Billy Strings with Béla Fleck - Boulderdash

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @TheMrCompletely
    @TheMrCompletely 4 года назад +1036

    Bela Fleck, all these years later and he's still the one making other virtuosos laugh out loud in sheer disbelief at what they witness. Love both these fellas

    • @TKevinBlanc
      @TKevinBlanc 4 года назад +43

      Bela was Billy before Billy was Billy. :0)

    • @DAVEWORLEYWORLD
      @DAVEWORLEYWORLD 4 года назад +11

      Masters of there instruments!!

    • @sethcragan6908
      @sethcragan6908 4 года назад +4

      So true. Couldn't have said it better myself.

    • @michaelmoore7975
      @michaelmoore7975 4 года назад +54

      Sho nit. This is the 1st time I've seen Billy not overplay the partner. Bela had a sly grin that seemed to say, "Yea, you good. You real good. But ive seen it before. Now, how bout I show you something you'll never see again?

    • @DabsDad
      @DabsDad 4 года назад +9

      I saw him last year with Chick Corea. Next level.

  • @BB-nw3mj
    @BB-nw3mj 9 месяцев назад +40

    People often argue about who is the best that has ever lived on a particular instrument. But practically nobody argues about the banjo...it's Bela and then everybody else.

  • @weenfain
    @weenfain 4 года назад +385

    Grew up down a holler in KY. My papaw lives for bluegrass. Old school. I’m only 30. He’s 80. Showed him some Billy and he LOVED it. First thing he said was “by god never seen someone flat pick like that kid he’s something else” lol papaw ain’t never lied. Billy is a gem

    • @docdarlin5491
      @docdarlin5491 4 года назад +7

      Billy Strings is the best flat picker alive or dead.
      I said what I said.

    • @STL-sl7zv
      @STL-sl7zv 4 года назад +11

      @@docdarlin5491 he's up there for sure. I think Tony Rice in his prime would give billy a run for his money. Same goes for chet atkins or Jerry reed. But they were both fingerpickers so slightly different ballgame

    • @randalbladel2817
      @randalbladel2817 4 года назад +23

      Mark O’Connor would be right there as well, but I won’t call any of them best. Great music isn’t a basketball game. It’s great music!

    • @1LibbyNation
      @1LibbyNation 4 года назад +2

      Doc Darlin Jake Workman

    • @michaelbarnett2527
      @michaelbarnett2527 4 года назад +5

      SR 1234 Watch Roy Clark play malagueña...

  • @dennisthemenace5466
    @dennisthemenace5466 4 года назад +47

    Smoking a joint to this was the best decision I've made today.

    • @fukhue8226
      @fukhue8226 5 месяцев назад

      It made your day. Guess I better rewind this one more time and load a bowl!

    • @PaulJones-bo8gt
      @PaulJones-bo8gt 4 месяца назад +3

      Wasn't it, I felt it was the best decision I've made to in 42 years.

    • @GuruishMike
      @GuruishMike 3 месяца назад

      @@PaulJones-bo8gt yup

  • @jd1659
    @jd1659 4 года назад +123

    Billy is hands down the Stevie Ray Vaughan of bluegrass. I know of no better compliment. The kid is outstanding!

    • @arghapirate2427
      @arghapirate2427 Год назад +7

      Jamming with the SRV of the banjo!

    • @sanguinarynemesis
      @sanguinarynemesis Год назад +4

      I came here for Bela. Learning who Billy is. I'm sure Google will know sure enough.

    • @drew7155
      @drew7155 9 месяцев назад

      ​@sanguinarynemesis bela led me here too. It good to see young musicians paying homage

    • @jvetter8586
      @jvetter8586 3 месяца назад

      ​@drew7155 it's pretty wild people are still learning about billy. Shits crazy. I'm not sure how far he can go at this point.

    • @jvetter8586
      @jvetter8586 3 месяца назад

      ​@@drew7155ps we all already knew about Bela. This trajectory is different. With the utmost respect. Honestly many times I wished billy took a more Bela route but God bless him I'm sure he's doing what his heart says.

  • @aVo_001
    @aVo_001 4 года назад +103

    Bela is a legend. A master of his craft.
    And yet Billy is right up there will him at only half the age. The bluegrass virtuoso of our time.

    • @claudioortiz5830
      @claudioortiz5830 Год назад

      100%

    • @garethburnell615
      @garethburnell615 9 месяцев назад +3

      No offence, but Billy's not even coming close...yet. Don't get me wrong, he's a fucking virtuoso, but Bela is well beyond even that status. Billy will get there, but he ain't there yet. Ask him yourself ;)

    • @drew7155
      @drew7155 9 месяцев назад +3

      Billy strings couldn't carry Bela Flecks jockstrap

  • @esond
    @esond 4 года назад +127

    That was incredible. I felt like it was moments away from collapsing into a musical disaster, and these gentlemen toed that line fearlessly. It was like they were each daring the other to get just a little more into the weeds, just for the fun of seeing if they'd make it back.

    • @chrislorensen3025
      @chrislorensen3025 3 года назад +5

      exactly

    • @pascalrouen
      @pascalrouen 3 года назад +9

      Perfect description. This was sheer madness turned beauty.

    • @mileskrans8028
      @mileskrans8028 3 года назад +6

      You nailed it! i was on the edge of my seat!!!!

    • @Stonedwelder87
      @Stonedwelder87 3 года назад +3

      Never a musical disaster with guys like this.

    • @jeffdamon1098
      @jeffdamon1098 Год назад

      Well put esond!!

  • @apancher
    @apancher 4 года назад +48

    I'm a relatively new Billy fan, but have loved Bela for a long time. My dad ran in to him at the Nashville airport and simply said hello, and thanks for the great music. Bela sat down and had a cup of coffee with him, totally flattered. That experience seems to sum up people you meet in the bluegrass world.

    • @jsy3359
      @jsy3359 Год назад +3

      Wow, very cool story. I just saw Bela Fleck (along with Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull and other greats) play last night. It was supposed to be an outdoor venue but due to poor weather the festival moved it last minute inside a local middle school auditorium. All I could think was how humble are these amazing artists to have the talent they have and play in a freaking middle school auditorium. Amazing concert that they put their everything into, as if they were on the Opry stage.

  • @BarbaricEricX
    @BarbaricEricX 4 года назад +579

    One of the things I love about Billy Strings is the way he obviously loves to learn and is so enamored with the playing of those he makes music with. The way he is transfixed by what Bela is playing at about 3:10 is something I have seen him do with Michael Cleveland, Tommy Emmanuel and Molly Tuttle as well. This is one gracious and kind musician.

    • @noraasivad
      @noraasivad 4 года назад +9

      Kinda..... creepy

    • @skaterdavedownsouth
      @skaterdavedownsouth 4 года назад +17

      He truly plays WITH.

    • @howlinhog
      @howlinhog 4 года назад +28

      He's been that way for many years! I knew he was leaving someday for bigger and better things ever since I used to watch him and his dad play together here in west Michigan at our little bluegrass festival in Lowell. Then he started playing with a local named Don Julin and I really knew we were doomed to lose him to the rest of the world. But yeah, great family he comes from.

    • @bodeghost
      @bodeghost 4 года назад +11

      Love that you indeed, saw that as well. Billy Strings truly does seem to appreciate his musician pals, with whom accompany him. Very nice to see. 😉 💜 🍀 👻 🎶 🐾 🤗

    • @michaelkenna2024
      @michaelkenna2024 4 года назад +1

      👍

  • @robraaiii
    @robraaiii Год назад +50

    I’m all about rock, from every decade. I know nothing about this music. But how could you not appreciate these guys’ chops? They shred 🤘🏻🤘🏻

    • @Lerschie
      @Lerschie 6 месяцев назад +1

      Billy has a background in metal! There is an overlap between metal shredders and acoustic shredders no doubt.

    • @robraaiii
      @robraaiii 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@Lerschie I just started playing (besides the 25 short licks I learned growing up) when I bought my daughter a guitar right before Covid…She lost interest… I now have 28 guitars 🤷‍♂️. The GAS is real. Anyway!!! It has been SO damn fun. Not only discovering the world of great guitarists in ALL genres, but RE-discovering music and bands I’ve known all along. I have a new appreciation for the music they write and the skill that they play with. It’s been a pretty Fn cool few years. Tho I still suck, I’m working on becoming more “guitar player” than “guitar collector” 🤷‍♂️😅

  • @backseatdriver9576
    @backseatdriver9576 4 года назад +72

    Bela Fleck is a grandmaster. Billy Strings is not human. Simply amazing.

    • @beverlyferguson8003
      @beverlyferguson8003 3 года назад +2

      How in the world....? I can't even think of words to express how impressed I am by these two gifted musical geniuses! What a treat to hear them play!

  • @tboneholt
    @tboneholt 2 года назад +4

    Little Billy hanging right there with him!

  • @unclejane9819
    @unclejane9819 4 года назад +868

    It’s like watching two mad scientists create a magical potion!

  • @jysmtl
    @jysmtl 4 года назад +97

    Bela even smiles here! Billy makes everyone smile. He plays with such joy.

  • @mattgillespie7649
    @mattgillespie7649 8 месяцев назад +10

    That crowd was blessed by the holy sounds of Billy and Bela

  • @phippsboysmusic9299
    @phippsboysmusic9299 4 года назад +6

    If only the world was as good as Billy’s playing

  • @robertclymer6948
    @robertclymer6948 4 года назад +17

    Holy Mother of God! What did I just see? Oh, I saw two of the very best musicians on the planet!

  • @rickwebermusic
    @rickwebermusic 4 года назад +198

    [Bela Fleck] "You pay for the whole fret board...Use the whole fret board!"

    • @TheBigMclargehuge
      @TheBigMclargehuge 3 года назад +5

      Chet Atkins "I never made a dime above 5."

    • @bobthabuilda1525
      @bobthabuilda1525 3 года назад

      @@TheBigMclargehuge I don't think it was Chet that said that.

    • @bobthabuilda1525
      @bobthabuilda1525 3 года назад +1

      @@TheBigMclargehuge I looked it up, apparently it comes from Charles Sawtelle, not Chet Atkins, who played all over the fretboard.

  • @Isabelle-ud2df
    @Isabelle-ud2df 11 месяцев назад +8

    well these people are some of the best in the world at what they do. what a joy to watch them

  • @mikemcduffie6879
    @mikemcduffie6879 4 года назад +25

    It’s like watching two of the best pickers (if not THE best) that ever walked on planet Earth!!

  • @chickfamilyink
    @chickfamilyink 4 года назад +93

    I just said to a buddy of mine the other day, "gee I'd like to see Billy Strings pair up with Bela Fleck..."

  • @jaymcdaniel5455
    @jaymcdaniel5455 3 года назад +14

    Does anyone love to play more than Billy Strings? Unlikely.

  • @guitymon
    @guitymon 4 года назад +30

    Never ceases to amaze me how the great bluegrass players can throw down a fast tempo with so many notes, back and forth no less in this video, and never lose time with no rhythm section. So impressive. And what a great ending!

  • @suebyrd9132
    @suebyrd9132 11 месяцев назад +3

    These guys together what a blast!

  • @ericbruce5075
    @ericbruce5075 4 года назад +69

    Man Billy's rhythm playing really shines here. Also-- the audio quality and mix are superb. I sent this to my parents with a note to listen on their studio monitors.

  • @KingPhoey
    @KingPhoey 2 года назад +1

    That was crazy

  • @pascalrouen
    @pascalrouen 3 года назад +25

    2:09 that's one of the most ridiculous runs I've ever heard on a stringed instrument. These two are masters.

    • @whiskeycowboy1335
      @whiskeycowboy1335 3 года назад +1

      He did stuff like that all the with New Grass

    • @healthcarethoughtleadership
      @healthcarethoughtleadership 2 года назад

      @@whiskeycowboy1335 Exactly. Check out New Grass Revival's Bigfoot (especially the long version at Winterhawk 1989)

    • @woobi4739
      @woobi4739 Год назад

      I lost my shit when he did that.
      First time I've ever come across him but damn that was crazy.
      I'm going to be looking him up now.

  • @lyad3618
    @lyad3618 10 месяцев назад +2

    It's simply breathtaking to watch these two virtuosos in action. To them it's like breathing.

  • @erniesesame6820
    @erniesesame6820 4 года назад +29

    Both amazing. The even crazier thing about watching Bela is how relaxed and easy he looks while doing non-stop melodic lines. Just discovered Billy and I love his musicality.

  • @Wargasm644
    @Wargasm644 4 года назад +31

    I’m a metal player. I’ve only got one word to describe this: “Badass” 🤘🏻

  • @timburdett8506
    @timburdett8506 4 месяца назад +3

    I’ve seen both of them live multiple times, but to hear them together is beyond surreal.

  • @kel5944
    @kel5944 2 года назад +11

    I only recently realized that Victor Wooten plays bass for Bela. It would be awesome to hear them all together.

  • @conservat1vepatr1ot
    @conservat1vepatr1ot 4 года назад +70

    INCREDIBLE!
    Seeing these two legends together is absolutely amazing. I remember the first time I heard “Big Country”.. blew my mind. Same with Billy. I heard his song “Turmoil and Tinfoil” and new he was another one of those unique musical genius’s. This could only be better if Wooten accompanied them on bass. Thank you for this.

    • @genuineimpulse9134
      @genuineimpulse9134 4 года назад

      I enjoyed this, and I don't play music ruclips.net/video/zfPn1u8AwJ0/видео.html

    • @thomasromano9321
      @thomasromano9321 4 года назад +3

      Yes, definitely let's get Victor Wooten to play bass here!

    • @jessejordan2700
      @jessejordan2700 4 года назад +1

      Which Wooten? Victor?

    • @conservat1vepatr1ot
      @conservat1vepatr1ot 4 года назад

      Jesse Jordan
      Sorry, yeah bud, I was talking about Victor. You make a good point. Honestly Future Man would be rad too. I don’t know about Regi or Joseph well enough 🤷🏼‍♂️.

    • @cjfavazza6434
      @cjfavazza6434 3 года назад +2

      My best friend who lost his battle with addiction showed me Big Country and it’s one of the most beautiful songs ever written, it always reminds me of him and I cry every time I hear it

  • @johanevander
    @johanevander 4 месяца назад +2

    This just made me smile and tear up at the same time. Ace right through!

  • @svendbosanvovski4241
    @svendbosanvovski4241 4 года назад +15

    Bela has got to be the greatest banjo player who ever breathed, and Billy never ceases to astonish with his precocious brilliance. It has me horripulated with joy.

    • @jaywarren361
      @jaywarren361 4 года назад +2

      I'm stealing your word!

    • @kyleoconnor4707
      @kyleoconnor4707 2 года назад

      would you give billy the title of the best picker who ever lived?

    • @kennethmullen-qe9hg
      @kennethmullen-qe9hg Год назад

      And you my friend, have to be in the upper echelon of lexicomanes of all bluegrass and Bela Fleck's fanbase! Some good schizznizzle razzmatazz there, fo' sho', SdB! LmMFaO! ;) :P :o)

  • @TheMrdhyde
    @TheMrdhyde 3 месяца назад +3

    The speed Billy has on the acoustic is unreal. I have played acoustic guitar over 30 years and only play chords. Blows me away.

    • @87mini
      @87mini Месяц назад +2

      I've been for 50, and the difference is that Billy's probably practiced more than both of us put together!

    • @TheMrdhyde
      @TheMrdhyde Месяц назад

      @@87mini Yeah, over 30 years and if he was in front of me I would say " No, I don't play guitar".

  • @skatetodeath666
    @skatetodeath666 4 года назад +26

    Some amazing playing. How the hell anyone can remember what notes to play, at the right time this fast, is beyond what my brain can comprehend at this point in my life.

    • @Magere-Kwark
      @Magere-Kwark 4 года назад +5

      The chords backing up the whole thing is pretty much a pattern that keeps repeating itself. They take turns playing the solos over said chord sequence, and judging by Billy's reaction to some licks I would say a lot is improvised

    • @UTBanjo
      @UTBanjo 4 года назад +2

      @@Magere-Kwark That's really all any good banjo playing is. Knowing the chord(and where you can grab it on the neck),having a good repertoire of licks you can throw over that chord, and being fast.

    • @fukhue8226
      @fukhue8226 3 года назад

      Average players like me would have to work on the guitar rhythm for a month then 6 months more to learn and play the solos poorly since I'm a blues / rock player. These guys are over the top good!

    • @skatetodeath666
      @skatetodeath666 3 года назад

      @@fukhue8226 yup ill say

  • @stephengorsline8826
    @stephengorsline8826 Год назад +4

    Billy is living his biggest dreams playing with all his idols and I fucking love it nothing but hit after hit

  • @hvitskog
    @hvitskog 4 года назад +4

    Simply awesome !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @chaoticnewt5902
    @chaoticnewt5902 3 года назад +2

    What really makes me excited about kids like billy and molly Tuttle is they’re proof positive every generation just gets crazier and crazier players, we’re going to see an old man billy playing with some kid who literally melts our brains and you won’t be able to peel the smile off our faces with a crowbar.

  • @DELANDIGS
    @DELANDIGS 4 года назад +7

    I've been listening to Bella since the 1980's and have seen him in small venues seated just a few feet in front of me, watching him using every inch of the strings and board, then holding on for the ride

  • @garyhenderson1717
    @garyhenderson1717 4 года назад +1

    Billy like this guy is crazy thank you

  • @theconjugate5204
    @theconjugate5204 Год назад +3

    3:48 was a beautiful moment. Catching glimpses of that kind of communication between musicians at this ridiculous caliber of talent is really enviable. Just brilliant!

  • @kdaily7698
    @kdaily7698 2 года назад +1

    Oh look, it’s the man of my dreams playing in my hometown, boy do I miss Nashville

  • @pascalrouen
    @pascalrouen 3 года назад +4

    I'm new to Bela Fleck. Blown away. This man is a master beyond words.

    • @Trikernaught
      @Trikernaught 3 года назад

      Welcome to the wonderful world of Béla Fleck! It's lovely here, haha. :)

  • @draincel
    @draincel Год назад +1

    Holy fuck this guy is phenomenal

  • @rickdalbey6009
    @rickdalbey6009 4 года назад +4

    When I saw this I was reminded of Miles Davis when he said to Charlie Parker, "Why you got to play so many notes man?" Irregardless, love Billy Strings.

  • @PJB-To-be
    @PJB-To-be Год назад +1

    My hands, wrists, arms, hurt just listening to you two.

  • @cwb4280
    @cwb4280 3 года назад +4

    That’s 50% of a Bluegrass Supergroup.
    Pure talent from both legends.

  • @user-sk4bg6hr7p
    @user-sk4bg6hr7p 4 месяца назад +1

    A stroll in the park for Billy. How good are these guys!

  • @fadedlogic1
    @fadedlogic1 4 года назад +12

    You could see Bela looking like "Holy shite, that kid is THAT good" a few times during this snippet of amazing.

  • @arghapirate2427
    @arghapirate2427 Год назад +1

    Bluegrass = Jazz is what these 2 awesome musicians just proved.

  • @quinndiesel
    @quinndiesel 4 года назад +7

    You can't help but smile through this whole thing!

  • @roc2coffee
    @roc2coffee 3 года назад +1

    Who in the Hell could give this a “Thumbs Down?!?!? Two Monsters !!!

  • @gospeltruthtv
    @gospeltruthtv 4 года назад +5

    There are good banjo players, great banjo players, extraordinary banjo players and then Bela Fleck. It’s amazing to see these talents together.

  • @chadheydt8221
    @chadheydt8221 Год назад +2

    Been waiting for this duo ❤seen Bella many times 😎

  • @ElroyMunson
    @ElroyMunson 4 года назад +7

    Thank God there are still true artists/musicians who still survive and are embodied through this transcendental exchange, acoustic genius.

  • @adamoftheeast6569
    @adamoftheeast6569 7 месяцев назад +1

    Whoooo weeee that was incredible

  • @R_Thomp
    @R_Thomp 4 года назад +5

    This is some of the finest playing on the internet...!

  • @dearodear
    @dearodear 9 месяцев назад +1

    Such string artistry!

  • @scoutgirl7739
    @scoutgirl7739 4 года назад +8

    Fantastic! Bela Fleck is still lightning fast. And not a missed note. Crying out loud Smalls. You're killin me! Wish I could've been there. Billy you're in great company. Just shows what a fantastic musician and entertainer you are. Cheers!

  • @ddaavvee68
    @ddaavvee68 3 года назад +2

    they’re both ageless,
    young souls with old hearts

  • @danielrogers2470
    @danielrogers2470 4 года назад +4

    Omg Bela fleck is beyond incredible , love this instrumental

  • @bryanwilliams5384
    @bryanwilliams5384 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank you!

  • @bruce4751
    @bruce4751 4 года назад +5

    I wonder how long it took Billy to learn this song. These guys are mind-blowing, words can’t describe the happiness this brings me.

    • @SnowboardJedi
      @SnowboardJedi Год назад +1

      They just free wheeled it bro

    • @modelcitizen1977
      @modelcitizen1977 Год назад +1

      It's just an A section and a B section looped a few times. Probably less than a half hour to get it down. The solos are all made up on the fly.

  • @endogreen
    @endogreen Год назад +1

    Amazing!

  • @blacksmithim
    @blacksmithim 4 года назад +5

    На это можно смотреть бесконечно!!! 🤠

  • @alkoenig85
    @alkoenig85 3 года назад +1

    I don't know what is better, Billy's lead licks or his rhythm licks...

  • @turkishheart
    @turkishheart 4 года назад +5

    My old fave, that’s Bela, with my new fave, that’s you, Billy!😄

  • @markrathkamp7681
    @markrathkamp7681 Месяц назад

    OMG ! A whole nother level.

  • @DavidDeelLoco
    @DavidDeelLoco 3 года назад +5

    Come on. I mean COME ON! These guys can not play that good and not be ultra famous. That tells you about peoples taste these days. I mean these two are so incredibly talented. This is REAL music. This should be a choice on the radio. We should not be starved from listening to musicians of this calibur. And Billy Strings. OMG! He just learned that song.

    • @CorneiliusLibowitz
      @CorneiliusLibowitz 2 года назад +2

      Commercial radio sucks azz.... Back in the 90's Bela Fleck and the Flecktones got a little bit of airplay on prog radio, but i have yet to hear BMFS on the radio (besides PBS/college radio).....

    • @DavidDeelLoco
      @DavidDeelLoco 2 года назад

      @@CorneiliusLibowitz I know this comment will bring a bunch of haters but only because true comments hurt. The radiso unfortunately have to play to the masses and what music the masses want. In my opinion, (we all know about opinions, lol) the masses simply play follow the leader. How can someone like "music" where all they do is cuss (I am not an angel here BTW, ex-biker) call women bit#### and whor##, advocate killing of cops, talk so fast you can't understand a word, and preach crap to the mass that about achieving their status and 99% will be nothing more than idiots. Such trash. Autotune is the only thing that the majority of the people that call themselves singers or (artists, which makes me laugh) keeps them going. Turn autotune off and they run. Most people in the music industry today play the computer, no instruments.
      SORRY - I woke up angry because of Putin. He raised our gas prices. (LMAO - Sure he did.)

    • @rosscampbell1173
      @rosscampbell1173 2 года назад

      I know. How does someone “just learn” something like that? Check out Billy and Bryan Sutton at the Station House in Nashville. Billy jokes that they were preparing for weeks, and everyone laughs, meanwhile their interplay is so complex.

  • @emriesq3096
    @emriesq3096 3 года назад +2

    Billy always looks like he's having the best time. Those facial expressions cheer me up!

    • @patrickhawkinson8399
      @patrickhawkinson8399 3 года назад

      Yes, most bluegrass players are always pretty serious looking because it takes a lot of concentration to play that kinda stuff. But Billly manages to do it with such a free spirit.

  • @DhrBaldy
    @DhrBaldy 3 года назад +5

    I love how they are talking to each other through music, their head moves like they are communicating, their face show emotion matching the playing, amaaaazing!

  • @KaylaMarie-kv2nf
    @KaylaMarie-kv2nf 11 месяцев назад +2

    My lawd...I've always loved Bela fleck and just discovered strings...what kind of magic is this!????

  • @Jnolan15
    @Jnolan15 4 года назад +5

    Watched this multiple times, it’s like medicine. Heals the soul to hear this good stuff

  • @brahmburgers
    @brahmburgers 11 месяцев назад +1

    Stretch a thin piece of metal, and the vibrational consequences are near endless. Great stuff.

  • @MsNickie1001
    @MsNickie1001 4 года назад +3

    Wow, Bela can do things to a banjo that I’ve never heard anyone else do. And billy is almost unparalleled!

  • @Edwebb09
    @Edwebb09 4 месяца назад +1

    Well damn if this isn’t one of the greatest Billy Strings playing videos out there. Good Lord. I hope there’s a place for us slow bluegrass players out there.

  • @TheSoloAsylum
    @TheSoloAsylum 3 года назад +2

    I love how Billy really loves to watch other people play. It's obvious he enjoys the music more than the fame...

  • @KhinjarSam
    @KhinjarSam 11 месяцев назад +1

    FABULOUS !!!!!!!! ❤

  • @cody2493
    @cody2493 4 года назад +5

    What dueling banjos aspired to be...these two guys are amazing.

  • @jean-pierrelaplante1601
    @jean-pierrelaplante1601 5 месяцев назад +1

    Wow wow wow

  • @jysmtl
    @jysmtl 4 года назад +17

    Bela reinvented his instrument. Billy on the way to doing the same. Great to see them together. Everything I expected it to be.

  • @Jenifferwinter
    @Jenifferwinter 4 года назад +1

    Omg I have had a crush on Bela Fleck since the 80s at the Strawberry Bluegrass festivals !! Now with Billy Strings that I just recently found.. WOW I love BLUEGRASS MUSIC

  • @GardensGuitars
    @GardensGuitars 4 года назад +9

    W0W, the 2 best people in bluegrass right now, playing together! This is amazing!

  • @JamesDavis-qg4jl
    @JamesDavis-qg4jl Год назад +1

    Two grandmasters there. Just wow!!

  • @abigailsmith2083
    @abigailsmith2083 4 года назад +3

    Love Billy's pure joy of playing!! Two of the best!

  • @andrewgmurphy
    @andrewgmurphy 2 месяца назад

    I can’t stop watching this

  • @brandonfrumolt3470
    @brandonfrumolt3470 4 года назад +21

    I feel like Hill Billy Jazz should be a new genre. Love every bit of this

    • @alexsmith8987
      @alexsmith8987 4 года назад +3

      Jazz?

    • @jysmtl
      @jysmtl 4 года назад +3

      Bela does play hillbilly jazz. And bluegrass. And jazz. And it’s all amazing.

    • @slapurmom5667
      @slapurmom5667 4 года назад +4

      Yeah its bluegrass. Darn snow flakes want to reinvent everything. Just enjoy and keep your pronouns to yourself.

    • @kenny6920
      @kenny6920 4 года назад +2

      bluegrass is 100% hillbilly jazz

    • @ronsmith1364
      @ronsmith1364 4 года назад +1

      @@kenny6920 🤣🤣👏

  • @mikemckelvey5062
    @mikemckelvey5062 3 года назад +2

    This is the most incredible music I have ever heard and I am almost 50. I have heard it all.

  • @natec913
    @natec913 4 года назад +4

    not too many Billy vids out there that aren't spectacular. damn he is a machine on that guitar! well done!

  • @lavaughnrannow879
    @lavaughnrannow879 4 года назад +1

    Unbelievable left hand dexterity

  • @jefflindeman
    @jefflindeman 3 года назад +4

    Well, the “recommends” sure nailed that one!

  • @westonknight7474
    @westonknight7474 4 года назад

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! These two..........just......WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @rgman1665
    @rgman1665 4 года назад +3

    Insane!!! I have been dabbling with a guitar for years. I wish I could have the talent in just any 2 of the 20 fingers in that hurricane of strings and fingers. No matter what im doing it makes me smile to hear billy jam.

  • @sunnyray7819
    @sunnyray7819 3 месяца назад

    It's no joke to keep up with that banjo. Billy really stepped up. What an epic performance!

  • @joelspaulding5964
    @joelspaulding5964 4 года назад +4

    Fabulous!
    The 63 dislikes are from the guys that think Earl was the first and last person to ever play a banjo.😉

  • @H3DG3xC043
    @H3DG3xC043 4 года назад

    That old man is beast!!!!!!!

  • @pcarter1989
    @pcarter1989 4 года назад +3

    Congratulations Billy, for playing with one of the all-time greats! This is a beautiful recording.

  • @mrjehupitchfork
    @mrjehupitchfork Год назад +2

    Billy is amaster but Bela is a master and an absolute LEGEND. What a fantastic duo!