Billy Strings - Taking Water (Official Lyric Video)
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024
- "Taking Water" off Billy Strings' new album, HOME. HOME is available now, via Rounder Records. Listen and order here: found.ee/Strin...
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About HOME:
Billy Strings has been hailed as the future of bluegrass, transcending tradition and genre with his high velocity, flat-picking guitar technique and intense, confessional songwriting. HOME, Strings’ remarkable second studio album, is undoubtedly the Michigan-born, Nashville-based artist’s bravest excursion thus far, completely rewiring bluegrass with elements of punk, country, folk rock, and genuine psychedelic exploration to fashion something altogether his own. Strings has infused the aesthetic with his own experiences and inspirations, adopting traditional sonic and lyrical idioms to confront contemporary social truths. With guest appearances from the likes of Jerry Douglas and Molly Tuttle and produced by Glenn Brown (Greensky Bluegrass, Marcus Miller), HOME marks a landmark on Billy Strings’ ongoing creative journey, its fearless songs and freewheeling approach recasting string-based American music in his own inimitable image.
LYRICS
Cold Cold ashes on the ground
Nothing lost and nothings found
Friends and loved ones falling down
Can’t you hear that mournful sound
Nothing left but memories
Of things I still can’t stand to see
There’s an empty spot in me
Where my hometown used to be
This old boat is taking water
It won’t be long till it goes down
We’ve had enough to push us over
Time to turn the wheel around
Neighborhoods Left to decay
People died or walked away
Nowhere left for them to stay
While we just look the other way
This old boat is taking water
It won’t be long till it goes down
We’ve had enough to push us over
Time to turn the wheel around
Waves keep pounding through the night
Lost without a ray of light
Going down without a fight
Is there still time to make it right?
This old boat is taking water
It won’t be long till it goes down
We’ve had enough to push us over
Time to turn the wheel around
Video editing and animation by Bella Mazzola
On fiddle: John Mailander
Co-written by William Apostol and Jon Weisberger
#BillyStrings #Bluegrass #Guitar
On repeat a million times til I move on to the next Billy strings song lol
Spanish boy from the city, here. I can honestly say that Taking Water is my all-time favorite song!
A current day legend.
One of the top musicians around now, god know we need them in times like this
Beautiful….beautiful soul.
I’m glad I clicked on Dust in a baggie now
Same i am hooked
No shit right
Welcome!
Crazy how much one song can catch so many ppl, almost every video has that comment, “dust ina baggie”
Same
Man is a genius ❤
This song is so good. Cant stop replaying. Lost my 10 month old daughter last February and I've been feeling like I've been sinking since. Time to turn the wheel around. Billy Strings...you are great and thanks for the good music. Thanks a million. Keep it up.
Sorry for your loss. You'll pull through brother. Keep your head up.
Oh, my dear fellow human. They don' call it a veil of tears for nothing. Music is what's gotten me through time and again. Love to you.
My thoughts are with you, are bond is love,loss, and music.
I cant even imagine bro...
God Bless you man! I have daughters and I cannot imagine. Hang in there brother. Pain will endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
You may not know it yet, but you Will heal with time.
Damn, between Greensky and Billy, Michigan has got some bluegrass in their soul!
I've heard all his songs. This one's still my favorite.
Me,too
@@keithcyr9535 was one of my first favs too i think people who likes this song love away from the mire also !
I live in Weirton West Virginia. A few months back I was working at this gas station when this older dude walked in with this blonde chick sporting a Billy Strings beanie cap. I mentioned that I dug the hat. Not knowing the whole time I was talking to Uncle John. He explained who he was an we talked for a few about how bad ass Billy's music is. He bought a pack of Camel Red Filters an he told me to keep the change which was 7 an some silver. Really genuine dude.
I'm from Wellsburg, WV. My grandpa worked in the steel mills in Weirton till retirement. Most of the family found their way to Florida by the late 80s but its cool to run into someone from the same area.
From Nicholas County. Living in shady spring now. Be nice to meet y'all folks.
Fairmont WV here, (Marion Co) fuckin LOVE billy 😍
I’m a Chester Wv boy! Small world!
@@hannaprice852 😁 ain't we all billy lovers? AMEN God bless yall!
Gaaaaaaaaaawwwwd Daaaaaaaannnggggg this is good stuff
By far one of the best bands on earth,of all time
Listen to the dead
Agreed
❤Crazy Awesome❤
How am I just now discovering this guy? Been catching up on his music the last few days and I can now confidently say he is my favorite musician. Hands down!
Same!!!!
Like many Billy Strings fans, I just can’t believe how amazingly talented he is and also his band!! Just can’t get enough and I’m a rock gal! 🤘🏼❤️🎸🎶
Same! Always been a hard and harder rock girl, but so love these guys!!!
Me too I’m 55 grew up on megadeth, but loving Billy and the boys.
I've said it before and again I will say. Billy and ur band are the best. I laugh I cry I sing I dance. Thank you for all ur hard work.
He is the real deal.
I really like this young man. He's crossing all lines of music while keeping his roots in bluegrass. A rare talent not many could pull off.
How did i not know this dude 🤯 I’ve never been that into bluegrass, but i love this pickin’ More of the resurgence of REAL country music we so Desperately need !!!!
Heard of Sturgill Simpson, Tyler Childers, Benjamin Tod, Colter Wall or wheeler walker Jr? 👍
John Eric Vessenmeyer yessir, just never seen this kid somehow....
@@dimensionswoodworks you're my kinda people. And don't feel bad I just found billy two weeks ago.
John Eric Vessenmeyer my wife can’t stand it, but i can’t stand her new age POP TART “country “ music. That mess has no soul.... SMH
@@dimensionswoodworks oh I feel ya brother. Stay strong.
Billy is the best thing ive heard in my crazy damned life.
Your watching a young man turn into a living legend.
That couch wasn’t where this started. His daddy and Billy go back. To his dads balls actually and it sounds amazing.
His daddys real good.
Billy Strings,Jerry G, and Robert Hunter has single handedly kept me from goin under. ..buried my Dad, My Niece, and my Sister n Law & had surgeries and sickness...kept me dancing...thank you for the Ray of light 🌈💛⚡🙏💓🕺💃💀🙌🏾🙌🏾💞
I am a traditionalist but like this. I will bet in 10-15 years he will come full circle and go real traditional.
Bet not , I think that circle came and went for him . The freedom in his jam is where he really digs in and does his best work.
He can already "go" there like most can't!!
"cold, Cold ashes on the ground...
Nothing lost & Nothing found...
Nothing left but memories... things I can't stand to see"... this song could very well be about PTSD
I'm just so damn thankful for fellas and bands like this that are keeping real music alive. This type of stuff takes people with the skill to do it. Not computerized stuff. The picking and playing here is simply BAD FREAKIN ASS!!! keep on keeping on sir. Heres a cold beer from Georgia!
❤️
It's like jerry said, you can only expand rap so much, there's a limit to how far u can build it. Music like this has an entire universe behind it, you can take it as far as u can. Real music
branchwater/baccer "n" KY !
@@Memphis.Strangler ....dont know bout that...cause the tits and booty keep getting superMuddlefied.................y'all check Ray Wiley Hubbard...song Badass Rocker is a start...
The folk banjo technique is very nice, and a great callback to our distant roots. No need to divide as you uplift, though! It all takes skill, whether an artist plays acoustic banjo, electric guitar, or composes tracks on keys and a workstation.
This band is fucking incredible.
I love everything about this.
♡☆☆☆☆☆♡
Well said exactly right, it’s perfect 👍
Always my fav
Amazing tune....strong and driving! Billy Strings takes the BG into unchartered waters and I am happy to be along for the ride!
Hard not to feel like a ship taking on water. Good song man, keep it up.
I had the true blessing to have been at, at least, 3 shows in the video. Ya'll came out and played in cold weather to a parking lot full of fans, only froze til we started dancing on tailgates! You broke the COVID blues in Pa!! Jim Thorpe was in there when you opened for @greenskybluegrass on the coldest day in 100 years. We were warmed from the inside out :Jameson at Molly Mcguires😅, and Pier 6. My days off revolve around catching shows! THANKS, MAN!!!
So good. Just sent two copies of Home (vinyl) to dear friends for Christmas. Billy, you brought me back to my roots and spun me into the future with your sound. You have put a great band together and looking forward to seeing you out on the road in the future!
He makes the best faces; so into his music, what a joy to see and hear. Thinking seriously of making the October show my first concert after covid... I just found Billy Strings three days ago.
You are A YOUR ARTIST.. YOU'VE revolutionized BLUEGRASS... Thank you
If these first two cuts are any indication, Billy & the boys have got one legendary release on tap for us. Thank you so much, fellas!
Oh my God I love song
Billy o Billy, the songs you're writing are going to be around for a long time. Thanks again, man.
Just phenomenal. Elite picking, soulful singing, and most importantly, great songwriting. The melody and lyrics of this song stand on their own even without the picking. There's still time to make it right.
Most impressive songwriter, singer, player to come along in a long while....unbelievable talent..his entire band is great
I absolutely love this song congrats Billy you made it.
Billy strings you ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!! I CAN NEVER STOP LISTENING TO YOUR MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!💖💖💖💖🍓🍓
Invisible fiddler 😱.
I love the 4 piece
string arrangement.
Nothing missing there ! 🤗
Billy Strings is already legend status. I tell everyone I meet about him.
Same for about 3 years now. It's ridiculous how fast it's came along really. That's how good it is.
Oh Billy how we LOVE you & the boys here in BOISE IDAHO.❤ PRAYING for you to come play for us here🙏God bless you all until then.➕
Beautiful well done sure the thing I love about him is his sound voice and play he captures sounds like artist from older generations we don't have enough of now its appreciated much
You are waking people up to real music. Well done sir.
Billy Strings is the MAN!
Thanks dude for all the inspiration!
You have definetly helped shaped my Music more towards the bluegrass/country style!
@Billy Strings official you rock dude, love ya!
@Billy Strings official i live in Sweden! Outside sthlm, don't think too many people know about you here in Scandinavia, you'd probably take this place of the world with storm! 😎 Im also a musician! And I'm right now planning to sail down to Denmark and record and album along the way. ⚡🎶
So what's your next plan? Live sessions start again soon? In Sweden we're now allowed to have bigger events!
This song could be about PTSD...."nothing left but memories....Things I still ...can't stand to see"
All those reoccuring bad memories....might well be... PTSD... Post Trauma Stress Disorder... stay aware...& take care ✌
Favorite Billy Strings song
Vraiment excellent, bravo à toi. J'aime beaucoup ton style
YEAH BILLY!!!!😍
It amazes me, that for such a young man, he inhabits an old worldly soul. Like Jerry or Carlos. He just gets it.
doing the lords work Billy
Dude. Perfect! I’m so excited to hear the rest of the album!!
Young man you are on Fire I tell ya! Big thanks for bringing me back around to my roots in music and more importantly in my spirit.
2021 Grammy nominated Album!
A winner.
Well I put my drumset away and now I'm teaching myself to play the spoons. Getting pretty good. I love it. I love it. I love it. Keep doing what you're doing brother Billy, you've changed my life.
I feel as if the course of this song really relates to where this country is right now. It's time to take the wheel and turn this country around.
This song is not political at ALL. Geez.
@@CalebJN
"We’ve had enough to push us over / Time to turn the wheel around"
Yeah, not political at ALL.
@@lunarlily256 what??? Lmao you nutjob. He could be singing about addiction, substance abuse issues, healing from a multitude of issues such as being abused as a child… being from the south, I understood the song to be about the decay of once beautiful rural areas that are being destroyed by drugs. And we need to turn the wheel around. Lol the quote you just took from the song has NOTHING to cause one to infer that this has anything to do with politics. Lol I am so sick of internet psychos bringing politics into everything, plz keep that crap on Facebook and Tiktok lmao
@@lunarlily256 what?? I thought this song was about how substance abuse is decaying once beautiful rural areas. Please keep politics out of this… as someone in recovery I can say that I really appreciate the content of his lyrics. To say this is a political song is a HUGE stretch. Please go back to truth social or whatever
This is the best music I ever heard. .
I love how billy sings with the bluegrass twang regardless. Warms the heart!
If you ever do a hits album this is one of the songs that should be on there! as well as dust in a baggie and watch it fall ! - Thanks for the message and song that all Americans should here! and think about. A positive message Time to turn the wheel around.
Fantastic video! Loved the addition of seeing so many candid shots and videos included. So many friends spotted in the audiences. ❤
Yall are the best thing I can spend my time with 🎉😊 prayers for you 🙏🏾💙🙏🏾 thanks for the great music 🎶
Felt that to the core
We need more Billy
Can't wait for the new record. What a fresh, exciting sound. You are inspiring.
Fucking amazing. I'm so happy I found this Billy strings band. So talented.
Yeah I found him about a year or so ago and I'm hooked!!! Check out Justin Johnson he's awesome too, more bluesy!!! Nothing against billy, he's fast as greased lightning!!! That might have been how I found Billy?
Thanks for being you Billy ❤
Wow wow wow! Thank you, shared!
Best bluegrass musician by far!
You will never get this good without years of practice, even for those with obvious talent. Thanks for all the hard work.....maybe it was for yourselves, but we get to enjoy!!
Hope you don't lose anyone in your band..this is the best line up to me .
They are all awesome. I know the fiddle player was just an add on for this song.,but he is awesome too.
Seen him play with others
Love how these boys fit together.
Neighborhood's left to decay...my Mom died then
she went away.....There's no where left for her to stay?.....so I looked in my heart, and she never walked away...RIP Miss Nancy Anna Elizabeth Catherine Santos
Billy has started a movement in music history choose in country music turn commercialized. We’re getting back to basics rThank you Billy my spirit was dying I’ve had writers Block for 7 yrs found it here I move to N.C. I found my sound. The world is speeding up. They’ve been pushing speed on us for decades The Kennedy’s Our president was a needle user from Dr. Feel Good Now it’s hard to lay it down when you were giving it to truckers housewives, I m 62 yrs old. I have been there . Fight it till you get back most you energy normally.
Love this - the footage of all the hard work these guys are putting in.
Beyond brilliant..... it's a song about our times
One of the greats all ready is Billy Strings and still so young.
A genius guitar player and an amazing singer
I just discovered you a couple of weeks ago and man your music is addictive! You are anointed
My 2020 Spotify playlist is dominated by Billy Strings - saw Dust in a Baggie on RUclips about a year ago and “discovered” him and his band mates - live near Nashville so I am hoping to see them live soon - can’t wait and I’ll bring friends
I’m new to Billy. But his music has made me feel okay in a time I’m truly not. Thank you for playing from the heart..
Sensational
Billy is the what keeps me going. Thanks billy
Never heard him before... this is cool. Im home...
Tony Rice and Billy Strings, two excellent bluegrass musician!!
......and Tony just passed away....RIP....
Billy needs to carry the torch in 2021
Billy's music is meaning so much to me at this point in my life. Im so very grateful 🙏
Best song I’ve heard in years. Just found Billy on Theos podcast, not even a fan of bluegrass or country but love the vibes Billy gives.
Going to see him live on the 23rd and I’m fucking stoked
How was he?
Was born n raised Miner Daughter, Old Ruth NV. Mistakes happen, generations down I'm suddenly surprised Homeless
This life ain't for the weak
Congrats to a new generation 💗
This gives me chills...i think thats a good sign!
Great song and great video! Thanks!
I’ve been a listener for about a year now and I just heard this song on the radio and I have to say I’m so proud and happy for this man. Your saving country music and I love it
People talk about Billy's Guitar playing,but without his songs and his voice,and a really strong band this stuff wouldn't be this great.
have you seen the original dust in a baggie vid from 2012?I know he sings in that but fuck me backwards he plays the arse of that guitar & I know coz I play a little
If he didn’t play guitar like that this band wouldn’t exist
This guy is so talented.
I never comment on videos. But the only thing this guy is missing, is popcorn in certain videos with some stump water. Love the music. Keep on man. Not many left that love bluegrass like this. You're a dying breed of your own.
Pure talent
BMFS!!!!!!!!!
Master of Tome and Place !!!
Just so good. Like all of his songs. What a gift to all music lovers!
Picks at the soul and the regret. Thank you
Just finding out about Strings, don't mind me while I catch up with his music collection.
Welcome to the family brother! This guy is the real deal!
"There's an empty place in me... where my hometown used to be."
Damn. Lol one could say I have the gentrification blues.
Oh yeah!