Man. How brilliant is Billy Strings? What a great flatpicker. singer, songwriter and performer. Doc Watson and Jerry Garcia have ear to ear grins on this one. Billy's band is simply the best, with three brilliant lead players and wonderful harmonies. Go for a ride with Billy. He will take you to a wonderful place of history and vision at the same time. How lucky we are. Thanks, Billy and the entire band.
I’m glad I let this play long enough to hear his voice which was a positive point in this video. He’s got a fuzz box and all kinds of effects on his acoustic guitar. He isn’t the first person to do that but he may be the first who hasn’t been redirected and in fact he’s quite celebrated for his reinterpretation of BlueGrass. And he couldn’t carry Doc Watson’s guitar case
@@wesleycody2314 If it isn't your thing then find someone else who suits your taste. I'm sure you know there are plenty of more traditional bluegrass bands out there.
@@wesleycody2314 -- Musical innovators don't "pick a genre." They create one of their own -- just as Monroe, Scruggs, and Flatt did circa 1946 and Bob Dylan did in the mid-1960s. Moreover, the "new age spin in bluegrass" isn't new anymore -- e.g. the "Newgrass" movement of Bush, Fleck, Rice & Co., Punch Brothers and, more recently, The Travelin' McCourys and Greensky Bluegrass. It's all good IMO -- and I'm a codger of 74 who cut his bluegrass teeth on the Stanleys and F&S about six decades ago!
I’ve been around bluegrass my entire 38 years. This dude is beyond phenomenal. Weekend bluegrass festivals from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee were a staple of my upbringing. This guy is unreal.
My favorite thing about this video is that Billy shares the spot light with the rest of the band. When it's time for him to hang back and let the mandolin or banjo take the stage, he does. True musician.!
@@CorneiliusLibowitz that’s what I was going to say. Bluegrass musicians are some of the most humble people I’ve seen. There is no ego or competition, just great music and big smiles.
I am a man of 67, blown away with this video. What a performance by billy strings and all the other musicians. Never heard of this group or billy strings. I shall be doing some research on this man and his band. Thank you for this video ❤
Welcome to the incredible world of Billy Strings , Michael !!! Thank you for viewing. I’ve been filming Billy for 5 years now so I have hundreds of Billy videos on my channel. I hope you will enjoy them all. Currently, Billy is my favorite artist. ❤️🎶
Billy all by himself has the ability to move millions of music lovers over to a new genre of music. It takes a special talent to have that effect on people.
I'll tell you one thing for sure: Billy's talent is way beyond his years. And I'm not just talking about his playing. I'm talking about the whole package. I mean his songwriting, singing, etc. He has something very special.
I think Billy started in a Metal band. I can see that Rock 'N Roller playing that Bluegrass guitar when he's "banging his head" as he plays. This kid is pure gold.
That's actually number 37. 38 if you count the half-smile in a 2019 livestream performance, but collectors are still disagreeing about whether it was just gas.
I tell you I have never experienced a force as strong as Billy Strings in all my many years of festivals and concerts. Always gets me so emotional and hyped. Dudes fucking locked in 24/7. So sick.
Last time I saw Billy String was at a small venue in Rochester, NY and the palce didn't even sell. I stood about 4 feet in front of him. I think he had just come out with EP and just had a few RUclips videos up. We knew then he was the shit but damn look at him now!
Billy and the boys hammered Mobile Al for three nights in a row. First show was poorly attended, but they still killed it. We told everybody we could and apparently so did everybody else and the next two nights were packed out! It was like mini Woodstock. Had a blast and I thank them for that.
64 years young player here! Billy Strings consistent powerhouse of a Band. I was listening to Greensky Bluegrass when I found BMFS playing with Don Julin and I'm consistently blown away. Billy Apostle is Super multi-talented! (ps. I never liked Dylan -I listened to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Pure Prairie League, Doc Watson, Don Reno, Flat & Scruggs.. My Uncle, Harry S Turner introduced me to the music. He wrote most of the sound tracks for the Preacherman cult classics, and is the original author of Dueling Banjos, but he didn't care about fame. He taught Arthur Smith the song.
Great player , great band, great show . The only people who seem not to like this are the guitar snobs who usually arent profesional performers because there boring people , all technique and no passion . Ive been playing over 40 years and this guy is probably one of the best guitar players to come around in along time .
It’s not country, but that’s cool… It’s a hybrid bluegrass, jam grass, jazz, and “traditional” folk, Americana, & blues in my opinion… I said to a number of folks years ago,; “this kid’s going to win a Grammy”, in a “society”as a THE MOST MINORITY of a subject/matter😂, that’s going to earn it in, what is today, “popular” music, as a musical segment… Congatulations Billy, on your 2020 Grammy!
there's corporate country and the there is the antidote and we all know which camp we are in. God bless Billy Strings and all the others who raise the bar and keep it real.
Quite literally came from a poor and drug infested area that many in the Midwest can identify with. Unlike these rich dudes who wanted to be famous and put on some boots and moved to Nashville
I saw Billy and his band live in August and was blown away! Seriously one of the best shows I've seen in a very long time. It's like those 4 guys are controlled by the same brain.
Keeping Doc's legacy alive ,passing it on to a younger generation, much needed in a world filled with manufactured & corporate crap. All power to those fingers .peace to all!
Don't put this guy in the same category as Doc Watson ,There's no comparison to any of the greats ,Randy Scruggs and a whole lot of others he can't compete with get the F--k real
@@markstaggs7342 just came back to my post, what the fucks wrong with you ,keeping the spirit of this great musical genre is a wonderful thing, grow the FUCK UP!!!
I grew up listening to bluegrass, from the Stanley Brothers to New Grass Revival, and Billy Strings is the REAL DEAL. What a talent! I love his dad too.
When I was a kid. My brother and I would pitch a pup tent sleep in the yard and listen to the Newport Jazz festival. And the Folk Festivele. I remember listening to Loui Armstrong.
Love listening and watching y’all pick shout out to jared walker on the mandolin glad to see your still killing it and doin wat you love brotha keep it up and if u happen to see this comment let me know next time y’all do a show close to home I’d love to be there .
I have been in the music scene for a LONG TIME and I have to say that Billy is a brilliant guitarist and I say GUITARIST, not a flat-picker. He puts a whole different dimension to Blue Grass. I have done some shows at one time for some of the world's best acoustic guitarist and had he been around then, I would have been calling him, FOR SURE.
Dude Billy and Falling have a super killer relationship and it shows on stage big time. They feed off of each other and I can't get enough!!! Even one of my co workers is starting to.get the dubstep smacked out of his head by Billy and the boys!
Just geereattt stuff! Fantastic! I've been playing guitar for 50 years,studied all kinds of music,and Bluegrass was the one musical artform that I couldn't keep up with. Just beautiful stuff.
Man. How brilliant is Billy Strings? What a great flatpicker. singer, songwriter and performer. Doc Watson and Jerry Garcia have ear to ear grins on this one. Billy's band is simply the best, with three brilliant lead players and wonderful harmonies. Go for a ride with Billy. He will take you to a wonderful place of history and vision at the same time. How lucky we are. Thanks, Billy and the entire band.
Happy birthday Jerry!
Ear to ear.
And one SOLID awesome Bass player who lays it down and keeps them all rolling along
When does the brilliant part start?
I’m glad I let this play long enough to hear his voice which was a positive point in this video. He’s got a fuzz box and all kinds of effects on his acoustic guitar. He isn’t the first person to do that but he may be the first who hasn’t been redirected and in fact he’s quite celebrated for his reinterpretation of BlueGrass. And he couldn’t carry Doc Watson’s guitar case
I hope Billy never stops making that face when he’s really “getting it”
I think a part of Jeff Austin's soul has definitely touched Billy...and that??
Well that is freakin' wonderful as fk!
It reminds me of Jerry
That face reminds me of SRV!!!!!
Thats just the drugs hitting.
@@keithrichardscorpse1230 Billy is high on the music!
I’m in my 60s and though there have been other “Jam Band” acts nothing comes close to this young man. The legacy lives on. Jerry is smiling.
Funny
I was thinking about Jerry playing with this bro as I was watching.
Wouldn't that be a great pick?
Feliz cumpleaños, Jerry 💖
Amy is a gem for bringing this 🎶 to us. 😘
Who is "Jerry". I know LOUIS, and I know MEL POWELL, but as a punk rocker, never heard a Jerry. He friends with TOM?
Almost 60 myself. You know it, brother!
@@isorokudono only the greatest to ever do it!
Jerome (Jerry) Garcia
The 7 down votes are from the same old geezers that complained when Dylan went electric.
@@wesleycody2314 If it isn't your thing then find someone else who suits your taste. I'm sure you know there are plenty of more traditional bluegrass bands out there.
@@wesleycody2314 and we'll stay off your lawn too...😁
As a dylan fanatic this was an amazing comment. 😂😂
@@wesleycody2314 wave it round Wesley.....young whippersnappers!
@@wesleycody2314 -- Musical innovators don't "pick a genre." They create one of their own -- just as Monroe, Scruggs, and Flatt did circa 1946 and Bob Dylan did in the mid-1960s. Moreover, the "new age spin in bluegrass" isn't new anymore -- e.g. the "Newgrass" movement of Bush, Fleck, Rice & Co., Punch Brothers and, more recently, The Travelin' McCourys and Greensky Bluegrass. It's all good IMO -- and I'm a codger of 74 who cut his bluegrass teeth on the Stanleys and F&S about six decades ago!
I’ve been around bluegrass my entire 38 years. This dude is beyond phenomenal. Weekend bluegrass festivals from Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee were a staple of my upbringing. This guy is unreal.
If you took the time, you would find MANY better players, past and present.
@@ranchhand4013 hook a brotha up!
I got my 81 year old bluegrass crazy Dad into Billy Strings about 3 years ago. Now he sends me videos!!
My favorite thing about this video is that Billy shares the spot light with the rest of the band. When it's time for him to hang back and let the mandolin or banjo take the stage, he does. True musician.!
That's Bluegrass.......
You are spot on about that.
@@CorneiliusLibowitz that’s what I was going to say. Bluegrass musicians are some of the most humble people I’ve seen. There is no ego or competition, just great music and big smiles.
@@scray00 Yep!
His band is better than him.... He is riding on their musicianship and ability to lock in and hold it down.
I am a man of 67, blown away with this video. What a performance by billy strings and all the other musicians. Never heard of this group or billy strings. I shall be doing some research on this man and his band. Thank you for this video ❤
Welcome to the incredible world of Billy Strings , Michael !!! Thank you for viewing. I’ve been filming Billy for 5 years now so I have hundreds of Billy videos on my channel. I hope you will enjoy them all. Currently, Billy is my favorite artist. ❤️🎶
Billy all by himself has the ability to move millions of music lovers over to a new genre of music. It takes a special talent to have that effect on people.
You have just witnessed the future of blue grass and I can tell you it's safe . still keeping it's roots but evolving. Thank you Billy and The Boys
So True! He is A Awesome!
Classic and progressive! A fucking gem! Gahhhh!
Fuck “safe”
Billy and the band are an unstoppable force smashing through all types of genres... and they're only getting better each performance!!
That boy is outta his mind!
I'll tell you one thing for sure: Billy's talent is way beyond his years. And I'm not just talking about his playing. I'm talking about the whole package. I mean his songwriting, singing, etc. He has something very special.
@Trayvon Zimmerman I mean his songwriting, singing, etc. LOL
He has been playing since he was 5 or younger and he is 28 now or so.
His singing talent is often overlooked because of his insane ability to shred and pick!!! He's got pipes!!
@@jeffschmid2538 pipes he smokes Speed out of them but he is still amazing. One of my favs
I think Billy started in a Metal band. I can see that Rock 'N Roller playing that Bluegrass guitar when he's "banging his head" as he plays. This kid is pure gold.
Billy's phenomenal and to put three guys with him that are phenomenal as well is a hell of an accomplishment
Actually, BMFF initially sought out BMFS after seeing him at a local gig. Then a mutual friend recommended him to BMFS and the rest is history........
Michelle White here, Clarence’s daughter …✨✌🏼😎Keep it comin!!!!!👊🏼a-mazing!!!!
Dude is already a legend and I'm proud he's from my home state of Michigan!
The Methiest part of Michigan, and that's saying alot!
LOVE BILLY STRINGS AND THE BAND! And I think that’s the first time I’ve ever seen Billy Failing smile!!
That's actually number 37. 38 if you count the half-smile in a 2019 livestream performance, but collectors are still disagreeing about whether it was just gas.
Billy Strings is gobsmackingly good in multiple music styles and his band are all fine players themselves.
Quite stunning to watch
Musical genius. He knows his fretboard
I tell you I have never experienced a force as strong as Billy Strings in all my many years of festivals and concerts. Always gets me so emotional and hyped. Dudes fucking locked in 24/7. So sick.
Fantastic guitar playing. His facial expressions somehow remind me of Angus Young
Lol ," Alvin Lee comes to mind ...
Last time I saw Billy String was at a small venue in Rochester, NY and the palce didn't even sell. I stood about 4 feet in front of him. I think he had just come out with EP and just had a few RUclips videos up. We knew then he was the shit but damn look at him now!
Nothing like witnessing greatness before they explode.
And the band won an Emmy when Billy was 25 years old!
Absolutely an incredible amount of talent on that stage, and Billy gets around and draws the camera to the other guys.
Mad skills. Billy chose his supporting cast well.
@@Qwazier3 he sure did.
Billy is playing near me tonight at an outdoor pavilion. Billy Strings 🎸.
Billy and the boys hammered Mobile Al for three nights in a row. First show was poorly attended, but they still killed it. We told everybody we could and apparently so did everybody else and the next two nights were packed out! It was like mini Woodstock. Had a blast and I thank them for that.
I love the look on the banjo player's face at 1:40 that's hilarious. He knows what's up
Beautiful video, Amy! Love Billy Strings! Thank you for this! ✌❤❄
❤️🎶🎸🌄🗻⛰️
Just insane. The growth of this band in the last few years is unprecedented. Cant wait to see where they go next.
Holy flipped cow, he’s….. unbelievable!
64 years young player here! Billy Strings consistent powerhouse of a Band. I was listening to Greensky Bluegrass when I found BMFS playing with Don Julin and I'm consistently blown away. Billy Apostle is Super multi-talented! (ps. I never liked Dylan -I listened to Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Pure Prairie League, Doc Watson, Don Reno, Flat & Scruggs.. My Uncle, Harry S Turner introduced me to the music. He wrote most of the sound tracks for the Preacherman cult classics, and is the original author of Dueling Banjos, but he didn't care about fame. He taught Arthur Smith the song.
Your definitely right about The NGBD being underrated !
I never get tired of watching this. Literally every night I drink this goes on at least twice!!!😎🤘
The whole band just slays it. Awesome group.
Them shrooms was kickin tf in for sure
I love the banjo guy’s appreciation of Billy.
Great player , great band, great show . The only people who seem not to like this are the guitar snobs who usually arent profesional performers because there boring people , all technique and no passion . Ive been playing over 40 years and this guy is probably one of the best guitar players to come around in along time .
I agree, he is one of the best, I hope he doesn't crash and burn.
Guitar snobs love him too, guitar fakers may not.... Dude is talented!
What “guitar snob” would dislike one of the best players in the planet. I don’t full understand this comment
@Mike Bastiat best flatpicker I’ve come across at least
@Mike Bastiat who you got?
It’s not country, but that’s cool… It’s a hybrid bluegrass, jam grass, jazz, and “traditional” folk, Americana, & blues in my opinion… I said to a number of folks years ago,; “this kid’s going to win a Grammy”, in a “society”as a THE MOST MINORITY of a subject/matter😂, that’s going to earn it in, what is today, “popular” music, as a musical segment… Congatulations Billy, on your 2020 Grammy!
there's corporate country and the there is the antidote and we all know which camp we are in. God bless Billy Strings and all the others who raise the bar and keep it real.
Quite literally came from a poor and drug infested area that many in the Midwest can identify with. Unlike these rich dudes who wanted to be famous and put on some boots and moved to Nashville
He and that guitar become ONE! Love that boy! Surrounded by some killer talent!
The beautiful people,BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!Amy you nail it when you have gentlemen like these ❤GOD BLESS, and thanks so much...with ❤
I saw Billy and his band live in August and was blown away! Seriously one of the best shows I've seen in a very long time. It's like those 4 guys are controlled by the same brain.
Keeping Doc's legacy alive ,passing it on to a younger generation, much needed in a world filled with manufactured & corporate crap. All power to those fingers .peace to all!
Don't put this guy in the same category as Doc Watson ,There's no comparison to any of the greats ,Randy Scruggs and a whole lot of others he can't compete with get the F--k real
@@markstaggs7342 Why are Sourpuss people like yourself even Here?
@@markstaggs7342 You don’t say? “Randy Scruggs” eh….
@@markstaggs7342 just came back to my post, what the fucks wrong with you ,keeping the spirit of this great musical genre is a wonderful thing, grow the FUCK UP!!!
Such great showmanship… and expert command of their instruments
The guitar is an emotional instrument. I love it when a virtuoso shows it
When you hear bluegrass getting that sort of response, you know there’s something happening here.
I grew up listening to bluegrass, from the Stanley Brothers to New Grass Revival, and Billy Strings is the REAL DEAL. What a talent! I love his dad too.
His dad is great! Such a unique voice.
I wish I knew where to begin to learn to play like this but then again I believe he’s got a God given talent! Amazing
The talent in his hands has amazed me for the last 8 years and still does.
You know Billy is great when he has Dave Grohl playing mandolin for him! 😝 Thanks for sharing this video. 👍🏻👍🏻
🤣
Right?!!!?!?!?
Ha ha ha ha
Thought the same
💀💀
Newport folks know great music when they hear it! Go Billy! And the rest of the band.
Meanwhile Billy Failing is hitting it with epic riffs all the while looking like he's bored to tears
Not only an awesome picker but also one hell of a rhythm player, amazing!
P.S. Major props to the musicians. 🤘😺❗
Great band, they seem to tolerate Billy well. What a gift and he's everywhere these days, hope he's taking good care of himself. Nice post.
They're just having a jam session on stage and I'm here for it
Oh wow. That mandolin player is a bad ass too
Best musician I have heard. Rock on Billy !!!!!
Most underrated acoustic guitar player fuckin amazing talent
Excellent playing! I’m a first time listener to Billy...and the crowd does go wild!
Check out the live performance with Don julin on KEXP it'll blow you away...peace to ya !
Not sure of what song this is but the beginning damn well sounds like a take on the Airplane's Volunteers.
Looks like Billy Failing is having a good time.
Right! It was so nice to see him loosen up a bit and crack a smile 😁 I think Strings is having a wonderful affect!
Billy Winning!
I really hope he comes to England what a legend already
Love how he gets into his playing, kind of reminds me of a guy I use to watch back in the late 90s who's name rhymes with fray
When I was a kid. My brother and I would pitch a pup tent sleep in the yard and listen to the Newport Jazz festival. And the Folk Festivele. I remember listening to Loui Armstrong.
Hey my Dad's name was John Arnott
One of the greatest guitar faces in the game today.
If you don’t play guitar you just have no clue what your seeing. Even if you play a little you still don’t know. Unreal. The guys an alien.
Great playing. I also love how the Beatle with the banjo is enjoying himself. Even his is face is accenting the music!
I have a smile ear to ear, just watching 👀and listening 🎶.
Great music.
Billy steal the show , but all those musicians are pretty damn good ! I'd love to see them live .
Billy Strings is one badass Guitarist 😎! He is one of my favorites! He is like a F5 tornado 🌪 give it hell Billy!
Damn. That kid grew up to be the Jimi Hendrix of flatpickin'.
He loves playing his guitar; and does it very well.
I've played guitar my whole life, people say I got good hands this kids hands are amazing
This guy is the Angus Young of Bluegrass! Fantastic!
Picking, writing and singing, Billy is the complete package, amazing!
Love listening and watching y’all pick shout out to jared walker on the mandolin glad to see your still killing it and doin wat you love brotha keep it up and if u happen to see this comment let me know next time y’all do a show close to home I’d love to be there .
Once in a generation
It’s nice to that some folk festivals are back all though this young man is in a category by himself
If you haven’t liked this video it’s because you haven’t heard it! Love this guy! Fantastic!
There was chat Atkins now there is Billy with strings.
Am I the only one hearing elements of Jefferson Airplane's "Volunteers" in there?
Wow . Not even my kind of music normally . Loved every second of this performance 👏👏Thank you !
Thoroughly enjoyed this. His expression reminds me of SRV .
I need to find more of this .
First thing I thought of was SRV as well
I should have gone. Ive made Billy a lot of fans around here . Passing his music on that is
The man's an artist self made
You made him nothing stop gobblng of if you farted you would think you've invented a new fragrance.
The spirit of SRV was channeled in this performance. Very very nice
Or....George Benson
(Because it's a bluegrass jam of "On Broadway")
fuck his style is developing so nice, can only get better, he broke the fucking door down
@Robert Vial you said it
I sure hope he takes care of himself I plan on enjoying his music for years to come.
He's sober these days, alcohol wise
Having worked a few shows that he headlined, he is about the most sober and chill performer I've ever met.
Billy's a throwback to the 1970's when good guitarists were Gods!!!!!!!!!!
Got That right! Billy is the best I've seen.
Brings tears to my eyes. This kid gives hope to the real American music. Carrying the torch like a fucking boss!! 💪🇱🇷🇱🇷
He’s a beast! How about Marcus King? So good to see some younger musicians keeping the music alive
Billy is as real as it gets. Love to see that dude blowing up these days. Been a long time fan
@@Its_LumberJack it’s great that he’s so young and we will be able to enjoy many years to come if all goes well lol
I have been in the music scene for a LONG TIME and I have to say that Billy is a brilliant guitarist and I say GUITARIST, not a flat-picker. He puts a whole different dimension to Blue Grass. I have done some shows at one time for some of the world's best acoustic guitarist and had he been around then, I would have been calling him, FOR SURE.
Great clip, Amy. Thanks!
Fantastic. Billy Strings 🌎✌
💙💜💛💚 Love this... 💕
Those moments when Billy Failing knows he's playing alongside the best.
Dude Billy and Falling have a super killer relationship and it shows on stage big time. They feed off of each other and I can't get enough!!! Even one of my co workers is starting to.get the dubstep smacked out of his head by Billy and the boys!
These boys are a regular buzzsaw of bluegrass badassery
Whoa! Who the Heck is this kid?
Rock on Billy. Hope for the future after all 🤘😎🤘
Just geereattt stuff! Fantastic! I've been playing guitar for 50 years,studied all kinds of music,and Bluegrass was the one musical artform that I couldn't keep up with. Just beautiful stuff.
Billy really gets into the zone doesn't he? The band are maturing nicely. Need to give the bassist a solo too, he's great.
Thank you Ms. Karibian! You have captured and shared so many amazing musical moments! And this is certainly amazing! Love Billy and his band.
Uploading some fresh BMFS as we speak…
Billy and his band mates have raised the bar, out of reach for other contemporary bluegrass bands. Amazing!
Is there anyway I can click the thumbs up 100X's?? My LORD he's good!
The whole band is perfect.
He just taped a show for ACL which was incredible. Should be out in meet season.
The taping was on TV live. Was incredible
Into The Mire on ACL insane 🐐💙🌱