Billy has to be the best RUclips recommendation i have ever been given... I found him about 8 weeks ago and have not stopped listening since, and im not even a huge fan of blugrass !!!!
One of the things I like best about Billy Strings is his willingness and ability to surround himself with other great musicians and make space for everyone to not only show their own individual virtuosity, but to explore together new ideas about what’s possible for a bluegrass ensemble.
Billy needs to bring "Sidequest Satchel dude" from that one livingroom video to all his gigs and have him just stand behind the band grinning with a cigarette hanging from his mouth the whole show.
Billy is fantastic, to be sure, but let’s give the band some credit! First of all for just keeping up with him, but also for their sheer talent. That banjo player is excellent, as are the mandolin player and bassist. Great listening, great energy.
I’ve been on the Billy strings bandwagon for about a year now.. and the ride just keeps getting better and better ✌️can’t seem to get enough of this dude.. I would love to see him live before I die 🙏❤️👍
Ha, Hi there then, This is all so cool, I joined not quite a week ago. And this wonderful man has not only given me the motivation back to pick up my 6 String whenever I can, He also instantly changed my life around without even noticing it. I can`t remember ever being this happy through and through, then when Billie starts llicking! I could kiss the guy
When I first discovered Billy, I felt happy thinking that bluegrass has some new blood. Since learning more of what he's doing I think it's more like a new Beethoven
If you never learned to play a Guitar you really can't get a real appreciation for what this guy can doing. It ain't easy. He's amazing. Practice practice practice. And hole handful God gifted. Ability.
This guy is an amazing guitar player so glad I came across his videos and his story he tells of his dad having to sell his Martin guitar and how Billy got it back for him 7 yrs later was just a heartfelt story I'm now a Fan 🎸🎸🎶🎵
I'm not going to apologize for seeking the source GOD and others involved know I'd pay ultimate prices to unveil the true magnificence of talent like Billy Strings.....he is truly a virtuoso phenom.
I keep coming back to this video. The musicianship is stunning! Also, the sound quality and mix is perfect! Love it. Billy Strings and band are going to go far.
Same here in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains bill strings is true talent been fallowing him and his band since the beginning thay all pick so well together grew up on it going to festivals with family thanks for keeping old timey tradition alive with a new little bit of modern day hippie you school love to but you still show that that don't forget the roots
Fez C He’s got through some shit. And hit a point where he could either go down a dark path. Or manifest those emotions into music. Or something like that, idk I’m high
I have watched this performance a half a dozen times in the last month. sitting alone in front of my computer with the sound turned up loud. Each time, when they finish playing, I start applauding. I can't help it!
I had a really shitty day today and I thought, hey, maybe some music will help, you haven't listened to any in quite a while. So there I am, cycling through a good chunk of my history, but nothing really clicks - almost getting bored by my favourite songs. No idea which one was the first, but this must be the 50th Billy Strings song by now. I kind of am having a good day again.
I always love bluegrass, my daddy played it, his little bro played that with a r&r twist. This guy took all my favorites about music and made me cry. At 65, still Love music, but honestly didn't think I'd hear anyone blow me away again. Leo Kottke, Beck, Hendrix, SRV, Molly--darn. sitting here with my kleenex after finally doing the aerobics my doc's been trying to get me to do for a year! Love this kid.
Like everyone with the ability to hear music, I am B L O W N away by this talented BAND.... but holy guacamole, what Billy does from 4:53 on is pure GENIUS! And my god, how those folks are still sitting down is beyond me... I'm standing up and dancing... while driving at the same time!! :)
I only discovered this kid a couple of months ago when I saw him do a duet with Tommy Emmanuel. As soon as I saw him I knew he was a rare talent and now I'm a huge fan. What he does with that guitar is truly original.
Holy shit ! That's exactly what I think .. those OLD -FUCKIN -SHITS in the front row ... NEED to be replaced by the LOVELY-ROWDY-BUNCH in the back ROW !!! FRONT ROW ... OLD BICHES DON'T even know what they are looking at.... Billy's talent doesn't come from here... It comes from a different place
I saw these guys live a couple weeks ago, and cannot recommend it enough. The band is simply perfect on stage, like they are 4 musicians controlled by the same brain. The guy doing sound was spot on, and the crowd friendly and energetic. I can't wait to catch another show.
@@apancher I already know. Saw them in June, 2018 and have been chomping on the bit to see them since then. I was blown away at that show and have been hooked ever since!!!
@Challenge Accepted Yea. It sounds a little strange when I tell my friends that there's a badass bluegrass guitar player who could cover Hendrix or SRV, works in what sounds like hip hop record scratching, has gauged ears, and headbangs.
@Noble Failures Good music is what is going on here, including his voice, and an intuitive feel for his guitar. If you can't hear it then just keep "wondering…"
Holy. Sh*t. It's an understatement to say that Billy does things on a guitar I've never seen or heard before. I don't know if that's bluegrass...I don't know what it is....but it kicks a whole lot of ass.
Life long punk rocker, this kid is just something else.. been listening to him for a year and a half thanks to PBS and Bluegrass Underground, it reminds me of the discovery of Stevie Ray Vaughn pre-fame, just something really special.. I really hope he has a long and blessed life and career and avoids all the pitfalls of skyrocketing fortune 'cause his composing, picking, and his vocals are all really exceptional.
When Billy gets into that part, where He's playing way low down on the guitar strings, ,making those magical sounds, like I have never heard. When He sings his voice is beyond amazing, also! He is outstanding and One of a kind real guitar playing young Man. mad props and respect for the rest of this unbelievably talented band. Together They mesh like CRAZY! TY.
I keep watching this. I think what he is doing with that guitar is incredible and somehow new too and he has emerged as an amazing musician. It's great to see.
I played professionally with a great blues singer for a short while. We strived to maintain a musical "groove" which sounds silly but it exists. For any musician to maintain a groove thru so many changes is amazing. Billy is a groove machine.
The 4 people who thumb downed this must not know what the hell they just heard............ Or accidentally hit that button. This kids a prodigy!!!!!! I love the trippy bluegrass sound!!!
I have seen so many musicians perform but hands down, none of them EVER performed at the level or with even close to the passion and heart and soul and SKILL and TALENT that Billy Strings does!! He is the greatest. A true legend.
Yah, we were lucky enough to be there. It went on and on! Billy's girlfriend called as the evening got late. He answered on stage, chatted, then went back to playing. It was awesome! A night to remember for sure.
He also used to play death metal and didn't even own an electric guitar for a while before coming back to bluegrass. But needless to say he's one of my favorite artists today.
Jim Burns I have seen both Kottke and Segovia in the early 80’s. Hope to see this dude one day. Segovia was on his last legs but still great. Tommy Emanuel was here in Spokane last year but I missed him.
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Billy has to be the best RUclips recommendation i have ever been given... I found him about 8 weeks ago and have not stopped listening since, and im not even a huge fan of blugrass !!!!
Thank you! His jams are addictive!
@@HumblePie5221 Very !! Thanks for the upload and reply.
Same here. Billy's going to be a huge star.
Billy is very good!
He reminds me with his looks of what a young George Thorogood (spelled wrong) looked like, probably.
One of the things I like best about Billy Strings is his willingness and ability to surround himself with other great musicians and make space for everyone to not only show their own individual virtuosity, but to explore together new ideas about what’s possible for a bluegrass ensemble.
This is the dude that gives the lessons to folks who visit the crossroads.
What a way to go.
I'm 65 been listening to bluegrass since i was knee high to a grasshopper and all i can say is .....AMAZING.
I hope to make it to red rocks this year.
Let's hear it for Terrance McKenna on Mandolin!
McKenna is a legend!
This was the first time I saw Terrance cut loose on the mandolin. I knew he was good, but I didn't know he was that good.
Like... The Terrance McKenna that does dmt research??
A younger chubby version 😂
@@stringbean9521
I suppose the one that Did.
He's a past tense now.
Billy needs to bring "Sidequest Satchel dude" from that one livingroom video to all his gigs and have him just stand behind the band grinning with a cigarette hanging from his mouth the whole show.
Only he has enough weed in that bag for everyone.
Green shirt guy, the myth, the legend
Strangely I know exactly who you’re talking about.. I recon I’m a fan 🤣🤣🤣
Amen to that!
you win the Internet today sir.
There is nobody, living or dead that has ever drawn breath on this planet, that can play guitar better than Billy Strings.
That is all.
How about Roy Clark Chet Adkins I can go on
Truth my brother!!!
Wrong. Jeff Healey
@@jameshoward7210 nope
Maybe not the greatest guitarist of all time but you can't deny his talent and potential.
The whole band is unbelievably talented. As for Billy Strings, there are no words to adequately describe that level of talent.
Totally agree, he was born to this life.
Billy is fantastic, to be sure, but let’s give the band some credit! First of all for just keeping up with him, but also for their sheer talent. That banjo player is excellent, as are the mandolin player and bassist. Great listening, great energy.
Totally agree. They are all amazing, and they play together so well.
Oh, hell ya. They can't be less than awesome. It just wouldn't work.
Dennis Ferrell
Yup, the band is great.
The mando player has improved leaps and bounds over the last few years. This band will be tearing it up for quite some time! Super stoked
@@freedapeeple4049 v
Honestly ive never heard anything like this. This is the best.
Billy just won a Grammy for Home. Crazy to see a legend in their prime
Dude is out of his gourd.
He will be around for a long time I recon. Brilliant at what he does as is his band. Couldn’t have selected a better group to back him.
He hasn’t even found himself yet when he does he is going to be a bombshell on the music industry
I’ve been on the Billy strings bandwagon for about a year now.. and the ride just keeps getting better and better ✌️can’t seem to get enough of this dude.. I would love to see him live before I die 🙏❤️👍
Doooo it!
Ha, Hi there then, This is all so cool, I joined not quite a week ago. And this wonderful man has not only given me the motivation back to pick up my 6 String whenever I can, He also instantly changed my life around without even noticing it. I can`t remember ever being this happy through and through, then when Billie starts llicking! I could kiss the guy
same
Me too the closest he got to Phoenix is Vegas
@Greg - Not sure if you've heard of Sierra Ferrell, but check her out. She's played with Billy Strings a few times. What a voice!
It's almost like he goes into a trance and nothing else matters and becomes one with the guitar
I mean if he didn't have a guitar he really would only be a fraction of himself
It’s like he’s amazed at what his fingers can play
Billy *ALMOST* made the banjo player smile...
Taken us where we've never been...
When I first discovered Billy, I felt happy thinking that bluegrass has some new blood. Since learning more of what he's doing I think it's more like a new Beethoven
Never thought bluegrass could get so damn funky! Whole band is insanely talented, and Billy himself is on another level!
I like how they don't have to have gimmicky getups or look and act a certain way, they just play the genre they like
Thats bluegrass. No gimmicks. Just good old entertainment. All. Natural. No frills.
Been so long that I have shed tears of joy to music I have never heard before.
I can't even remember.
Thank you.
This is new, a new genre.
None of the people who have hit, "dislike" have have ever picked up an instrument!!
It's bots.
That ain't no shit.
The most true statement I've ever heard. @Kaiser Sozay
The most true statement I've ever heard.
If you never learned to play a Guitar you really can't get a real appreciation for what this guy can doing. It ain't easy. He's amazing. Practice practice practice. And hole handful God gifted. Ability.
Please keep musical and art and free speech RUclips. I love watching as long as I can ! F censorship!!!!!
This guy is an amazing guitar player so glad I came across his videos and his story he tells of his dad having to sell his Martin guitar and how Billy got it back for him 7 yrs later was just a heartfelt story I'm now a Fan 🎸🎸🎶🎵
Great story ❤❤❤
Grammy winner let's goooo!!!
Yesssss!!
BMFS 🐐🐐
You only see these kinds of people once in a lifetime.. he's like Michael Jordan but With a 🎸
Legend has it, that guitar got pregnant at this show.
Hahaha!
Twins!
The best comment!
Lmao
I just wanna let you know Im stealing this and saying it forever like I came up with it. 😆 Best comment ever!
everyone in this audience underpaid for this ticket
I'm not going to apologize for seeking the source GOD and others involved know I'd pay ultimate prices to unveil the true magnificence of talent like Billy Strings.....he is truly a virtuoso phenom.
Their reaction in the beginning is pittifull. They were kickin' ass and the audience just had their arms crossed liked they were watching the news....
God damn right. Holy shit.
Wow!!!!
How sad to put a price on gifted talent
Billy is a once in a lifetime type Talent. He's as good a guitar player as Elvis was a singer performer. Outstanding!
I keep coming back to this video. The musicianship is stunning! Also, the sound quality and mix is perfect! Love it. Billy Strings and band are going to go far.
vocals are on point
RIP, Jerry Reed,, Jimi Henrix, Eddie Vsn Halen and so on. THIS KID ROCKS!!!!!
Thanks for the shout out to Jerry Reed! Excellent observation.
The longest guitar solo you wish would never end. So many different textures and ideas. Brilliant!!!
Wished it ended before it started
É!! Tantas ideias geniais ,anbientes musicais!!
Facts
Hold up Did he just become a Dj and scratch on the guitar! UNFUCKINBELEIVEABLE! HE touched every genre of music!
I think the genuine audience reaction at the end is great and it solidifies this performance. His early days are great.
Headbanging Bluegrass, does an old Tennessee hillbilly proud!
I FUCKIN' LOVE this!!!!??
Kentucky dudes abide!
SHEEEUT FAR! You know what I’m saying
Same here in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains bill strings is true talent been fallowing him and his band since the beginning thay all pick so well together grew up on it going to festivals with family thanks for keeping old timey tradition alive with a new little bit of modern day hippie you school love to but you still show that that don't forget the roots
Yesirree! This old hillbilly chick is happy as can be.
I do believe this boy has been to “The Crossroads” if you know what I mean. That was phenomenal!!!
Yes, yes, yes!!!
Yup
I don't know what you mean. What does that mean
Fez C He’s got through some shit. And hit a point where he could either go down a dark path. Or manifest those emotions into music. Or something like that, idk I’m high
Some of it reminds me of Quicksilver Messenger Service. Of course the Dead. They are a shredding bluegrass jam band.
This is OUT OF THIS WORLD... Eternally Grateful to bare witness to Billy's Journey
I have watched this performance a half a dozen times in the last month. sitting alone in front of my computer with the sound turned up loud. Each time, when they finish playing, I start applauding. I can't help it!
Funny - the first time I saw him on my computer I applauded too. And the name Billy Strings just gels perfectly with what he does.
I keep coming back and watching this over and over again. One of the most SMOKIN' performances I've ever seen.
Thank you! I agree and listen frequently myself.
Same here.
Sameeee here, kids got me hooked !!
I had a really shitty day today and I thought, hey, maybe some music will help, you haven't listened to any in quite a while.
So there I am, cycling through a good chunk of my history, but nothing really clicks - almost getting bored by my favourite songs.
No idea which one was the first, but this must be the 50th Billy Strings song by now. I kind of am having a good day again.
Glad we could help! Music is good for the soul!
What just happened?
Something truly awesome
I always love bluegrass, my daddy played it, his little bro played that with a r&r twist. This guy took all my favorites about music and made me cry. At 65, still Love music, but honestly didn't think I'd hear anyone blow me away again. Leo Kottke, Beck, Hendrix, SRV, Molly--darn. sitting here with my kleenex after finally doing the aerobics my doc's been trying to get me to do for a year! Love this kid.
Every member of this band is absolutely killing it!!!!
Yep!
Killing it, but not in a good way
@@anoicinfo4414 yeah they suck
Finally, someone agrees with me
Destended for fame.
Omfg what did I just hear this man just made the acoustic guitar do things I didn't even know it could do ❤
I’m pretty sure that guitar had an orgasm🤷🏻♂️
@@LB-er1gf I know I did 😅
He’s genius on the guitar and the boy can sing I ain’t anything comparable since Hendrix
Because he is using effects. Acoustic guitar alone does not sound like that
Love the little psychedlic trips in there.
Had no idea his voice was that good.... and he continues to explore new universes with the guitar :0
Like everyone with the ability to hear music, I am B L O W N away by this talented BAND.... but holy guacamole, what Billy does from 4:53 on is pure GENIUS!
And my god, how those folks are still sitting down is beyond me... I'm standing up and dancing... while driving at the same time!! :)
Saw Tom Morello doing this back in 92, but yeah Billy rocks!
He's scratchin', minus the turntable!!! LOL Talent
Assisted living memory unit.
Felt like I couldn't catch my breath while watching that. Incredible
I don't know how ANYONE could give this a thumbs down.....
HOLY SHIT !!!!!! Those strings are on fire 🔥
I only discovered this kid a couple of months ago when I saw him do a duet with Tommy Emmanuel. As soon as I saw him I knew he was a rare talent and now I'm a huge fan. What he does with that guitar is truly original.
That’s the same one that got me in. So happy it came up for me.
I think it’s safe to say he blew the doors off of the Muddy Creek Music Hall that night
These guys are giving the audience pure gold and those corpses can barely move their feet.
Holy shit ! That's exactly what I think .. those
OLD -FUCKIN -SHITS
in the front row ... NEED to be replaced by the
LOVELY-ROWDY-BUNCH
in the back ROW !!! FRONT ROW ... OLD BICHES DON'T even know what they are looking at.... Billy's talent doesn't come from here... It comes from a different place
@@eileenkite6725 you'll be them one day you'll just be shitting on younger people then
Billy strings is awesome 👍👍👍
I think those people realize they’re witnessing a genius! Incredible!
I can't even process this. Holy milkmuffins.
Holy milkmuffins.....I'm gonna use that. Ha!
This dude is scratching vinyl on his guitar 😂🤯
I saw these guys live a couple weeks ago, and cannot recommend it enough. The band is simply perfect on stage, like they are 4 musicians controlled by the same brain. The guy doing sound was spot on, and the crowd friendly and energetic. I can't wait to catch another show.
Seeing them in November...can't wait!!!
@@CorneiliusLibowitz be prepared for greatness.
@@apancher I already know. Saw them in June, 2018 and have been chomping on the bit to see them since then. I was blown away at that show and have been hooked ever since!!!
58 billion notes played in 13 minutes! Goddamn this man can play!
Ha! Who's counting?? Yep....damn good!
2021 Grammy WINNER for BEST BLUEGRASS ALBUM for "HOME"!!!! Congratulations Billy Strings!! ❤
God damn it I wouldn’t be able to sit down or stop yelling if I was in that crowd.
New Level Achieved: Eternal God Prestige Gold 50.
We're not worthy!
He’s only 25-years-old. Hope I’m around long enough to hear him when he’s 45, he’s just gonna keep getting better.
David Bergin May be never take a helicopter ride!
Around the same age as my kids but unlike them he has a daddy who can also play a smoking guitar.
this guy does to bluegrass what SRV did to blues...
I like that, the Stevie Ray of bluegrass!
Yeah. He's bluegrass shredding. Cool.
@Challenge Accepted Yea. It sounds a little strange when I tell my friends that there's a badass bluegrass guitar player who could cover Hendrix or SRV, works in what sounds like hip hop record scratching, has gauged ears, and headbangs.
I swear Billy Strings is SRV reincarnated! 😇
@Noble Failures Good music is what is going on here, including his voice, and an intuitive feel for his guitar. If you can't hear it then just keep "wondering…"
Holy. Sh*t. It's an understatement to say that Billy does things on a guitar I've never seen or heard before. I don't know if that's bluegrass...I don't know what it is....but it kicks a whole lot of ass.
No kidding!
Have mercy them boys can play
This dude is bringing back rock and roll
His own brand of Rock N Roll!
Sarah Owens check out Turmoil and Tinfoil... old fashioned rockandroll for sure in that one
Rock n roll?? Lol do you even know what you are hearing?
@@herbythechef7624 yeah...it's rock. Do you even know where rock comes from? Blues and Bluegrass
@@SP-mf9sh oh please dont school me on music.
This is all I'll ever need to know. 🤯🤯🤯
That boys got the spirit.
Life long punk rocker, this kid is just something else.. been listening to him for a year and a half thanks to PBS and Bluegrass Underground, it reminds me of the discovery of Stevie Ray Vaughn pre-fame, just something really special.. I really hope he has a long and blessed life and career and avoids all the pitfalls of skyrocketing fortune 'cause his composing, picking, and his vocals are all really exceptional.
Stunning, blew my brains out.
I would love to see him perform with the great Joe Bonamassa..
This is why he is Billy strings
The one and only...
I have no words to express...I'm completely floored by this bands talent
Holy shit I had no Idea he won a Grammy! Love to see talent make it.
That boy touches my soul
A virtuoso performance that's both stupendously entertaining and a workshop on the mastery of your instrument. Full of surprises from start to finish.
Billy just takes everything that a good ole boy would hear growing up and literally puts it all into one he's simply genius
When Billy gets into that part, where He's playing way low down on the guitar strings, ,making those magical sounds, like I have never heard. When He sings his voice is beyond amazing, also! He is outstanding and One of a kind real guitar playing young Man. mad props and respect for the rest of this unbelievably talented band. Together They mesh like CRAZY! TY.
If this is bluegrass’s torch bearer, I’m in.
I keep watching this. I think what he is doing with that guitar is incredible and somehow new too and he has emerged as an amazing musician. It's great to see.
I think we've found a new jimmi, my word
Nothing new unda da Sun, awesome player still though.
His fingers are from outer space.
@@texasdeeslinglead2401 Maybe not a new Jimi, But j-Jimi would love this playing.
first thought in my head was Hendrix
Ran across this by accident. So glad I did. They are fantastic! 👍
I played professionally with a great blues singer for a short while. We strived to maintain a musical "groove" which sounds silly but it exists. For any musician to maintain a groove thru so many changes is amazing. Billy is a groove machine.
Billy is ridiculous in all the best ways possible. Great job capturing this performance.
Great comment! Love it..."ridiculous in all the best ways..."
Fascinating. Innovative. Traditional. All around badass.
Agree. A little bit of everything for everybody!
For me personally, this was a Spiritual Experience
This kid is great 👍👍
The 4 people who thumb downed this must not know what the hell they just heard............ Or accidentally hit that button. This kids a prodigy!!!!!! I love the trippy bluegrass sound!!!
Some think that music should never change. But it always has ... And must....
I been hearing that "trippy" sound you mention. It is trippy. Nice call.
Off with their thumbs!
They must have had their phones upside down and thought it was a thumbs up
No, they appreciate tasteful bluegrass.
When they built that guitar they just built him right on it
Preston Thomson🎸🎸🎸
I think Billy surprises himself sometimes! Such good stuff! And the voice to go with the awesome mastery of the guitar!
Everytime I hear that "jessica" riff I think of Top Gear. That show always brought me a smile even when one was hard to come by.
I thought I heard that riff, that’s some next level stuff
I’ve never seen the guitar played like this. It’s awesome!!!
"Thats some mighty fine pickin' and a sangin'.... Tell ya what, come in here sign these papers... Give y'all ten dollar a piece!"
Sick reference bro!
Which one's Pink?
Uh, okay sir. But Murt and Aloysius will have to sign X's, as only four of us can write.
I believe you did sell your soul to the 😈
Great movie😂
I have seen so many musicians perform but hands down, none of them EVER performed at the level or with even close to the passion and heart and soul and SKILL and TALENT that Billy Strings does!! He is the greatest. A true legend.
Does tyhis crowd even understand the level this dude is on ????
Goddamn this man can play!!
seen this cat several times he's bad ass
There's only a handful of people in the world truly this passionate about playing music.
Yah, we were lucky enough to be there. It went on and on! Billy's girlfriend called as the evening got late. He answered on stage, chatted, then went back to playing. It was awesome! A night to remember for sure.
Billy is an innovator in the bluegrass genre and makes it his own! He is going to be a legend!
Absolutely, spot on!
I happen to love his voice too...double threat!
He also used to play death metal and didn't even own an electric guitar for a while before coming back to bluegrass. But needless to say he's one of my favorite artists today.
@@BwHippie84 Some of that metal comes out in his guitar playing during the middle stages - quite unique.
That screechy part in the middle sounded dreadful, really bad
Along with Leo Kottke and Andres Segovia, one of the three most astonishing guitar players I've seen.
Jim Burns I have seen both Kottke and Segovia in the early 80’s. Hope to see this dude one day. Segovia was on his last legs but still great. Tommy Emanuel was here in Spokane last year but I missed him.
Bless you for the Leo Kottke mention!!!
Anything billy does is gold.
My dog always goes crazy at 6:25 when I listen to this. Not sure why haha