Sooo true, country and western or bluegrass or what ever this is has always been one of the only genres I'd never listen to but this has me questioning my whole life choices
He will by the grace of God, this young man has a calling. And praise the Lord, I got to listen to his abilities by a close friend. If you read this Billy, keep on brother. I wish I had been blessed with that ability, praise God you are a talented young man bro.
I often scroll through comments of videos I watch. Please don’t let this one be true but I understand it 100%. Billy, learn from your elders and also know soulful music like yours could save a majority of this country. On this note, RIP STV.
They are all amazing and of course Billy is WAY AMAZING... He doesnt barely even look at his guitar... Everyone in the crowd gets tricked... The band is like this is the end.... Jk... I love that... Pysche or sike?
I'm an older bluegrass fan and just heard this today in my car on Sirius xm. Had to watch it when I got home. Reminded me of some of the music the Traveling McCoury's play. Love it!
It’s very similar to the first time I heard the Steeldrivers back around 2009. I was like, this is the most METAL bluegrass I’ve ever heard. Well, share the stage Stapleton, there’s a nu metal bluegrass sheriff in town, and his name is Strings.
It’s cause you have to have natural talent to play the banjo, mandolin, viola or gee-tar to play in bluegrass style. I grew up in Bluegrass, and some of the best musicians in the world are bluegrass players!
This dude is setting up a whole new paradigm for Bluegrass guitar. Just like Doc did or Tony Rice did or Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan. Can I get a witness?
As astounding as Billy is I have huge respect for him also surrounding himself with expert technical musicians. Each man on that stage oozes individual talent and they compliment each other perfectly, stepping back when needed, adding when needed, they know each other. Billy is the star sure, but all these boys deserve huge respect
How does a person come in contact with meth ? You can see what meth can do with people all around you...why even try it ? Is America such a loveless nation people need this to escape ? Is it hedonisms ?
Completely blown away by the wall of sound.My favourite band is Tool without question followed by acts such as Blind Melon,STP,Pantera,Black Sabbath and such and This Billy Strings is phenomonal!I cannot stop listening to his music.i am absolutely blown away.incredible.
What’s so good about Billy is that, his father, groomed him to be a classic Bluegrass player. so got that old time feel and surround. But then he merged it with a little jazz influence a little Jerry Garcia style, and whooo boy, what comes out of his fangers now is gold!!
@Billy Strings dude is amazing you replied! I am taking my daughter to her first concert and its going to be your show in Georgia! Is there any clips of you in your band in hs? I'd love to hear little strings
@@patrickhawkinson8399 hes got a 20 dollar virtual show at red rocks this Saturday. through nugs.tv I have seen some of the free ones before they are very high production quality. I bought my ticket today.
as a guitar player, there are moments when a player comes along that causes you to be conflicted. this is one of those moments. holy. f@cking. shit. I'm conflicted about whether I want to practice, or quit.
Just found this about 4 days ago. I can't stop listening to it. Mesmerizing, soul wrenching. A new view each hearing. Forgiveness. Absolution. But full force. The comparison to some of the all time greats is apt. But he's managed to bring something all of his own to it. Those other boys know their business well. Hats off to you all. Beautiful mix. The bass is perfection. "But I'll try to keep living Through the nauseating gloom." If you only knew how true.
I never heard of the song Dust in a baggie until it came up randomly and I was so impressed with it that I followed the link in the comment to this and now I think I'm this guy's biggest fan all of that just happened in the past 15 minutes, my brain turned around in my head listening, this is badass on every level
@Marvin Gardens nonsensical drivel with some sexism thrown in. Billy shreds. and since when is incorporating prog-rock chords in bluegrass waaaaay average? Marvin, you out of your damn mind!
Every musician on that stage is world class. I saw somewhere in the comments here by ADIT ADDICTS "When raw talent stomps the shit out of your musical tastes." That says it all.
I used to smoke foils right off the dill pickle jar,fresh off the smoke jug.liquid fire and salt and aquarium pump,then to the dehydrator come out looking like paint chips
Just cause he looks the part of a prodigy dont forget guys like Ricky Skaggs and Roy Clark are Evey bit as good honestly better they just look like your grandpa. But they can hang behind the microphone and the straw from what I hear.
I just realized there are 7 billion people in the world and I listed 2 I can think of maybe 2 more no way I could get to 7. So yeah I guess your right lol 👏
I followed it from there too this guy kicks ass. If you wanna hear some hardcore bluegrass thrash check out Hank 3. Particularly the straight to hell album.
For real man , dude’s a prodigy and if he stays active as long as the guys you mentioned he will for sure be named along them in the greatest players discussion
The clapton comparison is one I agree with. Maybe not as bluesy as clapton but the feel is there. Clapton is one of my favorite guitarist and billy is right up thete
Its physical for me. Im 55 and just to keep up with a back rhythm makes my arm hurt. If I dig into the strings too much trying to be louder, ill gas before the end of Meet Me at the Creek
Me too first video I watched a few days ago was this ruclips.net/video/VFEZOjtrwls/видео.html I thought he was some random guitar player that someone recorded but man is this guy talented
Billy's Friend: "Hey Billy, I bet you can't write a bluegrass metal song about drugs and have every old person in the crowd impressed and smiling ear to ear." Billy: " Bet."
@@mozisgrimm140 much of what we know as a particular genre of music is more universal than you would imagine. Punk, rock, country, blues, metal. It's all the same basic idea just at different beats or instruments. Go learn some old surf rock, dime the gain on your amp and you've got death metal.
@@mozisgrimm140 you are the one who was glad other people noticed. I'm just pointing out the fact that you are the dumbass for not realizing other people have long known this.
Billy is obviously a beast in terms of playing ability, but from a songwriting perspective, this is fucking genius! Dude is using phrygian concepts in a bluegrass song and it works amazingly well. Jesus Christ, what a fucking talent...
I think it's so crazy when you see people that are so good at their craft get almost into a trance when playing/painting/competing. The reach a flow state and it looks almost effortless.
@@benwalter6984I detect no time change either, and if I had to guess, this guy is probably mistaking some syncopated parts as being in a different time
Me too!! I’m 61 and cut my teeth on Bluegrass. My dad was a huge fan. This, however, is something else! I think he might be in two modes at one point. It’s amazing. He’s a unicorn, like Chris Thile and a few other musicians. Once in a lifetime kind of folks and I feel blessed to be alive to experience their artistry.❤
This song hits me like a box of rocks. My parents were meth addicts when I was a child that ruined our lives. Consumed with homelessness and just down right uncertainty. Would we eat, get robbed, raped? My father is clean now but All I ever wanted was an apology from him but he won’t admit to any of it. He just ignores the subject. Now I suffer from depression and anxiety. So every lyric of this song hits so hard. I love it when a song can just reach into your soul and pull something out.
You should know you are not the only kid that went through a childhood hell....always remember you are surrounded by all kinds of folks that suffered and suffer like you did or currently do....don't ever stop trying to be as strong as you can...
I feel the exact same way. Both of my parents were meth addicts when i was a child. when i was in my early 20s and my mom had been clean i asked her for an apology for my childhood. She got really angry with me started cussing at me and told me to get out of her house. I think in her head she still justifies what happened because its technically a disease. Still doesn't feel right for me though.
I second that! I am almost ashamed to say it, but in pure time I probably play longer than he does, but I guess he practiced a lot more! Like a looooot more.
This song makes me cry my eyes out. My wife and I were hooked on meth for two years. Fighting ourselves and each other, lost custody of our kids, seeing us become different people and talking to shadows on the walls…. I’ll never touch that evil stuff again. I’ve got my family back and been sober four years. (Tinfoil is used to smoke and cook meth, in case someone doesn’t understand)
Its also used to smoke heroin on, both heroin & meth r evil as hell & both come with more than their fair share of turmoil. A MASSIVE WELL DONE !!! 4 turning ur lives around & getting ya family bk together where u all belong. Any1 dat don't understand how hard dat is don't have da right to comment. Honestly u should b so proud of urselves. X
@@mathieulagrandeur1006 Play 4:17 onwards with an electric guitar and this will be Metallica all over the place. It's no secret that Billy is a big metal head btw!
That’s a BAD boy right there! Holy shit! The RUclips algorithm did something right introducing all of us to him. If there is a better guitar player out there, I haven’t seen or heard him.
RUclips must be promoting this dude hardcore right now, I never listened to bluegrass before discovering this dude a few days ago, completely impressed. Metalhead btw
Everyone who's seen Billy strings play guitar knows he's an insane Roy Clark level guitarist but that mandolin player rips too, it's all just ridiculous talent
@@QueenofNonSequitur ive since read an interview he admitted using as early as the age 13 ..he said it was crazy times but does not regret it...did not comment about after those years as far as his usage ...not in that particular interview
we were lucky enough to be in the front row for this performance - insanely good across the board. Technical mastery with artistic excellence. I REALLY miss Music City Roots at the Factory - what a loss for the community!
I hope you were lucky enough to pick up his glasses that he seemed to lose somewhere in the first half of the song!!!!! You my Friend, can tell your Grandkids one day how good music still was as Billy re-erected Blue Grass!!! Oh sorry, I think this is called "DeadGrass" and I'm sure Jerry Garcia is looking down from Heaven and thinking, "My God. This is the real deal, finally"!!!!! Be Well Actionoriented!!!!!
RUclips: Hey wanna watch a guy, that looks 14 and is dressed like he's giving a rushed-to-finish science fair presentation, sing like a 40 year old and jam like he's been playing for a hundred years? Me: yes RUclips:
this is my favorite song of his. probably because its not typical bluegrass. shows prowess and skill of writing, song structure, tempo changes, harmonies, melodies, and dowmright ripping. very rare to hear it all in one place usually getting one or two with the others but hes just one of those extraordinary men that just have it.
It's a continuum. From Bill Monroe to to Norman Blake, to Tony Rice, and on and on, this kid has generational talent and the chops to back it up. It's like Eddie Van Halen, hours, and days and years practicing 'till your fingers bleed. I truly hope that he can avoid the pitfalls that have claimed the lives of so many other great players.
I've said it a million times, Billy Strings has such profound, authentic adoration for his band-mates, brothers in strings! Love this human! What a gift to us all! 🍀
I'm not really sure if the people that disliked this know that this will go down as an obvious classic down the road. It's very impressive sounding, especially how Billy mixes the natural minor and plucks out the phrygian 2nd and incorporates the harmonic minor 7th note to give that dissonance sound. Love it! Along with his impeccable flat picking technique, truly mastered that!
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“I guess you guys aren’t ready for that, yet. But your kids are gonna love it”
LMAO
I’m afraid you guys are just to darn loud.
Exactly Huey Lewis exactly
Marty mcfly lol .. Billy is amazing
“...but your grandparents makin’ moonshine in the moldy bathtubs out near Schier’s Crik are gonna love it.”
When raw talent stomps the shit out of your musical tastes.
Brother you said it best! 👌🏼
So very sorry for the ones that can't see and hear that talent
Agreed.
Sooo true, country and western or bluegrass or what ever this is has always been one of the only genres I'd never listen to but this has me questioning my whole life choices
Yea mine to got stamped real good
Billy Strings gives me the rare feeling that he's better at what he does than any of the rest of us are...at anything.
No matter how many times I hear this song, I am absolutely blown away
somebody dropped the pick of destiny at that house party...
The randomly recommended video that started the addiction for most of us lol
The one were he was playing dust in a baggie
@@jesusfarrow503 yes
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If Billy gets through the age of 27, we're all in for a treat.
Actually I'm watch this in 2020 and he's 27 now. Oct he's 28
Not too religious but God don't take thing young man too
He will by the grace of God, this young man has a calling. And praise the Lord, I got to listen to his abilities by a close friend. If you read this Billy, keep on brother. I wish I had been blessed with that ability, praise God you are a talented young man bro.
@@danielwood5510
I really hope Billy and others read your comment.
He is very talented.
I often scroll through comments of videos I watch. Please don’t let this one be true but I understand it 100%. Billy, learn from your elders and also know soulful music like yours could save a majority of this country.
On this note, RIP STV.
The best part is when they zoom to the crowd and it’s a bunch of older country loving folks just GRINNING!!! amazing
They are all amazing and of course Billy is WAY AMAZING... He doesnt barely even look at his guitar... Everyone in the crowd gets tricked... The band is like this is the end.... Jk... I love that... Pysche or sike?
It is great to enjoy the music
I know right? It cracked me up my wife didn't think it was from the actual show. It's funny how we can Bridge Gaps
Went to my first Strings show in June and that was an observation I took away from his performance. Young and old all in awe.
I'm an older bluegrass fan and just heard this today in my car on Sirius xm. Had to watch it when I got home. Reminded me of some of the music the Traveling McCoury's play. Love it!
There's a reason why 90% of metalheads like myself like bluegrass. Because we've all felt THIS connection. Holy shit.
It’s very similar to the first time I heard the Steeldrivers back around 2009. I was like, this is the most METAL bluegrass I’ve ever heard. Well, share the stage Stapleton, there’s a nu metal bluegrass sheriff in town, and his name is Strings.
3:20
Dude I’m a metal drummer / guitarist for 20 years. And a rapper. And I also okay bluegrass and yea. This connection is amazing dude
Play*
It’s cause you have to have natural talent to play the banjo, mandolin, viola or gee-tar to play in bluegrass style.
I grew up in Bluegrass, and some of the best musicians in the world are bluegrass players!
This dude is setting up a whole new paradigm for Bluegrass guitar. Just like Doc did or Tony Rice did or Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughan. Can I get a witness?
softail springer amen
Witness!
Amen brother!!!
I think you meant to say JERRY GARCIA
Omfg that just happened. Dudes coming to my neiborhood to play 3 shows dec.29,30,31 can't wait.
As astounding as Billy is I have huge respect for him also surrounding himself with expert technical musicians. Each man on that stage oozes individual talent and they compliment each other perfectly, stepping back when needed, adding when needed, they know each other. Billy is the star sure, but all these boys deserve huge respect
I love the banjo player aswell hes such a dude
Well said!!!!
This is exactly right. He starts playing and it's good. Then the boys start backing him uo and it's chills through and through.
Ooh they are all good looking tooooooo
I absolutely agree I think Bill may be one of the best guitarist I’ve ever heard
I'm recovering Meth head from Texas,this music has a Positive impact on my state of mind.Been clean 7 years
well done that's brilliant.....I am an alcholic not clean yet but trying
Just got six months two days ago. Mad love to you. We do recover.
I’m 4 years sober off meth man.
My life’s better that it ever has been
How does a person come in contact with meth ? You can see what meth can do with people all around you...why even try it ?
Is America such a loveless nation people need this to escape ? Is it hedonisms ?
Good for you! I know it can't be easy.
This is Pantera Blue Grass. So much conviction. Attitude. But played clean… watching Billy pour himself into this performance is… holy shit
This is the prime example of evolution of genre, you seriously just can't go back after hearing this.
Right? Like this opens up bluegrass to so many more people. I love it
Completely blown away by the wall of sound.My favourite band is Tool without question followed by acts such as Blind Melon,STP,Pantera,Black Sabbath and such and This Billy Strings is phenomonal!I cannot stop listening to his music.i am absolutely blown away.incredible.
Church.
Probably hurt like hell for his mom pushing both him and that guitar out...
That's fucking awesome bro
Super funny!
Hahaha that's fuckin fantastic
I’m fucking dead🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Especially since she was a virgin...
This might be the greatest song I have ever heard.
I just listened to it like 10x in a row.
Mammy.
What’s so good about Billy is that, his father, groomed him to be a classic Bluegrass player. so got that old time feel and surround. But then he merged it with a little jazz influence a little Jerry Garcia style, and whooo boy, what comes out of his fangers now is gold!!
Thanks to Billy I can grow old gracefully knowing I don't have to spend the rest of my life talking about how good music used to be.
amen. I been waiting too. Since August 27 1990. This young man and his band mates are exciting to hear.
Word.
Just so you know, it never got bad. You just didn’t know where to look
@Billy Strings official
Whats your secret man?
@Billy Strings dude is amazing you replied!
I am taking my daughter to her first concert and its going to be your show in Georgia!
Is there any clips of you in your band in hs?
I'd love to hear little strings
When concerts come back to America, this dude will be on my priority list.
He’s still doing em but they’re like 200$ a ticket
@@fabianfourspring7128 $250 for car of 4. I'm going tomorrow in Peoria! Can't wait!
hes touring but yea as others have said pretty expensive for a drive in shows, but he is doing virtual shows I believe
I'd rather watch on RUclips than from a car. I'll wait for real live shows with packed crowds.
@@patrickhawkinson8399 hes got a 20 dollar virtual show at red rocks this Saturday. through nugs.tv I have seen some of the free ones before they are very high production quality. I bought my ticket today.
Astonishing performance. Channeling all the greats - Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Doc Watson and more.
This is what you call generational wants in a lifetime. You see somebody like this? Billy strings
I never thought I would find myself headbanging for 6 straight minutes to a bluegrass song, yet here I am.
You got that right
Check out the blue grass vrs of where ever I may roam
Literally ALL music lends itself to either early bluegrass, soul or a combination of the two. I love it!!! 😁
you must not listen to a lot of blue grass!
Billy strings is a true badass. This song is so good it's unreal. Mind blown
as a guitar player, there are moments when a player comes along that causes you to be conflicted. this is one of those moments. holy. f@cking. shit.
I'm conflicted about whether I want to practice, or quit.
just practice...don't give up. Imagine if he did
Haha oh man I know what you mean
I know right?😆
Just do what he did, sell your soul to the devil! I'm convinced he did to be that good!! 😂
Dude, same. Cant stop listening to the dude
Few people make the guitar sound with their minds. He’s one of them.
This has been my favorite song for this entire year
Looks like young Billy's been down to the crossroads
Is that a 70s porn title? Because that's exactly how he looks.
@@TheOldMan-75 deal with the devil he's implying.
Lol I was recently speculating about how many "artists" nowadays actually did that..... Just to be famous or rich...
Where do i sign up?
@@ChrisMcloviification lol well theres a netflix documentary about it you can start with! Robert Johnson at the Crossroads or somethin like that..
Billy Strings will become a legend...
What do you mean will become ? Already legendary !
Without doubt
I think HAS BECOME A LEGEND is the proper term.
"is"
Not really a leap there...that’s common sense
you can tell that billy is a metalhead just by how this song was structured. Especially when the breakdown hits
Listen to him do sabbath live
Just found this about 4 days ago. I can't stop listening to it. Mesmerizing, soul wrenching. A new view each hearing. Forgiveness. Absolution.
But full force.
The comparison to some of the all time greats is apt. But he's managed to bring something all of his own to it.
Those other boys know their business well.
Hats off to you all.
Beautiful mix. The bass is perfection.
"But I'll try to keep living
Through the nauseating gloom."
If you only knew how true.
I never heard of the song Dust in a baggie until it came up randomly and I was so impressed with it that I followed the link in the comment to this and now I think I'm this guy's biggest fan all of that just happened in the past 15 minutes, my brain turned around in my head listening, this is badass on every level
Same
same
Same
exactly same here :D
I was listening to hank 3 ' cunt of a bitch ' and apple music decided I needed to chill out more ... a good day indeed
Baddest bluegrass metal song I've ever heard...
Chris Rolison
Indeed.
:(
Its not bad :(
Pretty sure he meant bad in a good way
@Marvin Gardens nonsensical drivel with some sexism thrown in. Billy shreds. and since when is incorporating prog-rock chords in bluegrass waaaaay average? Marvin, you out of your damn mind!
Every musician on that stage is world class. I saw somewhere in the comments here by ADIT ADDICTS "When raw talent stomps the shit out of your musical tastes." That says it all.
the fact that he can sing that well, play that well AND he wrote the songs is just insane talent
His band members have written some of the songs too. Billy is ridiculously talented, Jared is up there too, the rest are great too.
Alex was regarded as one of the best young fiddlers on the scene even before he joined the band
honestly he's got a great voice, very underrated part of his performance. On top of that he's got a top notch band
He aint never smoked a damn foil in his life.
I used to smoke foils right off the dill pickle jar,fresh off the smoke jug.liquid fire and salt and aquarium pump,then to the dehydrator come out looking like paint chips
To be this talented and be able to sing like that is just mind blowing. The dude is a one in a billion.
@Billy Strings official
How do you do it man?
He’s Jimmy Page Jr.. lol
Just cause he looks the part of a prodigy dont forget guys like Ricky Skaggs and Roy Clark are Evey bit as good honestly better they just look like your grandpa. But they can hang behind the microphone and the straw from what I hear.
I just realized there are 7 billion people in the world and I listed 2 I can think of maybe 2 more no way I could get to 7. So yeah I guess your right lol 👏
@@Luke-pk9fe yeah 28 year old "prodigy" thats been playing for 26 years lol
Came here from Dust in a Baggie. Didn't know bluegrass could rock so hard.
I followed it from there too this guy kicks ass. If you wanna hear some hardcore bluegrass thrash check out Hank 3. Particularly the straight to hell album.
check out lost dog street band
He’s so good you don’t even compare him to a SRV, or Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. He is Billy Strings.
For real man , dude’s a prodigy and if he stays active as long as the guys you mentioned he will for sure be named along them in the greatest players discussion
I'd say comparable in skill with Hendrix but would honestly consider giving Billy that successors title there
The clapton comparison is one I agree with. Maybe not as bluesy as clapton but the feel is there. Clapton is one of my favorite guitarist and billy is right up thete
Billy is one of the few real musicians that is a prodigy
This song is more metal than anything I’ve ever heard
Yup I hear the head banging in there
Its physical for me. Im 55 and just to keep up with a back rhythm makes my arm hurt. If I dig into the strings too much trying to be louder, ill gas before the end of Meet Me at the Creek
if one was to play this on electric instruments...yes this would be Metal AF!!!
This. Kid should team up with Angus Young🤟🏻
This guy reminds me a lot of early Mastodon. I definitely think they are one of his influences.
Billy strings. I never heard of him and now I find myself watching all his videos and I don't even listen to bluegrass. This guy is top level. Wow!
You might like a girl called Molly Tuttle she is a great guitar player they have played together
I found out about him from a Tommy Emmanuelle video and had to check out this strings guy out.
Same here!
Me too first video I watched a few days ago was this
ruclips.net/video/VFEZOjtrwls/видео.html
I thought he was some random guitar player that someone recorded but man is this guy talented
@@smokeyfrog210 That video is amazing
I've just discovered Billy Strings and I am completely blown away. My god.
If “I guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it” was a person
Yes
Billy's Friend: "Hey Billy, I bet you can't write a bluegrass metal song about drugs and have every old person in the crowd impressed and smiling ear to ear."
Billy: " Bet."
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this song was metal af
Because drug abuse didn't exist back in their day.
@@mozisgrimm140 much of what we know as a particular genre of music is more universal than you would imagine. Punk, rock, country, blues, metal. It's all the same basic idea just at different beats or instruments.
Go learn some old surf rock, dime the gain on your amp and you've got death metal.
@@jeepmanxj Yeah. No shit dumbass.
@@mozisgrimm140 you are the one who was glad other people noticed. I'm just pointing out the fact that you are the dumbass for not realizing other people have long known this.
Billy is obviously a beast in terms of playing ability, but from a songwriting perspective, this is fucking genius! Dude is using phrygian concepts in a bluegrass song and it works amazingly well. Jesus Christ, what a fucking talent...
I had wife that was Phrygid...
Come for the flat pick virtuosity, stay for the Phrygian concepts
@@JohnMatthewsGuitar That's rough man. Those are the worst kinds lol.
Jesus had nothing to do with it .. Believe it
@@shawn9878 It's a figure of speech.
I wouldn’t normally listen to bluegrass, but Billy is something else! To be fair, the whole crew are amazing!!
I wish you hope in recovery now that you've come out of your Coma, God Bless....
...said everyone after first hearing him!
There is a lot of great bluegrass , old stuff, some of it kindve annoying , bit there is a lot of great stuff
I think it's so crazy when you see people that are so good at their craft get almost into a trance when playing/painting/competing. The reach a flow state and it looks almost effortless.
I’ve said this same thing, especially Billy.
It's like a possession and they are just transmitting
ahh the "groove " is a lovely place all artist work to be in
it's exactly like possession because it is
@@jaylispwalker3773 is that a bad thing?
Don't underestimate that banjo player or any of these guys they have the gift.
You mean part of the crossroad contract lmao
The timing is amazing with these gentlemen.
yess!
He's definitely surrounded himself with talent!
He has a different aesthetic in every video I've seen.
couldnt agree with this more hahaha
Tbh I think that’s why he’s such a great entertainer there are no videos where he looks the same haha
cant wait to see what he'll look like in 5 years
@@LicksoftheLegend he definitely is an entertainer ON TOP of the crazy guitar skills and great voice
He goes from looking like Elton John to wearing a cryptopsy shirt lol
Okay, I need more folk/bluegrass/country with dissonance and odd time signatures. This is incredible.
Where’s the time sig change? My ears cant pick it up. Is it on the breakdown?
@@benwalter6984I detect no time change either, and if I had to guess, this guy is probably mistaking some syncopated parts as being in a different time
Ya know, if this is the last great thing America produces, I am OK with it.
Me too. Strings is phenomenal and so are his band mates!
Me too!! I’m 61 and cut my teeth on Bluegrass. My dad was a huge fan. This, however, is something else! I think he might be in two modes at one point. It’s amazing. He’s a unicorn, like Chris Thile and a few other musicians. Once in a lifetime kind of folks and I feel blessed to be alive to experience their artistry.❤
This song hits me like a box of rocks. My parents were meth addicts when I was a child that ruined our lives. Consumed with homelessness and just down right uncertainty. Would we eat, get robbed, raped? My father is clean now but All I ever wanted was an apology from him but he won’t admit to any of it. He just ignores the subject. Now I suffer from depression and anxiety. So every lyric of this song hits so hard. I love it when a song can just reach into your soul and pull something out.
I had to hit the like button for you!...sending hugs your way over a mutual love of this Billy Strings words and songs!
as well as the obvious catharsis of music, may i suggest dr. jordan peterson who knows a thing or two about psychology and human fallibility?
You should know you are not the only kid that went through a childhood hell....always remember you are surrounded by all kinds of folks that suffered and suffer like you did or currently do....don't ever stop trying to be as strong as you can...
I feel the exact same way. Both of my parents were meth addicts when i was a child. when i was in my early 20s and my mom had been clean i asked her for an apology for my childhood. She got really angry with me started cussing at me and told me to get out of her house. I think in her head she still justifies what happened because its technically a disease. Still doesn't feel right for me though.
This guy is the most talented guitar player I've ever seen in 36 years.
I second that! I am almost ashamed to say it, but in pure time I probably play longer than he does, but I guess he practiced a lot more! Like a looooot more.
@@tm8602 at the time was 36 years old.
Hence the, "ever seen" part.
Tommy Emmanuel still reigns supreme, but Billy is probably the better all around artist in my opinion
Joe Bonamassa. You’re welcome
You should see him live
His music just oozes from his face and I could watch/listen to it all day. Pure, raw, unbridled talent. Fucking legend in the making!
Checking in from just watching video of his 2024 show in Minneapolis!! Still kicking ass!!!
Can I like this a few hundred times? This dude is my new music crush. I'm 67, and love this take on Bluegrass. Keep on rockin', Brother Billy!
He's the one that is gonna meet whoever's standing in the crossroads
@@shotgunone1 he is the one standing in the crossroads
66 and Me too
61 and can't agree more..
He should've said at the end " I guess you wasn't ready for that. But your kids are going to love it".
Man I love the way Billy flat picks
The emotions of this tune. The house spun around inside of the tornado🌪️
definition of tin foil and turmoil 💨
Saw 'em live yesterday in Frankfurt am Main. That was a total acoustic steam roller. daaamn!
9 😁o
Holy shit just when you think music is dead this comes along Thankyou
Let's stop and appreciate how amazing everyone is on their instrument they all rip great job
ruclips.net/video/zfPn1u8AwJ0/видео.html Baltimore guitar teacher, live reaction and trying to play Billy Strings
This song makes me cry my eyes out. My wife and I were hooked on meth for two years. Fighting ourselves and each other, lost custody of our kids, seeing us become different people and talking to shadows on the walls…. I’ll never touch that evil stuff again. I’ve got my family back and been sober four years.
(Tinfoil is used to smoke and cook meth, in case someone doesn’t understand)
Wow, thank you for sharing that. I didn't know. And congratulations and God bless you on your transformation. That's big!
Hell yeah brother congratulations
Keep the fight. - The world is set up to make us fail, Its up to you show the world who is boss !
Its also used to smoke heroin on, both heroin & meth r evil as hell & both come with more than their fair share of turmoil. A MASSIVE WELL DONE !!! 4 turning ur lives around & getting ya family bk together where u all belong. Any1 dat don't understand how hard dat is don't have da right to comment. Honestly u should b so proud of urselves. X
Check out his song dust in a baggie
I know many people have commented on this but at 4:45 the look of pure joy on everyone's face is absolutely priceless.
This is basically a thrash song played in the style of bluegrass. He's so good.
No doubt......I could totally hear mustaine doing this tune
You can tell he listens to a lot of metal
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More like a grunge song played 40 bpm faster.
Or "tear it down" by old crow medicine show.
Sometime during this song those glasses melted off of his face.
Every once in a while RUclips recommends the right thing.
How in earth does somebody manage to get this sound out of an ordinary guitar ! Fantastic !
It's a Martin ....
Martin with pickup. Its corded.
I think I've watched this 50 times in the past 2 months.
The Devil sold his soul to Billy Strings to learn how to play guitar...
Probably
#truthbombs
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Lmao! The Devil went up to Michigan, he was lookin for a soul to steal...
@@aronrosas4191 ha thanks man, he's just too bloody good!
Metal AF
Going watching him here in the UK..
Itl be a great show
It's like Black Sabbath put out a blue grass song in 1970.
led zep.
have you seen this cover. I was impressed ruclips.net/video/zfPn1u8AwJ0/видео.html
And that’s the exact moment when the fingerpicking produced just enough jigawatts to send billy back to 1928.
Tesla shit
What? He uses a pick, a TP48...
I went to his concert Aug 11, 2021 and this song lasted for 25 min !!!
Fuck that'd rock
Bluegrass thrown into a blender with Metallica and some Cantrell lyrical themes. Love it.
Daniel Syverstad blew my mind bring up jerry, that’s spot on
Ewe metalica hell no nowhere near
@@mathieulagrandeur1006 Play 4:17 onwards with an electric guitar and this will be Metallica all over the place. It's no secret that Billy is a big metal head btw!
@@SaintFranssoix You get it...
This reeks of Alice in Chains, but then again I always felt AIC were metal with blues / bluegrass roots...
That’s a BAD boy right there! Holy shit! The RUclips algorithm did something right introducing all of us to him. If there is a better guitar player out there, I haven’t seen or heard him.
Seriously seeing so many people whove been brough to billy through the 2012 dust in a baggie video. Like myself just 4 days ago.
RUclips must be promoting this dude hardcore right now, I never listened to bluegrass before discovering this dude a few days ago, completely impressed. Metalhead btw
Maybe check out Tommy Emmanuel and Joe Robinson
Search Justin Johnson
Joe Bonamassa? Marcus King? Not saying they are better but sure are heading in the right direction.
As a man born and raised in East Tennessee I understand and feel this so much. Never heard blue grass on this level… beautiful
This is hands-down the best version of this song I have heard, and I have listened to it so many times now I am shocked at how much I love it.
Everyone who's seen Billy strings play guitar knows he's an insane Roy Clark level guitarist but that mandolin player rips too, it's all just ridiculous talent
Agreed, ALL these guys are very very good. It’s fun watching people like this who are absolute masters at their craft.
So glad somebody mentioned Roy Clark in this feed as one of the greatest.
@@zarekmichalski4995 Yes to Roy Clark... but I think Glen Campbell also deserves at least an honorable mention as one of the greats.
That Mandolin player is Jared Walker and yes he is very good
@@johndibiosso7607 Actually, it's Drew Matulich... JW didn't join till later in the year or early '18.....
When you think "Dust In A Baggie" is his big hit wonder? He throws this at us lol. And more to come from this Talented Young Man!
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ive noticed this myself? i kniw its everwhere but is his relationship to meth i wonder?
@@illfather7066
I don't think so. At least not long term. He grew up in small towns without anything better to do, so he seen his peers get into it.
@@QueenofNonSequitur ive since read an interview he admitted using as early as the age 13 ..he said it was crazy times but does not regret it...did not comment about after those years as far as his usage ...not in that particular interview
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Thanks! Don't know a lot about him, except he's cute and his/their music is AWESOME!!!
I love how his face muscles just stop working when he's really playing a good riff. You can tell that music just courses through this man's body!
we were lucky enough to be in the front row for this performance - insanely good across the board. Technical mastery with artistic excellence. I REALLY miss Music City Roots at the Factory - what a loss for the community!
i'm sure you're a fine person, but...i hate you.😊
I hope you were lucky enough to pick up his glasses that he seemed to lose somewhere in the first half of the song!!!!! You my Friend, can tell your Grandkids one day how good music still was as Billy re-erected Blue Grass!!! Oh sorry, I think this is called "DeadGrass" and I'm sure Jerry Garcia is looking down from Heaven and thinking, "My God. This is the real deal, finally"!!!!! Be Well Actionoriented!!!!!
Love how he smiles when he knows he just played the hell out of that guitar!!!!
So glad someone else noticed that,
Playing for the love of it. Hellz yeah
He is loving it! A born artist and performer.
RUclips: Hey wanna watch a guy, that looks 14 and is dressed like he's giving a rushed-to-finish science fair presentation, sing like a 40 year old and jam like he's been playing for a hundred years?
Me: yes
RUclips:
Dfkm 💀💀
@@joshmccord4644 dafuq is Dfkm?
atz123ify Dat Fuckin Killed Me
Been laughing about this all day
Me: Yeah, I’m totally down for this. Lol
Lyrical mastery of Manson with the soul of Johnny cash I've been searching for this exact sound thank you.
The string progression is insane….the lyrics resonate deep as well love this man
This song is like a damn journey, musical masterpiece.
Those old people were smiling and kicking their legs to some thrash metal and don’t even know it!
The even older people know that metal is just surf music set to a minor key.
Its 2019, a lot of people like metal. Not everyone thinks its satanic
Thrash metal is our music, young Laddy. We were the one's filling up concert halls way back when.
His audience is always full of gray haired folks. They must know something.
@@liz1060 we do, Deary.
These guys are just ....
I'm speechless.
The most musically complex bluegrass song I've ever heard. Fantastically done in every aspect. Wow!
The kid from the porch on deliverance grew up and wandered out of the hills and changed his name to Billy strings.
this is my favorite song of his. probably because its not typical bluegrass. shows prowess and skill of writing, song structure, tempo changes, harmonies, melodies, and dowmright ripping. very rare to hear it all in one place usually getting one or two with the others but hes just one of those extraordinary men that just have it.
This song has become in my top 3 of all time
Quickly into my top ten.
You and me both
Man go check out Away from the mire
I've never been a fan of this kind of music until I found Billy. Damn dude plays that guitar
Billy has single handedly revolutionized bluegrass music
That transition from the solo back to the main riff is smooth as damn silk!
If he makes it til he’s 40 we may have the best guitarist to have ever lived
It's a continuum. From Bill Monroe to to Norman Blake, to Tony Rice, and on and on, this kid has generational talent and the chops to back it up. It's like Eddie Van Halen, hours, and days and years practicing 'till your fingers bleed. I truly hope that he can avoid the pitfalls that have claimed the lives of so many other great players.
I've said it a million times, Billy Strings has such profound, authentic adoration for his band-mates, brothers in strings! Love this human! What a gift to us all! 🍀
Kids got more talent than all of mainstream. He will be a legend!
At what? Destroying a perfectly good bluegrass ditty?
@@ShartNpantz Go the fuck away. I GUARANTEE you can't do better.
@@ShartNpantz Haters gotta hate. This kid has mad skills.
@@ShartNpantz Your idea of good country is probably Billy Ray Cyrus. You're boring
He’s still growing. May become a legend. Right now, he’s tearing it up. A revolution.
The talent of this band is insane. They are vastly underrated. I also mostly a metal sub pop guy in my 50s but love everything he does.
What a bloody genius God bless him. Wish I can once watch him live and shake his hand
I'm not really sure if the people that disliked this know that this will go down as an obvious classic down the road. It's very impressive sounding, especially how Billy mixes the natural minor and plucks out the phrygian 2nd and incorporates the harmonic minor 7th note to give that dissonance sound. Love it! Along with his impeccable flat picking technique, truly mastered that!
Teach me more!!!!