Great work, yet so sad though it has come to this. That someone with such talent feels so stongly about the state of our world and country he writes a beautiful ballad that conveys how unchristian our fellow Americans have become. Thank you Billy for speaking the truth!
This song is wonderful, what an incredible mix of humor and poignancy to make a point. Gives me Todd Snyder vibes in all the best ways. Great playing and voice too!
Wow! I found you today when your Fire and Rain from 10 years ago showed up on my playlist. So glad to see you're still at it, even if you haven't posted in a while. We need folk songs and protest songs like this right now. We really do. The lyrics spot-on and savage. As for the delivery... I don't suppose you grew up listening to Steve Goodman, and maybe Shel Silverstein? Your voice luckily sounds more like Steve than Shel, but something about the way this song is shaped says they're in your musical closet somewhere.
Dude! Are you telepathic?! Shel and Steve Goodman (and Prine) and heroes and I've logged a lot of hours listening to them. I'm amazed you could tell that. Prine comes through more obviously. Croce too perhaps. Both Shel and Goodman I thought were a little more hidden. I'm giggling. Amazing. Thanks for checking out all this music. I took a long hiatus and had kids etc but writing and playing is always in my head. So here we are. I appreciate you sending the message.
Last night my Christian aunt shared a TikTok by an older woman. The woman’s husband had been the breadwinner since her cancer left her disabled. He had a blockage that required heart surgery. She applied for food assistance but didn’t qualify bcuz the husband had just gotten a paycheck for $2k and had another Ck coming. She was angry for being turned down; pissed at our govt for showering immigrants w/ “free everythin” when they had worked decades and never asked for a thing. It took everything I had not to ask how she got to be in her late 60s ?without saving enough money to survive an emergency- like, hey, shouldn’t you be mad that you & your husband worked for decades but still live Ck to Ck?
Great work, yet so sad though it has come to this. That someone with such talent feels so stongly about the state of our world and country he writes a beautiful ballad that conveys how unchristian our fellow Americans have become. Thank you Billy for speaking the truth!
OH my gosh! THANK YOU!
Beautiful and heartbreakingly true.
The Ballad of American Jesus
WOW!!! Thank you for sharing.
I love it. I love it. I love it
Awesome simple yet complex.
Please don’t take the video down. If you do, I will share it over and over again. 💙
How about I keep it up and you still share it over and over again 😁
Every time I watch this my chest just aches.
This song is wonderful, what an incredible mix of humor and poignancy to make a point. Gives me Todd Snyder vibes in all the best ways. Great playing and voice too!
Thanks! Todd is awesome. I am flattered. 🙌🏼
Thank you for speaking this truth as to how Christianity has been so distorted by so many in the United States.
Wow!
I found you today when your Fire and Rain from 10 years ago showed up on my playlist. So glad to see you're still at it, even if you haven't posted in a while.
We need folk songs and protest songs like this right now. We really do. The lyrics spot-on and savage. As for the delivery... I don't suppose you grew up listening to Steve Goodman, and maybe Shel Silverstein? Your voice luckily sounds more like Steve than Shel, but something about the way this song is shaped says they're in your musical closet somewhere.
Dude! Are you telepathic?! Shel and Steve Goodman (and Prine) and heroes and I've logged a lot of hours listening to them. I'm amazed you could tell that. Prine comes through more obviously. Croce too perhaps. Both Shel and Goodman I thought were a little more hidden. I'm giggling. Amazing.
Thanks for checking out all this music. I took a long hiatus and had kids etc but writing and playing is always in my head. So here we are. I appreciate you sending the message.
Reminds me of John Prine. This is fantastic songwriting.
Yes! Very Prine in the very best of ways.
Thank you! I appreciate that so much. He's my all-time #1
This needs to go viral
Thanks Stacey! Fingers crossed 🫣
Last night my Christian aunt shared a TikTok by an older woman. The woman’s husband had been the breadwinner since her cancer left her disabled. He had a blockage that required heart surgery. She applied for food assistance but didn’t qualify bcuz the husband had just gotten a paycheck for $2k and had another Ck coming. She was angry for being turned down; pissed at our govt for showering immigrants w/ “free everythin” when they had worked decades and never asked for a thing. It took everything I had not to ask how she got to be in her late 60s ?without saving enough money to survive an emergency- like, hey, shouldn’t you be mad that you & your husband worked for decades but still live Ck to Ck?
Ps my aunt is a Christian trumper & thinks the same … We need more songwriters like you. Glad someone on TikTok shared your name
How sadly apt. Thank you.