built a bonfire, burned my guitars and and sat there and cried like a baby lol. He is a phenom! A legend in the making.

  • @SamA-nj7yr
    @SamA-nj7yr 3 роки тому +22

    I’m from the UK but if I was from the US this is definitely the people I’d be hanging with!

    • @disqusmacabre6246
      @disqusmacabre6246 3 роки тому +1

      Not all that different from skiffle... popularized here in the USA most notably by Lonnie Donnigan. Seem to recall that before the Beatles were the Beatles s couple of them were in a skiffle group.
      I'Ll say this though. Billy Strings is much more accomplished musically than any skiffle group I remember. Billy's sense of timing is amazing. His notes and runs clear and crisp and precise. And a smile that says "I'm doing the one thing that gives my life meaning and there is no place that I would rather be than on this stage, at this time, with these musicians. playing the music I love for all of you."

  • @eileencregg6754
    @eileencregg6754 2 роки тому +21

    I just got introduced to Billy Strings 6mos ago and been to 3 concerts and more to come.. am 60 and Billy Strings and the Band of Strings is by far the most comfortable talent I've seen since was a teenager... absolutely 👁️💚👁️💚🍀🕺🎻🎶🪕🎵🪕💚

    • @michaelcraig9449
      @michaelcraig9449 Рік тому +2

      Go see Junior Brown if you want to see something totally unique and awesome!

  • @1040north
    @1040north Рік тому +27

    Billy Strings and his band are a National Treasure.

  • @HawaiiJetboat
    @HawaiiJetboat 7 місяців тому +7

    Watching Billy and his talented guys on stage erases years and mileage and replaces them with smiles and foot stomping.

  • @b.w.22
    @b.w.22 3 роки тому +118

    Good god - I just found this man and his music after a walk through Bela Fleck’s music on here. I can’t tell you how good this sounds here in the mountains of West Virginia on a bright, sunny day.

    • @jadecady3424
      @jadecady3424 3 роки тому +7

      It's feel good music brother

    • @vande66
      @vande66 3 роки тому +1

      You don’t have to tell me, I live it everyday!

    • @lolitsajoke77
      @lolitsajoke77 Рік тому +3

      Check out Coulter Wall guy is 27 and sounds like he’s been around for 70years

    • @b.w.22
      @b.w.22 Рік тому +2

      @@lolitsajoke77 - Found that guy wandering down the same rabbit hole. What a voice on that guy! He, Billy, and most of the folks on “gems on VHS” give me great confidence that the future of country and western music isn’t just heartthrob dudes in cowboy hats singing pop music with a twang over a finger snap beat.

    • @lesabooth5243
      @lesabooth5243 Рік тому +1

      Wish I was there kickin' it with you up there in them big hills 😊

  • @scottclark4760
    @scottclark4760 3 роки тому +43

    Earlier in the comments someone called this NEWGRASS.
    No, this is beyond that. Newgrass came about in the 80's (Thank You Sam Bush).
    When I first saw Billy on 'Bluegrass Underground' my first thought was this is not Newgrass any longer - This is psychedelic-grass!
    Thank you Billy for expanding bluegrass but keeping a solid footing in tradition.

    • @alexwyman8380
      @alexwyman8380 3 роки тому

      It's metal grass. Turmoil is structured like a Metallica song

    • @LetArtsLive
      @LetArtsLive 3 роки тому

      I have an open mind I'm not up here is like Pete Seeger try to cut the freaking wire lol but it was pretty funny why because Bob Dylan wanted to play electric guitar LOL that was such a party story he had her taxes he was going to chop that freaking wire at the Newport Jazz Festival God Rest his soul

    • @Roll_Todd
      @Roll_Todd 3 роки тому +3

      I like smoking grass

    • @LetArtsLive
      @LetArtsLive 3 роки тому

      @@Roll_Todd LOL you must be older than me

    • @corkgrones
      @corkgrones 3 роки тому +1

      Dead Grass?

  • @joeldelaney5769
    @joeldelaney5769 Рік тому +11

    This show burned my face off. Was a spiritual experience. Glad I was able to go.

  • @danielblair876
    @danielblair876 3 роки тому +38

    Such a relief to FINALLY see genuine talent getting big attention. I would actually pay the $150 for a ticket. And they deserve every penny of it.

  • @kevindick1110
    @kevindick1110 Рік тому +10

    Roy Clark would be proud of this young fella. Amazing skills!

  • @barbarawilliams57
    @barbarawilliams57 2 роки тому +23

    I love this kids music beyond words, but the way he smiled at the very beginning melted my heart

  • @kewltoyz2565
    @kewltoyz2565 2 роки тому +10

    Billy breathes the way most of us feel. He's just that much closer to his sense of self and being. He show's us how to relax.

  • @redleader
    @redleader 4 роки тому +427

    For those of you just now finding Billy, I can tell you there is nothing like him. He is super hyper talented. He plays so many kinds of music. A blend of all the greats from the last 40 yrs. Its unreal and he loves loves loves to just go into a crazy space jam for days....it is so great and new. He is not shy about his love for the electronic pedals and gizmos. It gives his creativity such a hug palette. This dude channels , Garcia, Hendix, Page, Frampton, Clapton, it is so damn fine.

    • @suebeattie5101
      @suebeattie5101 4 роки тому +10

      Fully, dude. Billy strings is a marvel

    • @patrickhawkinson8399
      @patrickhawkinson8399 4 роки тому +16

      And he's not shy about singing about cocaine and prison either. He's the real deal. Bluegrass needs a rebel to shake things up.

    • @stybur19
      @stybur19 3 роки тому +1

      @@patrickhawkinson8399 rebel? Lol hes just another freemason sellout. His contract won't last forever...

    • @patrickhawkinson8399
      @patrickhawkinson8399 3 роки тому +5

      @@stybur19 How is he a sellout?

    • @stybur19
      @stybur19 3 роки тому

      @@patrickhawkinson8399 are you aware of freemasonry and its connection with the entertainment industry?

  • @PJTen
    @PJTen 4 роки тому +427

    Billy Strings has everything - guitar pickin’ superior to almost everyone who has ever touched the instrument, this amazing voice that soothes and feels as much a part of nature as the trees in the forest or the sky and clouds above, and perhaps the hardest for most musicians to accomplish - an incredible songwriting ability that pulls you in and twists your heart in two while at the same time making you happy to be alive... every word is perfect. This is the kind of music that makes you want to run faster, work harder, and live and love forever.

    • @Inertia888
      @Inertia888 4 роки тому +7

      Amen PJ !!

    • @PJTen
      @PJTen 4 роки тому +21

      Well, I have listed to this about 57 more times.. and my comment wasn’t meant to take anything from the rest of the band. I mean.. say their names. Jerrod Walker, Billy Failing, Royal Massat. Each one of these musicians is at the pinnacle for their respective instruments. Perfection.. each and every one!

    • @cara9467
      @cara9467 4 роки тому +9

      How do I 'love' this comment? Lol

    • @daisywares1
      @daisywares1 4 роки тому +5

      Yes indeed PJ.

    • @miles2928
      @miles2928 3 роки тому +4

      He is such a great musician.

  • @doctorgarbonzo2525
    @doctorgarbonzo2525 2 роки тому +7

    Billy & the Band has brought a unique perspective here that hasn't been seen & heard of for Years! Brought Country Music out of the Grave, This is real Country

  • @olivialynch422
    @olivialynch422 2 роки тому +65

    The way Billy shares the stage is just incredible.

  • @johnlund1464
    @johnlund1464 4 роки тому +316

    The country, world, universe needs Billy Strings and his band, and whoever sits in and plays with him, especially his dad Terry Barber.

    • @jimjones8268
      @jimjones8268 4 роки тому +2

      FaM

    • @hberry8844
      @hberry8844 4 роки тому +8

      Old steel drivers and billy strings colab would be..... man. And by old steeldrivers I mean chris stapleton

    • @ryanguitargodfrey
      @ryanguitargodfrey 4 роки тому +8

      Country music and bluegrass are too completely different worlds

    • @johnlund1464
      @johnlund1464 4 роки тому +4

      I agree, ,,,

    • @hberry8844
      @hberry8844 4 роки тому +6

      @@ryanguitargodfrey Word? Chirs Stapleton when he sang with SD was blue grass. Still love to see that colab regardless of what CS doing now. Would be sick.

  • @turbolife5912
    @turbolife5912 2 роки тому +7

    We have an Ampitheatre near my home Billy listening to you today took me back to childhood 50 year's ago we'd ride our bicycles then hike up to the Rebold hill Ocean lookout circa 1930s second World War then climb down the old face to the cave's left from 1920s limestone quarrying. Camping there with Perth's best view from the city to the Indian Ocean out West the moon's reflection making an imaginary pathway out to where apon reaching the horizon you could reach up and touch the moon. A moment in Time when the free imagination abundance and innocence of a child dreaming about an unknown World Thank you for your music regards William 🌏🎸🙏🏼🇦🇺❤️☮️

  • @HearHerePresents
    @HearHerePresents 3 роки тому +55

    Billy Strings is one of the few things that gives me hope for the future.

  • @debbiebeall2933
    @debbiebeall2933 Рік тому +5

    I just learned about Billy a month or 2 , and he's the best since Jimmy Martin, Bill Monroe , and so on, I love some good ole blue grass . Raised on it. That's all my mom and daddy listen to. Wish they were a live to hear Billy, they would agree with me 100%

  • @peterjongsma5540
    @peterjongsma5540 3 роки тому +3

    Binged on Tommy Emmanuel.
    Now I'm bingeing on Billy Strings.
    Brings a smile to my face and feet.
    Yep.
    My feet can't stop Smiling.

  • @stevecampbell5314
    @stevecampbell5314 3 роки тому +11

    This is what I grew up hearing around my grandparents in east TN.

  • @noahhart739
    @noahhart739 3 роки тому +9

    I dont say this about many people, but Billy Strings is very much an inspiration to me. I can listen to this artist sing & play his guitar for hours on end, and some day I hope I can live my life doing what I love with who I love.

  • @williamkolbenschlag6198
    @williamkolbenschlag6198 3 роки тому +14

    That look on his face at the end of Away From The Mire...he looks amazed by/in love with his guitar. I know I am!

    • @tylerjohnson269
      @tylerjohnson269 3 роки тому

      Its the perfect song to express it on too!!

  • @chilson.fillips
    @chilson.fillips 4 роки тому +63

    Don't get the low key shade some folks are slinging toward the band mates. Billy Strings AND the boys in the band are the absolute best. PERIOD. I was at this one and it was absolutely amazing!!! Who would have thought just 6 months later we'd be in the grips of a global pandemic. 😔 Stay safe everyone. It may be a while, but I'll see you at the next show!!

    • @CorneiliusLibowitz
      @CorneiliusLibowitz 4 роки тому +5

      Agreed. ALL members are at the top of their game. And let’s face it, they need to be top notch to to play at this level. Jarrod Walker won awards for his playing, and along with his brothers, they’re a force to be reckoned with.... As for singing....Flings got that high, lonesome sound, which harmonizes well with Strings. If you ask me, it should be called the ‘Billy Flings’ Band.

    • @Jen-nemo1934
      @Jen-nemo1934 4 роки тому +3

      Anyone that can keep up with this kid deserves their due credit. They're all amazing !! 😍😎

    • @aliveinupstate
      @aliveinupstate 4 роки тому +1

      Wish I could've made this one but the lady and I were on a road trip somewhere between Portland and Boise when they played. Let's hope we get em back here sooner than later!

    • @suebeattie5101
      @suebeattie5101 4 роки тому +1

      What a great band! Every one of them totally necessary all the time. Wow

    • @oldsoundz
      @oldsoundz 4 роки тому +1

      We got to see him 2 days after Red Rocks. They were still high AF. It was an amazing show. Crazy enough, we got to see their last live show also in Utah. Just before the shut down. Can't wait to see them again. Amazing live shows.

  • @kevina.zakariasen5571
    @kevina.zakariasen5571 2 роки тому +7

    So thankful this young man showed up in my feed. I have been listening steady for a few months and will be a fan for the rest of my days. Incredible skills, not many can pick a guitar like that. He will be the a common name in music for generations to come.

    • @Sleepy_Alligator
      @Sleepy_Alligator 2 роки тому

      100% agree. This young man is a rare rare talent. In interviews he seems really genuine, a sweet humble kid. Just love the energy, the emotion his music stirs in me. Most certainly he will be spoken of for a long time.

  • @janetsmith8634
    @janetsmith8634 Рік тому +13

    I am amazed at the clarity, progression, and unique music Billy Strings and band puts out yet hanging on to the real bluegrass!!! What a delight!!!!

  • @frankatchison2519
    @frankatchison2519 3 роки тому +8

    "Doc" Watson is smiling down on this performance (Seeing everything + everyone)!👍😇🇺🇸 Billy's flatpicking will be legendary someday too.

  • @kylet3390
    @kylet3390 4 роки тому +38

    If you look at the video with the sound off you’d expect them to be a 90s rock band. If you listen to the video without watching it you’d expect them to be a 1970s bluegrass band. Great job guys 🪕

    • @theajthomas
      @theajthomas 4 роки тому +3

      I grew up in the 90's and I don't recall any rock bands with Mandolin and Banjo and very few with stand up bass.

    • @kylet3390
      @kylet3390 4 роки тому +2

      Ignoring the instruments. Look how they dress and present themselves. I think it’s awesome.

    • @ISa-jy8ol
      @ISa-jy8ol 4 роки тому +2

      The old dont judge a book by its cover eh....

    • @ICU2HI
      @ICU2HI 4 роки тому +1

      @@theajthomas LEFTOVER SALMON,

    • @OhGodWhatIsThisAah
      @OhGodWhatIsThisAah 3 роки тому

      @@ICU2HI Ooh, Aquarium Rescue Unit, and a bunch of other jam bands too lol. Bela Fleck?!

  • @vintagetiger2059
    @vintagetiger2059 4 роки тому +40

    This guy has been diggin' draggin' punchin' and playing for years finally getting the respect he deserves Power to ya Billy Tiger

    • @D45VR
      @D45VR 3 роки тому +1

      he's only 25...

    • @blakedavenport8012
      @blakedavenport8012 3 роки тому +2

      @@D45VR and he’s been performing for 10+ years

  • @Grunt11B101
    @Grunt11B101 3 роки тому +5

    I dont know how I missed this guy over the years but Im ashamed. He is a legend. Glad I stumbled on him.

  • @TheSmendrick
    @TheSmendrick 3 роки тому +10

    turmoil and tinfoil is such an amazing fusion of bluegrass and Metal. all of these guys are truly amazing. Love it

  • @billylux4046
    @billylux4046 4 роки тому +5

    Got turned on to Billy Strings about 6 months ago. Dust in a Baggie has been on my rapid rotation Play List ever since.
    This Live performance is Fantastic.
    Love the Jammin’

  • @TheOnlySolipsist
    @TheOnlySolipsist 3 роки тому +39

    Billy is like the secret special recipe that’s been enjoyed by the few has been let out to the masses no doubt to become a living legend. he has a talent ingrained in his very DNA. he will define American music. i am very happy to witness his journey through the years and thoroughly enjoy every note.

  • @apancher
    @apancher 2 роки тому +6

    I saw Billy live last night for the first time in Indianapolis. I'm hooked for life.

  • @CalixaCal
    @CalixaCal 3 роки тому +5

    My interest in bluegrass music skyrocketed when I saw Billy sing one. A living legend, indeed.

  • @redplanetdrifter3352
    @redplanetdrifter3352 4 роки тому +66

    I don't know, I was born in 66' so I'm a few years too young to remember, but this has to be what it was like when people first heard Hendrix. I've been following Billy for a couple years now, and he just consistently keeps blowing my mind.

    • @crunch9876
      @crunch9876 4 роки тому +1

      Joe Combs how is he the most talented? In what way?

    • @stephenhanlin2388
      @stephenhanlin2388 4 роки тому +3

      crunch9876 idk if he’s the most talented but i will say his originality sets him apart. Songwriting is just as good as his music

    • @stoojinator
      @stoojinator 4 роки тому +2

      @@crunch9876 Maybe Joe's only seen one musician? He's stating this from a personal perspective, not spouting it as gospel.

    • @stoojinator
      @stoojinator 4 роки тому +3

      It's not just Billy though - although I won't disagree that he is amazingly talented. The musicians who play along with him are also incredible.

    • @daniellerider2363
      @daniellerider2363 4 роки тому +1

      It is beautiful

  • @paulburke3917
    @paulburke3917 4 роки тому +48

    F'in love this dude! Him and Marcus King have saved music for me!

    • @seankrause1891
      @seankrause1891 3 роки тому +4

      My two new favs for sure.

    • @chrishickie8600
      @chrishickie8600 3 роки тому +2

      Absolutely. Throw a little Gary Clarke Jr in there and you have a majestic trio.

    • @VibrationsfromMirror
      @VibrationsfromMirror 3 роки тому

      YOU MUST check out Roosterwalk show '19 where they played first together! Fricking HOT sold take my money! Got to be here on yt. One of the best shows on this millennia, imo! But the scene helped ) July 1st Va. GROWS! Love~

  • @lindareinert5900
    @lindareinert5900 2 роки тому +12

    I need to say THANK YOU to these incredible guys who share their gifts with us.

  • @dlk7003
    @dlk7003 3 роки тому +2

    Many complain how today's talented young musicians can't make it. Billy Strings proves this wrong. Yes, the talent bar is extremely high: instrumental virtuosity, vocal virtuosity, songwriting talent, and the hardworking ability to collaborate and promote. And here he is- filling Red Rocks Amphitheater with 10,000 people at age 26. It can still be done if you have the right gifts.

    • @D45VR
      @D45VR 3 роки тому

      and attitude.

  • @Hendrix.
    @Hendrix. 4 роки тому +47

    All that smoke coming from their strings.

    • @tylerjohnson269
      @tylerjohnson269 3 роки тому

      Thats when you know the shows hit hot status in Colorado!!!

  • @MrStradia
    @MrStradia 4 роки тому +114

    Not sure how I got to this video, but I'm not sad. Never heard of him before.

    • @robertdenton2638
      @robertdenton2638 4 роки тому +10

      I stumbled on his stuff a few months ago. He is amazing!

    • @coryCuc
      @coryCuc 4 роки тому +5

      You're in for a treat lol.

    • @Samantha-do9iq
      @Samantha-do9iq 4 роки тому +4

      My favorite!!!

    • @rikjohnson812
      @rikjohnson812 4 роки тому +9

      Same, but it was a couple years ago. I'm a big fan now. I generally stick with death metal and freeform jazz, but this is really good stuff

    • @seraphale
      @seraphale 4 роки тому +2

      @@rikjohnson812 🤘🏼🤠

  • @cjkanedc
    @cjkanedc 3 роки тому +65

    I stumbled along this just today. Never heard of these guys. All I can say is WOW! Great stuff, really great.

    • @ronmyers2110
      @ronmyers2110 3 роки тому +6

      Buckle upand check him out. This guy is hands down the best flat picker on earth today. He is constantly releasing new stuff.

    • @jadecady3424
      @jadecady3424 3 роки тому +4

      Welcome aboard

    • @stevensullivan5282
      @stevensullivan5282 3 роки тому +3

      @@jadecady3424 Took the words out of my mouth. Be excellent to eachother. Party on dudes.

    • @jamigen1
      @jamigen1 3 роки тому +2

      Go back and look at his stuff when he was a kid. Woe.. You'll Melt

    • @tokziikk5610
      @tokziikk5610 3 роки тому

      Billy is serious man dude is incredible and a dope person to meet.

  • @MichaelTaylor-mm9lq
    @MichaelTaylor-mm9lq 3 роки тому +4

    How have I only just stumbled across this now.....absolutely unbelievable!!!!!
    I'm at a loss for words.....

  • @Benjamin_Holland
    @Benjamin_Holland 4 роки тому +41

    Billy is an Alien. From planet bluegrass.. when he plays he emits pure grass, he looks human but he really isn't. ... New pentagon footage!

    • @eatyourbroccoli
      @eatyourbroccoli 4 роки тому +1

      PURE GRASS

    • @EndingTimes0
      @EndingTimes0 4 роки тому +3

      I hear hes got 2 extra invisible alien fingers and thats how he plays so good. Plus he can pick his nose without anyone seeing.

  • @AndrewOlsenMusic
    @AndrewOlsenMusic 3 роки тому +17

    27:19 may be one of my favorite moments. What band chemistry! Mirrored licks starting with guitar, going to banjo, ending with mando

  • @hippiesusesidedoor191
    @hippiesusesidedoor191 3 роки тому +12

    How have I not heard this BLESSING TO MANKIND before? This is gift to be shared...

  • @reggiedunlop2222
    @reggiedunlop2222 Рік тому +9

    People need to forget about defining hi genre and just appreciate him for the musician that he is. An excellent one!

  • @margaretstoner4701
    @margaretstoner4701 2 роки тому +3

    If you musians painted a million words, this band of brothers deserve the LOVE AND LOYALTY they share in an unconsible way that ( ya know, the LYRICS are the song of our "souls" ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎯

  • @AnthonyBode-uu5np
    @AnthonyBode-uu5np Рік тому +4

    Billy Strings you and your band are facing amazing!!! You take me back to the happiest times in my life when my mom and grandpa,grandma and family and friends would get together and play bluegrass music and old country songs with each other and no one has made my hair stand up from picking a guitar, mandolin, stand up bass, fiddle, banjo l, or any instrument since my grandfather was alive until I had the chance to hear you pick man!!! You got it man!!! Absolutely are my favorite lead guitar picker and singer I've had the privilege to listen to since I was a kid and my grandfather was the only other person that had that kind of talent I've ever seen and heard 💯!!! My mom sings Patsy Cline and since my grandfather passed away she said that no one was able to play for her so she hasn't song with any band since, it's sad. My grandfather could play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, stand up bass, banjo, steal guitar, and even a piano. Not only could he play all them he was amazing on all of them. You would have fit right in with my grandparents, mother, and all the rest of the family and friends who got together and played. Wish you could have met and played with my grandfather!

  • @terryt2910
    @terryt2910 6 місяців тому +2

    I hear Billy Strings pushing the envelope of Blue Grass beyond, and with more talent, than most others have. I saw him and his band a couple years ago. One of the best concerts I heard. Amazing versatility.

  • @flapjackson6077
    @flapjackson6077 2 роки тому +12

    I’m binge watching this video. It’s a trip! I love how it goes from daylight to dusk. The band is killing it! I love Billy’s use of pedals. The band is so freeking tight! Such great musicians!
    All things Billy Strings!

  • @jend2915
    @jend2915 3 роки тому +5

    The best freshest brightest beautiful music in a long time. Bless you Billy Strings!

  • @JonathanE1961
    @JonathanE1961 Рік тому +8

    His music is a fresh breeze

  • @BassPlayer9000
    @BassPlayer9000 2 роки тому +6

    Can confirm am spiraling down rabbit hole of Billy Strings greatness. I feel lucky and blessed to have these amazing musicians to listen to and like holy cow these guys can play. I play bass myself but these guys are on another level of talented. I support it 100%

  • @forthedoggiesguitars2277
    @forthedoggiesguitars2277 8 днів тому

    “Hey mama, You seen him, you dug him, with the beat that’s sweet and the jive is alive, your very own muchacho, Billy Strings.”
    - Buddy Berkman

  • @russellmetzger1499
    @russellmetzger1499 4 роки тому +104

    Billy Strings and band are the best thing going.

  • @TheLarousse89
    @TheLarousse89 3 роки тому +36

    I'm a metal head and lowkey excited about seeing him live.

    • @maxwallstrom3170
      @maxwallstrom3170 3 роки тому +3

      Billy is a metalhead too! He was wearing a Cryptopsy shirt in an interview once

    • @damiandavis4831
      @damiandavis4831 3 роки тому +2

      same here... i never imagined myself actually kind of ENJOYING anything related to country...

    • @dpeady78
      @dpeady78 3 роки тому +2

      Same here, this music is metal and technical as fuck

    • @seanrielly9090
      @seanrielly9090 2 роки тому +2

      Metal head here as well. This guy is incredible. I'm hooked on this sound now.

  • @biffniak
    @biffniak 2 роки тому +2

    I never knew how much I love Bluegrass until I saw Billy Strings at a House concert with only 40 or 50 people. Now I get tickets whenever I can.

    • @anthonytruman
      @anthonytruman 2 роки тому +1

      Its so good!

    • @anthonytruman
      @anthonytruman 2 роки тому +1

      I'm jealous you saw him play at a small house concert

  • @tomsawyer3947
    @tomsawyer3947 7 місяців тому +1

    You shine God's Creation. I have no words.

  • @jakehirschman1533
    @jakehirschman1533 3 роки тому +6

    Discovered Billy Strings in a deadhead group, can’t believe the talent this group has.

  • @brendanmcg8566
    @brendanmcg8566 4 роки тому +13

    This is perfection in every way. Music isn't dead quite yet.

    • @gregfishel4559
      @gregfishel4559 4 роки тому +1

      Only just recently - maybe 2 months ago - "discovered" Billy and his band - I just cant get enough of him - an incredible talent - and he really seems to enjoy just playing so much

    • @Space_Toasty
      @Space_Toasty 4 роки тому +3

      Music gets better and better, but there's just aloy more bullshit to sift through to find it

    • @vahrzawofficialtracks
      @vahrzawofficialtracks 4 роки тому +1

      It’s very much alive, just not that innovative and thus, pretty boring. But... these kids with guts and skills appear and change the game for the better.

    • @dverygrateful1
      @dverygrateful1 3 роки тому

      The music never stops!

  • @ext93
    @ext93 3 роки тому +6

    Discovered Billy Strings 4 hours ago, and now I'm going to any show of his that I can get to. What an incredible talent

  • @akatripclaymore.9679
    @akatripclaymore.9679 Рік тому +9

    Billy & His band are amazing! I bet he loves the fact that he was able to do Red Rock...It is kinda like getting on SNL (you know you are on your way) for real.

    • @CorneiliusLibowitz
      @CorneiliusLibowitz Рік тому +2

      Yeah...NBC is behind the 8-ball on this one... The other network late night shows already had them on ages ago... Love to see them perform on SNL instead of most of the crap they book on the show....

    • @faaaaaaaaaaack
      @faaaaaaaaaaack 8 місяців тому

      They just played at the biggest venue in my city two nights in a row. Tore the house down

  • @MrBixsonic
    @MrBixsonic 3 роки тому +84

    Been playing guitar since I was 14, pushing 60 now..the speed and accuracy of his flat picking is truly insane..He's flying and he never misses...

    • @carolyngarman1422
      @carolyngarman1422 3 роки тому +7

      I grew up in a bluegrass playing family in Appalachian Mtns, I'm in my, 60s and I've never seen anything like him. He's got it all. I could listen to him for days nonstop.

    • @carolyngarman1422
      @carolyngarman1422 3 роки тому +5

      I grew up in a bluegrass playing family in Appalachian Mtns, I'm in my, 60s and I've never seen anything like him. He's got it all. I could listen to him for days nonstop. I've always liked progressive grass.

  • @STolley317
    @STolley317 4 роки тому +33

    Absolutely amazing what they're doing with Bluegrass...Lyrically and musically 100% original sounds. Thank YOU BILLY !!!!

  • @robkay3172
    @robkay3172 3 роки тому +9

    Its April 2021 and the heaven's blessed me with this in my recommended. I started watching today around 1 pm and I have had a joyful afternoon. Those melodies and rhythms bring tears to my eyes and chills to my body. Absolutely 💯 amazing.

  • @hotpinklady
    @hotpinklady Рік тому +8

    Billy Strings a talent to be reckoned with for many moons and excellent musicians accompanying him!!! Fantastic sound crew!!! Couldn't be set up any better!!!

  • @gotchu99
    @gotchu99 4 роки тому +5

    Billy has the talent and charisma of a Stevie Ray Vaughan. A once in a generationl artist. I hope he continues to excel and broaden his audience. The best new young musical phenom this world needs right now.

  • @slapshot6ful
    @slapshot6ful 3 роки тому +8

    Was thinking about my grandpa, and looked up some Chet Atkins. Ended up here, and wish i could have shown him this. Keep picking guys, beautiful music.

  • @sea1599
    @sea1599 2 роки тому +6

    Addicted.. to the sound of this Billy Strings and gang's amazing sounds, man! 🙌. Who.. needs drugs, when you have THIS!?!? LORD, HAE MERCY, THIS IS SOOO GOOD! THANK YOU, FOR THIS GIFT! ❤️

  • @user-sc5hh4cc2b
    @user-sc5hh4cc2b 2 місяці тому +1

    Oh my my . I have no words . I can't wait to see Billy in Tampa .

  • @mc3666
    @mc3666 4 роки тому +47

    Billy has taken progressive bluegrass to a new level... One of the best acoustic guitarists out there today and he keeps getting better! It won't be long before he headlines this place.

    • @andrewmast60
      @andrewmast60 4 роки тому +3

      Can't believe he isn't already

    • @jadecady3424
      @jadecady3424 3 роки тому

      Picking getar yes please

    • @scottmoore3508
      @scottmoore3508 3 роки тому +2

      Fast forward 10 months And dudes a Grammy award winner

    • @aquarius4562
      @aquarius4562 2 роки тому +2

      @@scottmoore3508 Grammy does not deserve Billy.

  • @mikekuun
    @mikekuun 3 роки тому +8

    Hadn't ever heard of Billy Strings till about a week ago. Seriously gifted fellow this one, oooozing talent. Damn!!!

  • @aspectsofmax
    @aspectsofmax 2 роки тому +2

    I was today years old when I discovered Billy Strings.

  • @headrushindi
    @headrushindi 3 роки тому +28

    I have been a rocker all my life , played in several bands. But I am eclectic. I love Opera, country, and definitely appreciate the sincerity and incredible roots of bluegrass. But here's a kid who looks like he should be the front man for a pop rock or metal band, and he is doing with , and for bluegrass, things I have never heard before. He is making blue grass accessible and cool for the younger generations. God love Doc Watson , and the trailblazers who laid the groundwork of genius in the past...but Billy here is the NEXT legend methinks !!!

    • @sdwndr66
      @sdwndr66 2 роки тому +1

      Absolutely 💯 % agree! This guy can jam like I've never before seen! Love his music!

    • @rosscampbell1173
      @rosscampbell1173 2 роки тому

      I think he was playing metal at one point. You can se him play Voodoo Chile here on UA-cam.

    • @robertflagg2461
      @robertflagg2461 2 роки тому +1

      Very well said!!!! To headrush