After loosing my wife to cancer this year and going into a dark place that I never knew existed I found this young guy trolling through RUclips to pass the lonely hours.His music and talent has lifted my soul and helped put me back on the road to normality. If you feel a sense of loss or loneliness this is a Ray of sunshine in these dark times God bless you Billy.
I agree, I just got dumped💔💔💔he told me he would always love me and he wouldn't leave like every other guy, that he was different😔thank you Billy! Love like me made me cry but it is so beautiful I don't care!
Billy Strings has more talent in his hot pink pinky fingernail clippings than all of mainstream country music. Rock on Billy, stay off airplanes and other aircraft.
@@RalphSampson... Most guys that paint their nails don't have a 'reason'. He has the confidence to just be himself and have fun in life without worrying about those who wonder 'why' he's doing it. Do your own thing, it's much more fun.
I appreciate your kudos but how you box it in like that saying county? He’s got so much more than that and roots in bluegrass with jam band influence , country , rock, metal , etc. Seen him since he was a young kiddo at Delfest and blows me away more and more every time I see him.
I didn't even know I liked this kind of music until I saw a young man on a ratty couch with Green shirt guy in the back play Dust in a Baggie. Dayum I am hooked on this young man. Billy you truly have a great gift and you are the best son I think a father could EVER ask for. Thank you for this. :)
I want it more and more. Nothing I want to listen other than blues and country. I used to listen glam rock, hair metal in past. Those old eminiscences makes me so embarrassed. Though i feels lucky enough I have developed my taste now in blues and country.
There is real talent in playing and vocals! I can't think of anyone that has the old(classic) sounding voice. Don't see why you can't be the next Hank Williams Jr without the drug problems. Don't give in Billy. Great job.
27 people who are either trolls or deaf! Billy you are the most beautiful person ,inside AND out!💋💋💋 Wish we could hang out, I just got dumped cuz I love Billy too much! ROFL 🤣🤣🤣 I was like " BYE FELICIA"
Special. Special talent. Don't blindly sign any recording contracts, always try to own your own masters, your name, and publishing rights. Try to get advice from old heads in the music business. When this virus fux off this year, you'll be as busy as you want to be. You're a special talent. Look after yourself, be kind to yourself and be humble. I was a decent musician but I ruined a few things with a poor attitude. You've got it all...... You can be very successful.
Whatever helped shaped him has seemed to be tethered by some amazing inner strength and perhaps some other magic ingredients giving us much beauty and soul reaching music. Love you Billy.
Wow... just Wow!!! For those of you who gave this young man a thumbs down.... Shame on you, you should be banned from RUclips!! This young man is with no doubt one of the best in the business.
Always wondered when we would see another Scruggs, or Doc Watson. Well here it is, Billy The Kid re-incarnated complete with a wicked right hand! Well done Billy Strings you just re-invented picking guitar!
Talent beyond words, have loved watching this kid grow up. Keep it up, never forget to stop and smell the roses and may life provide you with the same joy you give to others through your music!
I'm just glad that in my life time I've been fortunate enough to have your music in my life, for a long time i use to sit and try and work out how you played that guitar off yours the way you do, now i don't even try anymore, I'll never understand how you play and sing the way you do, i just sit back now and enjoy your God given talent and be grateful that I'm part off it, thanks billy your fan from Scotland 🙏
The best thing about lock down is finding this young genius on the tube passed many a hours in awe of this guy also I hope he and Marcus King do more stuff together and maybe pen a few monster hits keep up the good work guys
I get sucked in and do 3 hour binge on Billy Strings . I have to not get started, when I have stuff to do. I have to say " no Billy Strings" " don't click that video!"
Listening to Billy puts a smile on my face. As a Nashville native I'm proud to see a real country music back in the city. For to long now music row has been putting pop music and calling it country.
Sweet sweet Billy. Great guitar flat picker and wonderfully strong vocals! His character is stellar. Humble, kind, honest, fans matter to him. The whole package. Billy is putting an indelible mark on the music industry. The world would be a better place with more Billys in it.💙🎼🎶
23 have a problem, thus far, and don't like good music, forget em. Done very very well young Fella, old style music, expertly done. I hear past Artistes applauding. Keep well, Billy.
I would not have thought it possible, but his picking is getting better! He is giving the art of flat picking a chance to live on in the future. And he does it with a reverence for the music which is hard to find nowadays. Pick on brother.
I'm late to the party- I'll admit it! I'm a Luke Combs fan. Got a message about a new song- which ultimately, led me to this spot. Life is busy, chaotic, even strange, right now, but one thing, still holds true....when you hear something "special"- your drawn to it- like a moth to, the 💡 light. I heard it- I had to investigate. Now, I'm so glad I took this time- in the middle of the 🌃 night- to see. It's not just a 💡 light! It is a 🔥 flame!!!
Damn Billy got all dressed up. Wore a suit coat and tie. Dressed up like a old school Blue Grasser. All he needs now is one of them old-school Bluegrass cowboy hats
If it heavy metal wasnt a thing we would have no Billy Strings. He has very metal inspired structure and riffs. Dude is a baller! He even conveys heavy music in some of his videos. Love this kid.
Tough call which is more fun huh Billy ? This or fishin' ? Let's do both ! Hittin' the fret boards everyday & the Largemouths here are on their pre winter feed up. Got the Halloween nail colors rockin ? Be who you choose to be, that always works for me. Thanks for the inspiring pickin' & music always. Party on.
Thanks for the upload Billy , Brother keep it comin and man I been listening since the first post on you back around 2015 I guess . It's been a blur for me with two bouts of cancer stage 4 non hodgkins lymphoma in 14 and non small cell lung cancer in 2016 with a spinal cord injury in between the treatments in 15 and I've been real fortunate to make it thru all 3 tests as I look at em . I owe you many thanks during those years cause I listen to music 75 percent of my time during and after those days and I've been involved in the music industry my entire life from sound boards and lighting to working nationally with sound and stage company's and even toured several times with some local bands that aspired to make a go of it . Now the reason for the life story is simple , brother I ask one thing of you and I feel you already know this and that is dont let them " producers agents manager's I guess you know whom I'm speaking of just dont let them BURN YOU OUT man cause they will it's their lifes goal I feel sometimes and your better than that I've not seen your demeanor change not one bit but I look from afar, so much talent and the drive to do what you do the right way and i commend you on your efforts . Bless you man stay who you are and true to yourself and family and you will be doin this for a very long time . Peace be with you and hope you come to Spartanburg sometime in the near future and one last thing yall have a damn killer band and glad yall stay together as long as you have Doc would have been so proud and i currently live a stones throw from his hometown and resting place summertime with Don J. was killer by the way , much love and respect to all of you !!!
Billy you are single handedly bringing Bluegrass to the forefront and I can't thank you enough. My Dads family is from Kentucky and I grew up with Bluegrass in my house from birth. So many great Bluegrass festivals. We need this in America right now. The Vocals, the Writing, the way you play that guitar so uniquely. It's telling when you can see the difference between someone just playing chords and someone putting a work of art , masterpiece after masterpiece out into the world. Thank you! Keep doing what you do
Billy will make it big, I just know it. He is a once in a generation talent, plus he still has a whole life ahead of him. We were blessed with Billy Strings!
Wow, honestly, I didn't really know he sang, I thought he was mainly an instrumental flatpicker. He has a great voice. I'm glad there are artists like Billy still out there, not too many people play traditional country like this anymore.
Interesting. There are 44 people who wouldn't know a great guitar picker if they fell over him. The heir apparent to the throne of the late great Tony Rice.
I tried playing my guitar along with this, and it literally laughed at me. I'd need many lifetimes to play like Mr. Strings does, at 10 years my junior!
Taylor Morris luckily for me it’s very easy for me to pick up song (really good musical ear). I play along to billy on my guitar and banjo all the time just for practice
@@tannermiller5888 upload a video you playing along with the first song its a fairly straight forward song as far as Billy goes so that should take you about 30 minutes abouts to upload.
Can we all just take a moment to appreciate Billy's voice? Great guitar player... but also a great singer.
Yessir absolutely the full package
A lot of people seem to either forget that or are just so diverted by his guitar skills.
Well.. I guess I like folk music now!
yep‼️
10000%. And a very talented lyracist, to boot.
After loosing my wife to cancer this year and going into a dark place that I never knew existed I found this young guy trolling through RUclips to pass the lonely hours.His music and talent has lifted my soul and helped put me back on the road to normality. If you feel a sense of loss or loneliness this is a Ray of sunshine in these dark times God bless you Billy.
man, i'm so sorry to hear that. I can only imagine your loss, and I'm glad you have found some comfort in this music.
I agree, I just got dumped💔💔💔he told me he would always love me and he wouldn't leave like every other guy, that he was different😔thank you Billy! Love like me made me cry but it is so beautiful I don't care!
Special music has the power to get people through dark places. God bless you, Sir.
So completely needed. Dreamt I told billy that last night and he was so grateful. Love his humble nature. A genius
True loss is dark Im grateful and thank the Lord u fought ur way back to the light
Change his clothes, cut his hair, paint some finger nails and the talent this man shares with the world doesn't change.
Billy Strings has more talent in his hot pink pinky fingernail clippings than all of mainstream country music.
Rock on Billy, stay off airplanes and other aircraft.
... and stay away from drugs. This world desperately needs you.
What's up with the pink nail polish?
@@RalphSampson... idk but he probably doesn't give a shit what people think about it that i'm sure.
@@RalphSampson... Most guys that paint their nails don't have a 'reason'. He has the confidence to just be himself and have fun in life without worrying about those who wonder 'why' he's doing it. Do your own thing, it's much more fun.
Thats no shit
Best thing that's happened to country music fir years
Get some Tyler childers and sturgil Simpson on sir. This man is quality but there are others flying the flag brother
I appreciate your kudos but how you box it in like that saying county? He’s got so much more than that and roots in bluegrass with jam band influence , country , rock, metal , etc. Seen him since he was a young kiddo at Delfest and blows me away more and more every time I see him.
Feels like home and I Like it!!!!!!!#
Best thing that's happened to -country- music fir years
@@augustwest5273 How about not telling a person what "box" they are supposedly putting someone in? Don't be one of those pretentious music snobs.
This boy, omg this boy...keep that music alive my friend I miss the south, you remind me of what I was separated from.
I just visited Nashville and the Station Inn last week for the first time.
I couldn't imagine witnessing something like this.
My Dad was my Hero he worked for great Company I was exposed to Country Music ! Form Kentucky!🎯 And as kid had it made!🎯💯
I didn't even know I liked this kind of music until I saw a young man on a ratty couch with Green shirt guy in the back play Dust in a Baggie. Dayum I am hooked on this young man. Billy you truly have a great gift and you are the best son I think a father could EVER ask for. Thank you for this. :)
same man seriously. I am a bluegrass fan because of that living room
Same here.
Same
Present
21st Century Zelda and Billy Strings!
I want it more and more. Nothing I want to listen other than blues and country. I used to listen glam rock, hair metal in past. Those old eminiscences makes me so embarrassed. Though i feels lucky enough I have developed my taste now in blues and country.
There is real talent in playing and vocals! I can't think of anyone that has the old(classic) sounding voice. Don't see why you can't be the next Hank Williams Jr without the drug problems. Don't give in Billy. Great job.
27 people who are either trolls or deaf! Billy you are the most beautiful person ,inside AND out!💋💋💋 Wish we could hang out, I just got dumped cuz I love Billy too much! ROFL 🤣🤣🤣 I was like " BYE FELICIA"
Special.
Special talent.
Don't blindly sign any recording contracts, always try to own your own masters, your name, and publishing rights.
Try to get advice from old heads in the music business.
When this virus fux off this year, you'll be as busy as you want to be.
You're a special talent.
Look after yourself, be kind to yourself and be humble.
I was a decent musician but I ruined a few things with a poor attitude.
You've got it all...... You can be very successful.
I wanna hear Billy and tyler childers bring bluegrass and country music back to life again
People: What music do you listen to?
Me: Rock and Roll, Heavy Metal, and Billy Strings.
Marcus King too! Another new amazing talent
What makes a boy sit alone with a guitar so long that he produces such brilliance?
Whatever helped shaped him has seemed to be tethered by some amazing inner strength and perhaps some other magic ingredients giving us much beauty and soul reaching music. Love you Billy.
Wow... just Wow!!! For those of you who gave this young man a thumbs down.... Shame on you, you should be banned from RUclips!! This young man is with no doubt one of the best in the business.
Always wondered when we would see another Scruggs, or Doc Watson. Well here it is, Billy The Kid re-incarnated complete with a wicked right hand! Well done Billy Strings you just re-invented picking guitar!
All I hear folks is passion and professionalism! I continue to raise my pom-poms CHEER'S TO YOU!
What amazes me about talented young man is how clean, crisp and distinct each note he plays is! Amazing talent!
The Saviour of real Country music right there
Talent beyond words, have loved watching this kid grow up. Keep it up, never forget to stop and smell the roses and may life provide you with the same joy you give to others through your music!
I'm just glad that in my life time I've been fortunate enough to have your music in my life, for a long time i use to sit and try and work out how you played that guitar off yours the way you do, now i don't even try anymore, I'll never understand how you play and sing the way you do, i just sit back now and enjoy your God given talent and be grateful that I'm part off it, thanks billy your fan from Scotland 🙏
@@tomo-thebear3891 Who are you talking to?
@@vetlerradio lol
51 weeks and 60 years ago i was born, how lucky am I
0:20 Nashville Blues
2:30 Love like me
6:04 While I'm waiting here
8:56 Cumberland reel
11:26 Dust in a baggie
Howcome the rest of the band ain't there?
Oh and ty.
@KrizzleSparkle I like doing this, so I can select the song when driving more easy instead of guessing where it starts 😄
@@WillBlindYouWithLight I dont know, but I love these solo sessions 😄
@@angelovanoeveren7936lord yes me too lol
Thanks!
I live performance with no live audience to witness this master perform is an F'n shame.... Lets go already!!!
One person has disliked this video. That person needs to have their RUclips privileges revoked.
🤭 I noticed same thing
That was Bryan Sutton... he wants his guitar back.
HaHa Robert
Billy stole his gal... 🤠
There must be people on here that get paid to dislike videos.
So at least 8 people have lost their everloving minds. Seriously??? Thumbs down???? Crazy.......
Best version of Love Like Me ever!!!
Time for a good blue grass and country, here in Cognac, France, confined because of the Covid.
The best thing about lock down is finding this young genius on the tube passed many a hours in awe of this guy also I hope he and Marcus King do more stuff together and maybe pen a few monster hits keep up the good work guys
Little known fact: that fretboard is made of a material developed by NASA to prevent the guitar bursting into flame when playing blazing riffs
No shit right lol
You & Molly Tuttle are some of my Favorite singers / players. All the best to you & family.
I get sucked in and do 3 hour binge on Billy Strings . I have to not get started, when I have stuff to do. I have to say " no Billy Strings" " don't click that video!"
And you click it any way lol
Great art is hypnotic
Thank God for young people doing Old Timey Music. Billy gives old music new life.
@@andrewp.schubert2417 I feel ya brother. Same here.
Listening to Billy puts a smile on my face. As a Nashville native I'm proud to see a real country music back in the city. For to long now music row has been putting pop music and calling it country.
effortless. Dude probably just finished fishing half-an-hour ago
Smoking bowls the whole time
@@phineus8397 unlikely. He does like fishing though.
@@alan4sure I believe he is referring to the song "Dust in a Baggie."
Dude's so talented. Once in a generation type stuff. Bravo.
Sweet sweet Billy. Great guitar flat picker and wonderfully strong vocals! His character is stellar. Humble, kind, honest, fans matter to him. The whole package. Billy is putting an indelible mark on the music industry. The world would be a better place with more Billys in it.💙🎼🎶
yes
Yes, you describe it perfectly
Who needs a banjo? This was amazing!!
I watched it all. Then watched it again. And again. Phenomenal.
let it ring
Love your old familiar voice Mr. Strings... Thank You 🙏
Amazing... you're so great, you're my idol. I'm you're number 1 fans from Philippines... great guitarist and great voice...
Who knew this guy would come along and make country music fun again. 🌠
billy strings the new country outlaw,an the freaking kid can play an it is magick right here great stuff Billy....
Billy Strings is the best thing to happen to music in the last two decades. He’s so immensely talented, the Jerry Garcia of Bluegrass.
I love me some Billy all day every day .
Wow! First word that came to mind listening to Billy Strings. THANK YOU!
23 have a problem, thus far, and don't like good music, forget em. Done very very well young Fella, old style music, expertly done. I hear past Artistes applauding. Keep well, Billy.
I would not have thought it possible, but his picking is getting better! He is giving the art of flat picking a chance to live on in the future. And he does it with a reverence for the music which is hard to find nowadays. Pick on brother.
I'm late to the party- I'll admit it! I'm a Luke Combs fan. Got a message about a new song- which ultimately, led me to this spot. Life is busy, chaotic, even strange, right now, but one thing, still holds true....when you hear something "special"- your drawn to it- like a moth to, the 💡 light.
I heard it- I had to investigate. Now, I'm so glad I took this time- in the middle of the 🌃 night- to see.
It's not just a 💡 light!
It is a 🔥 flame!!!
Everyone pulling off a Doc Watson song like this, is a legend in its own right. Great music.
Plenty of love up here in Michigan for Billy!!!!
I used my only phone call to contact my daddy and told him Billy Strings is the got dang truth.
National Life Insurance Company! On what building in Nashville!💯🎯
like watching Doc Watson growing up... awesome every time I hear him 👏 ❤
I wasn't ready for that voice. He sounds like some founding master of the genre, right out of the 1930s.
Your daddy raised you right keep up the good work
The guy can absolutely kill it!!!!
Look at how many "likes " he got in a short time .....WOW !
When I click on a Billy Strings video I always click the like button before watching just to get that outta the way.
Damn Billy got all dressed up. Wore a suit coat and tie. Dressed up like a old school Blue Grasser. All he needs now is one of them old-school Bluegrass cowboy hats
I think he's God sent...............
Tick tock
First live take I’ve heard of him. Love like me might be my new favorite song!!
Thanks for throwing back country music to when it was country!
The legend himself. Psyched for the Ryman concert! With the poster! And the t-shirt!
Oh yes, that poster is amazing!
What's up with the nails
That shirt
@@barn49 what poster
@@spawn1086 Ryman Concert poster. Check Billy's socials. He posted it there.
We love you Billy
If it heavy metal wasnt a thing we would have no Billy Strings. He has very metal inspired structure and riffs. Dude is a baller! He even conveys heavy music in some of his videos. Love this kid.
Thank you billy strings. And thank you again.
and again and again
"Love Like Me" is so beautiful
Truly American music...💕
Man...what a picker and a GREAT singer as well. Cheers bro
Words do not describe the beauty of Billy Strings picking a guitar.
Jason K. And singing.
The world’s best flat picker and one of the best bluegrass singers right here 🎶
Love this guy. Resurrecting bluegrass.
Every Billy Strings video I have to check my playback speed to make sure I'm not at 1.5x.
Love this musik sooooo much...Greetings from Germany
Tough call which is more fun huh Billy ? This or fishin' ? Let's do both ! Hittin' the fret boards everyday & the Largemouths here are on their pre winter feed up. Got the Halloween nail colors rockin ? Be who you choose to be, that always works for me. Thanks for the inspiring pickin' & music always. Party on.
Probably best thing happen in bluegrass this decade...
Thank you Mr. Strings, your music has helped me more than I can say. All I can say is that it reminds me of the good that still in this world.
How could anyone dislike this?
This guy is an absolute guitar Pickin genius. His fingers float over the strings.
Wicked Billy.
PSA🤘🏻PARTY ON PEOPLE
-Billy Strings
Thanks for the upload Billy ,
Brother keep it comin and man I been listening since the first post on you back around 2015 I guess . It's been a blur for me with two bouts of cancer stage 4 non hodgkins lymphoma in 14 and non small cell lung cancer in 2016 with a spinal cord injury in between the treatments in 15 and I've been real fortunate to make it thru all 3 tests as I look at em . I owe you many thanks during those years cause I listen to music 75 percent of my time during and after those days and I've been involved in the music industry my entire life from sound boards and lighting to working nationally with sound and stage company's and even toured several times with some local bands that aspired to make a go of it . Now the reason for the life story is simple , brother I ask one thing of you and I feel you already know this and that is dont let them " producers agents manager's I guess you know whom I'm speaking of just dont let them BURN YOU OUT man cause they will it's their lifes goal I feel sometimes and your better than that I've not seen your demeanor change not one bit but I look from afar, so much talent and the drive to do what you do the right way and i commend you on your efforts . Bless you man stay who you are and true to yourself and family and you will be doin this for a very long time . Peace be with you and hope you come to Spartanburg sometime in the near future and one last thing yall have a damn killer band and glad yall stay together as long as you have Doc would have been so proud and i currently live a stones throw from his hometown and resting place summertime with Don J. was killer by the way , much love and respect to all of you !!!
Billy, your music has gotten me through the hardest months of my life. Thank you so much for the amazing music.
A truly gifted natural country and Bluegrass performer, he is something special.
The very best. A musical genius!
Billy you are single handedly bringing Bluegrass to the forefront and I can't thank you enough. My Dads family is from Kentucky and I grew up with Bluegrass in my house from birth. So many great Bluegrass festivals. We need this in America right now. The Vocals, the Writing, the way you play that guitar so uniquely. It's telling when you can see the difference between someone just playing chords and someone putting a work of art , masterpiece after masterpiece out into the world. Thank you! Keep doing what you do
All time favorite guitarist, singer, song writer! Northern Michigan misses you!
Billy, Hey from Canada. You are so talented. Thanks for making my day better.
Holy shit. Did I just discover that I like country music? Well done, Billy.
Stay true to yourself lil brotha Proper music
Billy will make it big, I just know it. He is a once in a generation talent, plus he still has a whole life ahead of him. We were blessed with Billy Strings!
It's already happening.
This young man is a great
This man is undefeated. Great stuff, Billy!
Wow, honestly, I didn't really know he sang, I thought he was mainly an instrumental flatpicker. He has a great voice. I'm glad there are artists like Billy still out there, not too many people play traditional country like this anymore.
Go Billy strings keep kicking ass!
Coolest guy to come along since Doc Watson!
Interesting. There are 44 people who wouldn't know a great guitar picker if they fell over him. The heir apparent to the throne of the late great Tony Rice.
I feel like I need to see Billy live b/c my stereo can't play the guitar as good as Billy.
I tried playing my guitar along with this, and it literally laughed at me. I'd need many lifetimes to play like Mr. Strings does, at 10 years my junior!
Taylor Morris luckily for me it’s very easy for me to pick up song (really good musical ear). I play along to billy on my guitar and banjo all the time just for practice
I showed my guitar this video and she laughed all the way out of the door and was last seen boarding a greyhound to Nashville.
@@tannermiller5888 upload a video you playing along with the first song its a fairly straight forward song as far as Billy goes so that should take you about 30 minutes abouts to upload.
@@skatetodeath666 😏
@@tannermiller5888 don't be too modest!
Thanks for sharing your gift.