@@camilianSLC you know what would make me cool?.... big ass holes in my ear lobes.... oh wait.... people are now going to wax the floor w me until I die....
This video is actually set 30 years from now. Green shirt guy learnt how to strum the mandolin. The house was demolished but hes still in the same spot he was...
dude you need to check out Del Mccoury Band or the Tavelin' Mccourys! Excellent BG along the same vein as this. Very popular in the jam festival scene. Railroad Earth and String Cheese Incident would also suit you.
This has got to be the best recorded blue grass song ever! 3 dudes in a field no special effects at all straight up talent. So hail the king of blue grass billy strings
Bro...just found him a few days ago myself. Why is my airwaves bombarded with crap and this guy I got to find hidden away in RUclips land? Did you notice he doesn't even look at his fingers when he's fretting the chords? Unbelievable.
Because we are force fed the new garbage that people are actually calling music these days. Rihanna CRAP Gaga CRAP Cardi fucking B!! Omg such garbage. Not a real musician or artist in the bunch. Sad sad state of affairs
Of all the versions I've seen, this one by far is my favorite. Pure talent and that ascent by Don Julin on the crescendo just blows me away. Great stuff.
In a world of overproduced music, it's really refreshing to see some pickers out in the country gathered around a microphone. Doesn't get much more authentic than that without being there to kick some rocks down the hillside.
Perfect song all the way through. Masterful playing with excellent lyrics to boot. My favorite lyric “In here where they call me by a number not a name”
Not sure why you’d tell us all that you kiss your cousin’ or even more strangely that you play this song when you do it, but best of luck for the two of you.
Not sure why you’d tell us all that you kiss your cousin’ or even more strangely that you play this song when you do it, but best of luck for the two of you.
@@rigo62982 if you’re into kissing cousins, check out Banjo Odyssey by The Dead South. And if you’re not into kissing cousins, check out the song anyway.
Its video's like these that make me realize that America's true glory lies in music. There is no bullshitting in that department. They truely are the greatest and leave a legacy that one can't comprehend.
This has been showing up in my recommended for ages now, can't believe I'm just checking it out now. Killer performance, haven't been so hot on a guitar solo in a while
@@daviroquay I doubt Cap'n Dan meant that literally. Although, as with the Mandolin player, Jack Black himself does look like he might just occasionally enjoy himself a little smoke.
@@samblack5313 Dude, what? Far more? No way. Have you actually paid attention to the lyrics of Semi-Charmed Life? The meth part is overt af. Dust in a Baggie is not even a *little* more overt, I'd say they're both the same... Just plain overt about it.
@@MashPatayta Yeah, I cover it, and this :) semi charmed doesn’t straight up tell you they’re in jail for meth amphetamines 😂 Either way.. both are some good crack tunes.
Been living in Europe for almost a decade, and this is the first thing to make me feel homesick. I do miss Tuesday bluegrass jams in the pine barrens...
Everyone's is born with a talent ten percent stumble across it , and once in a great while a guy comes along and knows his god given talent right out of the box! There's no denying it, no fighting it. It's just who you are just like the hair you comb or the breath you take. This guy knows it like he knows anything else about himself. I believe he is the best at what he does.
Yeah ,"Country" is Nashvilles top 40 , bluegrass is it's own thing all together. Check out Bill Monroe and the older eras, Strings definitely got some influence from him.
I went to Chicago over the weekend and introduced my 10 year old little sister to this kind of music. Never heard country or bluegrass in her life, but these 3 minutes listening to this, along with other songs with the same sound and beat have pretty much converted her in a sense. Now I'm just waiting for those Banjos to start ringing all through that house instead of the same beat people used in their music since 2008
My uncle was a very big man, shaking his hand was like grabbing a bundle of bananas. He played mandolin like this also it always amazed me bn a guitar player how he played with fingers 4 times the size of mine!
The best guitar player I've personally known is 6'2" and has enormous hands with thick fingers. I have very fine "piano hands" with long slender fingers, but my guitar chops (what few I have) don't hold a candle to his.
I grew up on an old juggernaut with heavy brass strings, and nothing but blue grass, still got them calluses 😁🤘 and wouldn't change a damn thing...I don't think people nowadays have the respect of where every genre of music came from. These songs tell stories with the heart and voice. Keep it going youngbloods
It always amazes me that Irish and Scottish people have a distinct eye shape and width, and people from the south especially Tennessee and the Carolinas and Kentucky do as well including me
Love billy. Keep rocking brotha. A lot of friends have met him and they all say he’s the nicest most genuine sincere guy you’ll ever meet and his passion for music just oozes out his pores you can just feel it in his presence. Hope to meet him someday.
My mum always told me that everyone was created equal. Now I know sh'es been bullshitting to me my whole life. Billy, you're unbelievable dude. Truly out of this world.
For real though when I first heard him I went this man has true bluegrass soul!! His voice and his ability to absolutely obliterate the frets on an acoustic guitar like he does makes me think in his past life he was a bluegrass god
Man I had to listen to it a few times but this song is really awesome. I absolutely love his voice, and the composition between these three gentleman is really excellent.
Well this is real country, done the way it's meant to be done, with a modern and highly relevant subject, that melds perfectly into the traditional style. Bro country is fake country. This is the real deal, raw, honest and completely authentic.
Just saw Billy last night at Stanford! Unreal! Played about four hours of some of the best music i've ever heard, rippin' guitar, killer fiddle, banjo and mandolin soloists to back him. Excellent!
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Man, that green shirt guy really aged between then and now
Meth, man. Not even once.
😂😂😂
Bruhh 😂😂
😭😭😭
Don't get it
Can we just get a little love for the for the oft overlooked stand up bass guy? Lol
Randy Hawthorne nah
@@Alundrahs 😜
upright bass*
lol i called it a standup bass before, just don't wanna say it around musicians or you'll look foolish
@@RSpracticalshooting ...you are....correct. Lol
Royal Masat is the goat of the upright bass.
That guitar solo is hotter than a Meth pipe on Payday.
lol
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Damn!!😅🤣😂🙃
Damnnnnn ....Just Damnnnnnn
Ha ha !!! Brilliant !!!!
If Billy lives past 27……we’re all in for one helluva ride
This is one helluva underated comment. Couldn't agree more
That number does come up a lot when there is a genius involved.
31
We don't talk about those friends
This is awesome. Dude has a... unique ear for music
Alex K deserves many more likes lol
Lol
I came to the comments just to see something like this. Perfect.
gauge carefully my friends
@@camilianSLC you know what would make me cool?.... big ass holes in my ear lobes.... oh wait.... people are now going to wax the floor w me until I die....
I am 70 years old and Billy Strings plays the best guitar that I have ever heard, he is GREAT! Thank you Billy!
The vocal chops is what puts me over the edge with this fellow. This is steam engine soul. And he's on the whistle.
What an interesting way to express that. Sweet!
Agree..damn.
Billy Strings is an incredibly talented genius.
A joint wouldn't last 10 seconds in this 3 man circle.
Or a baggie of crank
Or a 30 rack
I got all three and three of each
@Kay mrs cool
@Kay mrs hahahahaha!!!!
1:35 when you’re 14 beers in and your friend asks if you want another
😂😂😂
Perfect 👌
Lmao
crack or tweak buddy lol
This comment man lmfao
I feel like my life changed a little bit when I first heard this song.
I finally put down the dust in a baggie thanks to you my family finally has me back and sober thank you
This video is actually set 30 years from now. Green shirt guy learnt how to strum the mandolin. The house was demolished but hes still in the same spot he was...
And Billy, well he's just a god anyway so he didn't age at all.
That's a pretty solid comment ahahha
And he swears it's someone else's fault...
This is funny....what a thought..lmao
You get my vote for the best “Green Shirt Guy” comment.
That guitar solo/mandolin crescendo 1:24-1:58 was awesome. I've never heard bluegrass like this before!
Dude. seriously. I can't stop listening to it!
dude you need to check out Del Mccoury Band or the Tavelin' Mccourys! Excellent BG along the same vein as this. Very popular in the jam festival scene. Railroad Earth and String Cheese Incident would also suit you.
It's been called new grass. It's bad ass!
watch the version of him playing this solo in a basement. he pretty much plays both parts himself. its incredible
Judah and the lion use this style in a lot of their songs
I am not lying when I say this is one of My favourite songs of all time
This has got to be the best recorded blue grass song ever! 3 dudes in a field no special effects at all straight up talent. So hail the king of blue grass billy strings
It's good but maybe you don't listen to a lot of live bluegrass.
@@juliebraden6911 give me an example or i dont think ill be able to believe you cuz this is great
Julie Billy is the new king. In a short time he's brought more people to bluegrass than anyone else. And he has far more than one song
@@joeschmoe8320 We won’t forget to mention Del McCoury either…. Well put.
@@jessescavone3364
Who's Julie Billy? Lol
Cop: is this your dust in a baggie?
Billy: 1:35
Ha!
😅😅
LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!
Somebody gif that haha
Brandon...stone cold bro...lolol
How did I never hear of Billy until just now? Unbelievable talent.
Yeah i just found out about a month ago i feel i have been robbed 😝
A buddy mentioned him to me.... but I blew it off..... then through watching Marcus King this Billy Strings popped up.....now I can't turn it off!!!!
Bro...just found him a few days ago myself. Why is my airwaves bombarded with crap and this guy I got to find hidden away in RUclips land? Did you notice he doesn't even look at his fingers when he's fretting the chords? Unbelievable.
Randy Hawthorne talk about talented bud. I love this dude, hope I can make it to New Orleans in a few months to see him!
Because we are force fed the new garbage that people are actually calling music these days. Rihanna CRAP Gaga CRAP Cardi fucking B!! Omg such garbage. Not a real musician or artist in the bunch. Sad sad state of affairs
Of all the versions I've seen, this one by far is my favorite. Pure talent and that ascent by Don Julin on the crescendo just blows me away. Great stuff.
In a world of overproduced music, it's really refreshing to see some pickers out in the country gathered around a microphone. Doesn't get much more authentic than that without being there to kick some rocks down the hillside.
It really is monster..from all of them.
agree .. that crescendo is hair raising
I agree 100%. This is by far my favorite version as well.
the dancing hobbit version is also great just for the visuals and to show how far he has come!
Perfect song all the way through. Masterful playing with excellent lyrics to boot. My favorite lyric “In here where they call me by a number not a name”
This song is so hot his ears are literally melting
Oh my damn...even billy would like this.
I just noticed that and I can't not see it now. LOL
@Sloth FromTheGooniez yes
@@nygrl6102 I need to know that story, holy shit lol
@@Vann_Scale_Modeling an early life regret, big holes.
This is the best version of this song. In the woods, with a couple of good old boys. No fancy shit.
This is music for kissing cousins..
Not sure why you’d tell us all that you kiss your cousin’ or even more strangely that you play this song when you do it, but best of luck for the two of you.
Not sure why you’d tell us all that you kiss your cousin’ or even more strangely that you play this song when you do it, but best of luck for the two of you.
@@rigo62982 if you’re into kissing cousins, check out Banjo Odyssey by The Dead South. And if you’re not into kissing cousins, check out the song anyway.
agreed. i ventured here again after listening to the tamed over produced version.
I just discovered this song today, and I can't hear it enough! Absolutely amazing!! 🤠👍
Its video's like these that make me realize that America's true glory lies in music. There is no bullshitting in that department. They truely are the greatest and leave a legacy that one can't comprehend.
This is what you see when you go a lil too far up north in GTA 5
I love it when the bluegrass is blazing and it looks and sounds like a workout to even play it or try and keep up. Bass player was on point too!
very fun to sing to as well, as a rap fan, it almost reminds me of the way you have to keep right on beat when rapping
This has been showing up in my recommended for ages now, can't believe I'm just checking it out now. Killer performance, haven't been so hot on a guitar solo in a while
Not only is it good....he pours himself into it making it great....
The fact that this song is seamlessly following paper logs in one performance! All of these musicians have some serious chops
I love how he just wrote this song messing around and accident wrote a hit song. True talent
I like the guy, but it's an extremely common bluegrass chord progression.
Really... music in general.
The lyrics are what separates it.
@@justandardprocedure true but making a hit out of it isn’t that easy.. or I’d be doing it too! Haha
@@justandardprocedure and his song turmoil and tinfoil is pretty experimental
@@justandardprocedure the sad truth is that what he sings about isn't wrong.... twenty long years for some dust in a baggie... :/
@@justandardprocedure Great hits can come out of common chord progression.
He deserves every bit of success he's enjoying now.
Every damn bit!
Every now and then... i listen to this gem and it gives me chills...thank you for your music...greetings all the way from germany
Who gave Jack Black a Mandolin and drugs?
Oh damn Cap'n Dan... That was my exact thought too!
JB doesn t take drug. .. does he?
@@daviroquay I doubt Cap'n Dan meant that literally. Although, as with the Mandolin player, Jack Black himself does look like he might just occasionally enjoy himself a little smoke.
You mean Peter Jackson?
You appear to be assuming jack black didn’t previously own a mandolin or a collection of drugs, and I think you may be incorrect
Seriously, why hasn't this been released on the top 40 charts. This rocks!
Because it’s about smoking meth 😂🥳
@@samblack5313 So is semi-charmed life and that was a hit
@@VOIP4ME
This is far more overtly about meth..
@@samblack5313 Dude, what? Far more? No way. Have you actually paid attention to the lyrics of Semi-Charmed Life? The meth part is overt af. Dust in a Baggie is not even a *little* more overt, I'd say they're both the same... Just plain overt about it.
@@MashPatayta
Yeah, I cover it, and this :) semi charmed doesn’t straight up tell you they’re in jail for meth amphetamines 😂
Either way.. both are some good crack tunes.
1:36 that "Far away look" gets me every time.. This song brings me pleasure..🙂
Been living in Europe for almost a decade, and this is the first thing to make me feel homesick.
I do miss Tuesday bluegrass jams in the pine barrens...
The quiver in his voice at "number not a name", is BRILLIANT vocals
So pumped this came across my feed. Unreal song and guitar skills.
I love when RUclips actually recommends something cool and different
Love this singer songwriter. And the guitar skills... Phenomenal
Everyone's is born with a talent ten percent stumble across it , and once in a great while a guy comes along and knows his god given talent right out of the box! There's no denying it, no fighting it. It's just who you are just like the hair you comb or the breath you take. This guy knows it like he knows anything else about himself. I believe he is the best at what he does.
I like how he's got the two older dudes that are down to jam cuz they know it's what hell of song.
Well, I've got about 5000 more listens to go before I get sick of this song, wish me luck.
so glad to see my generation of brothers can put out some GREAT music. Let the Good Lord keep doing his works
Dude deserves more than a Grammy!
Damn this dude is good I just discovered him and found out he is touring next week in my hometown music festival I might have to go now for sure.
You are so lucky! Billy is never going to come to my small Indian town afterall
Edit: Indian as in the 'Turban Twisters'
1:35 the face you make when your 15 beers in and you agree on an idea your buddy tells ya
hahaha this Is a true comment. 👍🤣
@@leesaunders1930 Stop stealing commments
@@iamsancho443 what 🤔
This is better than anything on the radio today. Incredinle
Never thought i would enjoy bluegrass but billy strings is by far one of my favorite artist. He is amazing
Drewski Smith I’m a city boy from the west coast. I’ve never listened to country music but this is different. I can’t get enough of this.
Yeah ,"Country" is Nashvilles top 40 , bluegrass is it's own thing all together. Check out Bill Monroe and the older eras, Strings definitely got some influence from him.
Lease
INCREDIBLY SKILLED MUSICIANS!! Great song!! WOW
This dude just made me pick my guitar back up again….
me too :)
Me too but I could try for a hundred years and not reach his level
This is musically genius! The lyrics only make it even better 🤘🤘
I love the seriousness of everything going on, the older gentleman put everything where it needs to be if that makes sense! Bravo 😂
That is some awesome pickin!! LOve this song since hearing it on Austin City limits! Great job!!
I went to Chicago over the weekend and introduced my 10 year old little sister to this kind of music. Never heard country or bluegrass in her life, but these 3 minutes listening to this, along with other songs with the same sound and beat have pretty much converted her in a sense. Now I'm just waiting for those Banjos to start ringing all through that house instead of the same beat people used in their music since 2008
YES YES YES YES!!!
Best song ever written! I miss playing bluegrass...thank you for keeping it alive my man!
@Billy Strings Nice one, Billy!
Even if you're not a fan of this kind of music you can't help but like it...dude has Got Talent
It's really cool to see these three jam like that. Reminds me of eastern Tennessee.
He is incredibly talented! Love the Rainer beer in the background 👌
heck yeah! Rainier beer!
Now this how Bluegrass should be played - with passion and fire. Billy Strings is astonishing - so much talent - and gifted for one so young.
Yes yes yes🦅💚🦅💚🦅💚🦅
Dude this is a lesson on so many levels.
This song keeps getting more refined every time he records it. You've come along way Billy, 🔥 pure talent.
For all those big guys who think your fingers are too big to pick this 200+ guy picked a mandolin pretty dam good
My uncle was a very big man, shaking his hand was like grabbing a bundle of bananas. He played mandolin like this also it always amazed me bn a guitar player how he played with fingers 4 times the size of mine!
Yeah, I'm just barely over 200 and I can handle the mando just fine. Not nearly as good as this bloke, though!
It also depends on how your body handles the fat, This guy probably has skinnier finger tips, but some unlucky lads have dick fingers completely.
It’s about the fingertips, not how fat your ass is....
The best guitar player I've personally known is 6'2" and has enormous hands with thick fingers. I have very fine "piano hands" with long slender fingers, but my guitar chops (what few I have) don't hold a candle to his.
This kid is a legend already. His vocals are classic. Best thing to happen to this genre of music since doc Watson or Merle Haggard
Not just going through the motions. Working up a sweat. Gritting teeth and driving into a phenomenal performance.
I grew up on an old juggernaut with heavy brass strings, and nothing but blue grass, still got them calluses 😁🤘 and wouldn't change a damn thing...I don't think people nowadays have the respect of where every genre of music came from. These songs tell stories with the heart and voice. Keep it going youngbloods
Love this song, Billy can sure make that guitar talk!!
The best rendition of dust in a baggie on youtube, the og is close but everything about this is great
Holy shit, how have I not heard this until now
Glad hes out and can share this lil ditty with us!!!!
My brother just recently showed me his performance of dust in a baggie at the Opry and I haven’t stopped listening to him since
I hated that performance with a fiery passion. 🙂
I would like to donate my ears to this talented musician
You could start by giving Billy half an ear
This song is a masterpiece.
Wow! This put a BIG smile on my face. Just wow!
Incredible. Just good music. Shout out from Liverpool UK 💪🏼
A legend in the making
awesome, plays in my head for a several days! thank you, best regards from the last dictatorship in the Europe
It always amazes me that Irish and Scottish people have a distinct eye shape and width, and people from the south especially Tennessee and the Carolinas and Kentucky do as well including me
this song has absolutely no right being so good. Yall are amazing!!!!!
His "shred faces" Are so nuts 😂
That was some mighty fine pickin and a singin
Love billy. Keep rocking brotha. A lot of friends have met him and they all say he’s the nicest most genuine sincere guy you’ll ever meet and his passion for music just oozes out his pores you can just feel it in his presence. Hope to meet him someday.
i feel this song in my bones, one day at a time brother
My man is killing it. Absolute legend.
He speaks with his guitar, his voice is just a plus
Need more of this to highlight American music(Appalachian/Southern or otherwise). And I say that as a yankee. Great track!
My mum always told me that everyone was created equal. Now I know sh'es been bullshitting to me my whole life. Billy, you're unbelievable dude. Truly out of this world.
A voice that sounds about 30 years older than he is. Glorious!
1:35 when you're high af and the mcdonalds worker asks if you want extra fries
For us it was Jack in the box tacos
😆😆😆😆
Joe Smith tacos, those shitty mozz. Sticks, burgers with ranch. Their stoner menu they came out with sucked
I laughed too hard at this
I just can't stop coming back here.
Guy has a voice you'd never expect to come out of his face
For real though when I first heard him I went this man has true bluegrass soul!! His voice and his ability to absolutely obliterate the frets on an acoustic guitar like he does makes me think in his past life he was a bluegrass god
Bravo!!! Goosebumps all over !
Amazing voice and sound. Really stellar!
If the song has even a grain of truth, is inspiring to see someone reach the other side
This was really great to watch
Man I had to listen to it a few times but this song is really awesome. I absolutely love his voice, and the composition between these three gentleman is really excellent.
You know your a badass when you're solo melts your own face
Well this is real country, done the way it's meant to be done, with a modern and highly relevant subject, that melds perfectly into the traditional style.
Bro country is fake country. This is the real deal, raw, honest and completely authentic.
Just saw Billy last night at Stanford! Unreal! Played about four hours of some of the best music i've ever heard, rippin' guitar, killer fiddle, banjo and mandolin soloists to back him. Excellent!
Love this seen it loads I got most his songs and every one a treat to the ears and sole.
Well good my feet are very sore 😪
Fr doh my feet feeties be hurtin outchea
Yep, it heels ya