For those who thumbed this down you know absolutely nothing about music. Billy Strings is a Prodigy and 1 of the BEST pickers living today! God Bless Billy ❤️
I agree he is one of the best flat pickers I’ve ever heard. Would be impossible to thumb this down. His bandmates are incredible in their own right too!
I watched an interesting interview where he says, this is a complete paraphrasation. Yes my own word, in Blue Grass you would like to be able to step up to the mic stone faced like Scruggs and Vans ant (Ronny isn’t the only rocker that does it but that’s Blue a Blue Grass influence) the guy on then Right has it down maybe tap your foot but he can’t control it. He has to move.
Billy Strings is definitely a musical missionary. I'm a third generation gigging musician, have allowed music (all music) to consume my life. I've never seen anyone resurrect a genre like this. Sure there are originators of styles, Elvis, Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc., And while they deserve the respect and appreciation they deserve, it seems what Billy is doing to bluegrass is more difficult. People have expectations, judgmental, snobby, ignorant opinions. Billy and his crew are keeping a huge part of American culture alive and have every ounce of my respect and appreciation. Thanks guys, you're truly setting a much needed bar on the level of talent all music can/should strive for.
When's the last time bluegrass has sold out 20-30,000 seat arenas night after night after night? He's resurrected bluegrass and his crowds are a huge cross-section of fans. Billy Strings is probably the best thing that's happened to music in general in the last 20 years.
That’s one of my favorite comments ever… he just popped up after I played a song and it was nutshell by AIC mixed into his song Wargasm live. That alone made me think I found my new favorite artist. Miss people pouring their heart and soul into music . America is right 🇺🇸🤘
Eh man, leave room on the bandwagon for this rock guitar player and heavy music lover brother! These songs are what's up! Topical, melodic, musical, backed by killer playing and vocal harmonies....Jesus. What great songs he and the band write!
I have listened to Jerry Garcia for 52 years. Garcia turned me on to bluegrass with the Old and In The Way. Billy’s tribute to the Dead brings tears to my eyes! God bless Billy Strings! His style of bluegrass is PERFECT!
I just found out about him a few months ago. Some people frown that he is not pure Bluegrass. He introduced this genre to younger people that would never be interested in Bluegrass. A regular Bluegrass band would not draw these big crowds. Music is supposed to be fun to play and listen too. Critics need to get over it.
James Silverstone everyone from added something to it ! Original 3 bands are Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys, Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers. After that it was all a spin off of the original ! Moral of story lol Billy is keepin it alive and I’m grateful!!! sorry I got long winded !
@marlene riggs I learned banjo years ago. Its been gathering dust in the corner because i have learning guitar. I like bluegrass but when i go to a show or listen to music its usually rock. Billy renewed my interest in Bluegrass and its cool to see him covering the dead. A lot of Bluegrass songs are in the key of G and easy for a beginner guitarist to learn to chord along and sing with.
I don't give much of a crap for "bluegrass" (whatever that means these days, lol)... but I dig the crap out of these guys. And I'm (somewhere ) in my 60's
0:00 Dust in a Baggie 4:35 While I'm Waiting Here 11:20 Taking Water 15:36 Everything's the Same 19:25 Away from the Mire 29:05 Hollow Heart 32:40 Pyramid Country - > 39:48 Little Maggie 44:35 Rundown 49:05 Turmoil & Tinfoil 57:28 Band intros/set outro
Only once in a while do I get a conspiracy nutter. I resist clickbait. I actually have more problems and issues with TH-cam demonetizing good music, music teaching and harmless educational stuff like Tom Scott's videos. But they do a much better job than Facebook and Twitter.
I may be old and I may be strange but I can still dance and I can still holler Im not at your shows 'cause I ain't got a dollar So wherever you are what you might want to know is I thank.the Lord for this free you tube show. Yes I may be old in the hospital today your music is medicine that will get me away from these doctors and nurses and all I can say is I may be old but not in the way that makes you believe I'm here to stay. So Let me go home where I can be strange and be back with my livestock out on the range. I'm learning your songs and I will sing them out loud to stars and the mountains and my good friends the clouds.
For those of you just now finding Billy, I can tell you there is nothing like him. He is super hyper talented. He plays so many kinds of music. A blend of all the greats from the last 40 yrs. Its unreal and he loves loves loves to just go into a crazy space jam for days....it is so great and new. He is not shy about his love for the electronic pedals and gizmos. It gives his creativity such a hug palette. This dude channels , Garcia, Hendix, Page, Frampton, Clapton, it is so damn fine.
Billy Strings has everything - guitar pickin’ superior to almost everyone who has ever touched the instrument, this amazing voice that soothes and feels as much a part of nature as the trees in the forest or the sky and clouds above, and perhaps the hardest for most musicians to accomplish - an incredible songwriting ability that pulls you in and twists your heart in two while at the same time making you happy to be alive... every word is perfect. This is the kind of music that makes you want to run faster, work harder, and live and love forever.
Well, I have listed to this about 57 more times.. and my comment wasn’t meant to take anything from the rest of the band. I mean.. say their names. Jerrod Walker, Billy Failing, Royal Massat. Each one of these musicians is at the pinnacle for their respective instruments. Perfection.. each and every one!
I'm sort of new to bluegrass even though my family roots are in appalachia via Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. I thank my bro-in-law for introducing me to Mr. Strings and reconnecting me to my roots. I've seen him twice now, and I'm seeing him again in Feb. I can't wait.
@@ryanguitargodfrey Word? Chirs Stapleton when he sang with SD was blue grass. Still love to see that colab regardless of what CS doing now. Would be sick.
Well my bad day yesterday was one of my worst today. Till I picked up my guitar and watched Mr. Strings play I tried to play along found myself forgetting my tragic day an wishing I was right there playing my heart out an my only worry would be if God was going to wake me in the morning so I could do this all over again,thanks Billy.
one of the most amazing and endearing things about Billy Strings is his complete selflessness, like no ego on stage, he's a true team player, gives away focus which makes him look so brilliant
I’m 370 years old and invented the banjo. It takes me a while to discover things because time moves differently for me. I just wanted to say that this is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in my lifetime
Some day, god willing, after I'm dead and buried....the young kids who are now watching this prodigy will be watching videos of him as an old man...just as I have seen young and old John Fahey and Paul McCartney. You'll enjoy him today, and you'll enjoy him in 30-40 years. Enjoy.
I don't know, I was born in 66' so I'm a few years too young to remember, but this has to be what it was like when people first heard Hendrix. I've been following Billy for a couple years now, and he just consistently keeps blowing my mind.
I came across this kid about 4 years ago,I'm 61 years old now an I have been following an listening to a lot of the same bands since I was 14.I don't know how much more time I got on this earth but I wish Billy an his band were here 40 years ago.This kid is just getting started an has so much more to offer all of us.
I was at this one, came all the way from Maryland. It took until the third song for the tears of joy to stop flowing. Red Rocks is one of the premier venues and Billy's a premier act, you can see that the band was enjoying the place and the crowd.
@Daniel Taylor I'm also from MD and was at this show!! I scheduled my annual trip around it. I love Greensky too, but I was definitely there for Billy & Co.
I grew up in a bluegrass playing family in Appalachian Mtns, I'm in my, 60s and I've never seen anything like him. He's got it all. I could listen to him for days nonstop.
I grew up in a bluegrass playing family in Appalachian Mtns, I'm in my, 60s and I've never seen anything like him. He's got it all. I could listen to him for days nonstop. I've always liked progressive grass.
I have been a rocker all my life , played in several bands. But I am eclectic. I love Opera, country, and definitely appreciate the sincerity and incredible roots of bluegrass. But here's a kid who looks like he should be the front man for a pop rock or metal band, and he is doing with , and for bluegrass, things I have never heard before. He is making blue grass accessible and cool for the younger generations. God love Doc Watson , and the trailblazers who laid the groundwork of genius in the past...but Billy here is the NEXT legend methinks !!!
I just got introduced to Billy Strings 6mos ago and been to 3 concerts and more to come.. am 60 and Billy Strings and the Band of Strings is by far the most comfortable talent I've seen since was a teenager... absolutely 👁️💚👁️💚🍀🕺🎻🎶🪕🎵🪕💚
Earlier in the comments someone called this NEWGRASS. No, this is beyond that. Newgrass came about in the 80's (Thank You Sam Bush). When I first saw Billy on 'Bluegrass Underground' my first thought was this is not Newgrass any longer - This is psychedelic-grass! Thank you Billy for expanding bluegrass but keeping a solid footing in tradition.
I have an open mind I'm not up here is like Pete Seeger try to cut the freaking wire lol but it was pretty funny why because Bob Dylan wanted to play electric guitar LOL that was such a party story he had her taxes he was going to chop that freaking wire at the Newport Jazz Festival God Rest his soul
Good god - I just found this man and his music after a walk through Bela Fleck’s music on here. I can’t tell you how good this sounds here in the mountains of West Virginia on a bright, sunny day.
@@lolitsajoke77 - Found that guy wandering down the same rabbit hole. What a voice on that guy! He, Billy, and most of the folks on “gems on VHS” give me great confidence that the future of country and western music isn’t just heartthrob dudes in cowboy hats singing pop music with a twang over a finger snap beat.
Upon discovering Billy I have since, built a bonfire, burned my guitars and and sat there and cried like a baby lol. He is a phenom! A legend in the making.
I was at this show. No one sat down and there was no opener. The crowd was in such a great mood. Between Billy and that venue it was my most memorable of anything I’ve ever seen. It was his first time opening there.
Outstanding young talent. I wish him all the best. It makes me smile to know that American music is being past down to some great young people. No bass, no naked women, no twerking, no bright lights and smoke machines. Just stone cold, straight up, incredible music.
lol Billy Strings is fucking amazing. but he doesn't need your boomer ass putting down other music (which people enjoy a ton) just to put him on a pedestal
63 years old and in one weekend found my favorite artist ,and my top 7 favorite songs. Serial watched it about 16 times while busting down my family home into dust. I could live on the proceeds and follow these guys around the country if it weren’t for my two girlfriends. They love the music it’s biting and barking that gets us in trouble.
Not all that different from skiffle... popularized here in the USA most notably by Lonnie Donnigan. Seem to recall that before the Beatles were the Beatles s couple of them were in a skiffle group. I'Ll say this though. Billy Strings is much more accomplished musically than any skiffle group I remember. Billy's sense of timing is amazing. His notes and runs clear and crisp and precise. And a smile that says "I'm doing the one thing that gives my life meaning and there is no place that I would rather be than on this stage, at this time, with these musicians. playing the music I love for all of you."
Many complain how today's talented young musicians can't make it. Billy Strings proves this wrong. Yes, the talent bar is extremely high: instrumental virtuosity, vocal virtuosity, songwriting talent, and the hardworking ability to collaborate and promote. And here he is- filling Red Rocks Amphitheater with 10,000 people at age 26. It can still be done if you have the right gifts.
Don't get the low key shade some folks are slinging toward the band mates. Billy Strings AND the boys in the band are the absolute best. PERIOD. I was at this one and it was absolutely amazing!!! Who would have thought just 6 months later we'd be in the grips of a global pandemic. 😔 Stay safe everyone. It may be a while, but I'll see you at the next show!!
Agreed. ALL members are at the top of their game. And let’s face it, they need to be top notch to to play at this level. Jarrod Walker won awards for his playing, and along with his brothers, they’re a force to be reckoned with.... As for singing....Flings got that high, lonesome sound, which harmonizes well with Strings. If you ask me, it should be called the ‘Billy Flings’ Band.
Wish I could've made this one but the lady and I were on a road trip somewhere between Portland and Boise when they played. Let's hope we get em back here sooner than later!
We got to see him 2 days after Red Rocks. They were still high AF. It was an amazing show. Crazy enough, we got to see their last live show also in Utah. Just before the shut down. Can't wait to see them again. Amazing live shows.
Billy & the Band has brought a unique perspective here that hasn't been seen & heard of for Years! Brought Country Music out of the Grave, This is real Country
We have an Ampitheatre near my home Billy listening to you today took me back to childhood 50 year's ago we'd ride our bicycles then hike up to the Rebold hill Ocean lookout circa 1930s second World War then climb down the old face to the cave's left from 1920s limestone quarrying. Camping there with Perth's best view from the city to the Indian Ocean out West the moon's reflection making an imaginary pathway out to where apon reaching the horizon you could reach up and touch the moon. A moment in Time when the free imagination abundance and innocence of a child dreaming about an unknown World Thank you for your music regards William 🌏🎸🙏🏼🇦🇺❤️☮️
Just saw this group in Winston Salem, NC. I've been to dozens of shows of nearly every genre imaginable. I've never seen anything like his show ever. Amazing, no one sat, everyone was mesmerized by the entire thing. I'm 60 years old and grew up in the Appalachian mountains with bluegrass...but nothing like this young man and the 4 insanely talented musicians he has with him. BTW, my son is 23 and a HUGE fan of bluegrass now because of Billy. Thank you for that.
YOU MUST check out Roosterwalk show '19 where they played first together! Fricking HOT sold take my money! Got to be here on yt. One of the best shows on this millennia, imo! But the scene helped ) July 1st Va. GROWS! Love~
Mike, I agree! Could be said maybe that Billy is the “Michael Hedges” or “Stevie Ray” of Bluegrass? BTW, you are indeed one of my favorite artists, too. Cheers!
If you musians painted a million words, this band of brothers deserve the LOVE AND LOYALTY they share in an unconsible way that ( ya know, the LYRICS are the song of our "souls" ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎯
25:46 Demonstrates what it looks like when four people are totally into what they are doing and a couple thousand people are lucky enough to witness it.
If you look at the video with the sound off you’d expect them to be a 90s rock band. If you listen to the video without watching it you’d expect them to be a 1970s bluegrass band. Great job guys 🪕
One of the premier artists on the planet right now, and with an able band of cohorts. Please, please come to Ireland when this virus is dead and buried.
So thankful this young man showed up in my feed. I have been listening steady for a few months and will be a fan for the rest of my days. Incredible skills, not many can pick a guitar like that. He will be the a common name in music for generations to come.
100% agree. This young man is a rare rare talent. In interviews he seems really genuine, a sweet humble kid. Just love the energy, the emotion his music stirs in me. Most certainly he will be spoken of for a long time.
Billy is like the secret special recipe that’s been enjoyed by the few has been let out to the masses no doubt to become a living legend. he has a talent ingrained in his very DNA. he will define American music. i am very happy to witness his journey through the years and thoroughly enjoy every note.
Billy has taken progressive bluegrass to a new level... One of the best acoustic guitarists out there today and he keeps getting better! It won't be long before he headlines this place.
I just learned about Billy a month or 2 , and he's the best since Jimmy Martin, Bill Monroe , and so on, I love some good ole blue grass . Raised on it. That's all my mom and daddy listen to. Wish they were a live to hear Billy, they would agree with me 100%
He has such phenomenal focus, expressiveness and joy in his playing. I love watching his face as he reaches for notes and feels the rhythm. Great stuff. A group of amazing, creative players, all of them.
I just seen the band, and they are intoxicating. But it's not just Billy strings. its the whole band they loved the music they love to play, you can see it in their emotions.
I dont say this about many people, but Billy Strings is very much an inspiration to me. I can listen to this artist sing & play his guitar for hours on end, and some day I hope I can live my life doing what I love with who I love.
Exceptional mix indeed, as you would expect for Red Rocks! Pour one out for the sound techs. Definitely doesn't hurt having four exceptional players that get the absolute most out of the instruments.
Billy Strings you and your band are facing amazing!!! You take me back to the happiest times in my life when my mom and grandpa,grandma and family and friends would get together and play bluegrass music and old country songs with each other and no one has made my hair stand up from picking a guitar, mandolin, stand up bass, fiddle, banjo l, or any instrument since my grandfather was alive until I had the chance to hear you pick man!!! You got it man!!! Absolutely are my favorite lead guitar picker and singer I've had the privilege to listen to since I was a kid and my grandfather was the only other person that had that kind of talent I've ever seen and heard 💯!!! My mom sings Patsy Cline and since my grandfather passed away she said that no one was able to play for her so she hasn't song with any band since, it's sad. My grandfather could play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, stand up bass, banjo, steal guitar, and even a piano. Not only could he play all them he was amazing on all of them. You would have fit right in with my grandparents, mother, and all the rest of the family and friends who got together and played. Wish you could have met and played with my grandfather!
I'm from Spain. Never see nothing like this. Hope one day i can go in to a road trip across de EE.UU and go to some concerts like this one. Would be awesome...
Trust me when I say that Red Rocks Amplitheater is one of the best venues to see a concert. At the beginning of the video where Billy is in awe of the view is how most bands react to playing there. The vibe and atmosphere of the whole place is electrifying.
@@novemberjones84 i bet that it's true! Even watching the video from a smartphone it's amazing. I can imagine (or maybe not!) what must be to be there listening to good music whit a couple of beers. A dream.
I hear Billy Strings pushing the envelope of Blue Grass beyond, and with more talent, than most others have. I saw him and his band a couple years ago. One of the best concerts I heard. Amazing versatility.
For those who thumbed this down you know absolutely nothing about music. Billy Strings is a Prodigy and 1 of the BEST pickers living today!
God Bless Billy ❤️
I love Billy Strings but your statement is silly. Does everyone have to agree with you? Just enjoy what you like and stop judging others.
What idiots would dis BMFS and his band mates. Duh!!!
I agree he is one of the best flat pickers I’ve ever heard. Would be impossible to thumb this down. His bandmates are incredible in their own right too!
@@D45VR Sounds to me like he is merely stating facts. If you don't like bluegrass move on. No need to act like an ass.
Billy Strings can play any song ya want. This guy will be a legend . To me he already is. I'd give anything to play like that. But i like all music.
53 yrs old. Brought up on bluegrass, this young man is amazing. The best I've heard since Flatt and Scruggs!
47 here, you should see him live.
55 here, gotcha both beat😁
Love to see him live too.
Maybe since Garcia and Grisam
He is an amazing Talent!!!
I watched an interesting interview where he says, this is a complete paraphrasation. Yes my own word, in Blue Grass you would like to be able to step up to the mic stone faced like Scruggs and Vans ant (Ronny isn’t the only rocker that does it but that’s Blue a Blue Grass influence) the guy on then Right has it down maybe tap your foot but he can’t control it. He has to move.
Billy Strings is definitely a musical missionary. I'm a third generation gigging musician, have allowed music (all music) to consume my life. I've never seen anyone resurrect a genre like this. Sure there are originators of styles, Elvis, Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc., And while they deserve the respect and appreciation they deserve, it seems what Billy is doing to bluegrass is more difficult. People have expectations, judgmental, snobby, ignorant opinions. Billy and his crew are keeping a huge part of American culture alive and have every ounce of my respect and appreciation. Thanks guys, you're truly setting a much needed bar on the level of talent all music can/should strive for.
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underrated comment. so true.
When's the last time bluegrass has sold out 20-30,000 seat arenas night after night after night? He's resurrected bluegrass and his crowds are a huge cross-section of fans. Billy Strings is probably the best thing that's happened to music in general in the last 20 years.
That’s one of my favorite comments ever… he just popped up after I played a song and it was nutshell by AIC mixed into his song Wargasm live. That alone made me think I found my new favorite artist. Miss people pouring their heart and soul into music . America is right 🇺🇸🤘
Lol when they want you to hear it it will be prompted and be loved by millions Amazing musicians. 33 stands for something.
I’m recently obsessed w this guy. Been watching every video I can find on him in the past week or so
Not sure where you’re located but he’ll be in Ohio in June just in case you’re interested!?
@@sarahswartz2735 I’m in jersey let’s goooo
@@1TaylorKing I’ll be there but I’ll be working I’m doing security for him!
I'm currently stuck going down the Billy Stings rabbit hole as well. I'm really hoping to catch the Ohio show. I'm in Holland, outside of Toledo.
@@jswolfe94 nice!! So then you’ll be going to legend valley?
I can't get over how good this kid is!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Deadheads and Bluegrass lovers unite...Billy's kids are here!
Eh man, leave room on the bandwagon for this rock guitar player and heavy music lover brother! These songs are what's up! Topical, melodic, musical, backed by killer playing and vocal harmonies....Jesus. What great songs he and the band write!
I have listened to Jerry Garcia for 52 years. Garcia turned me on to bluegrass with the Old and In The Way. Billy’s tribute to the Dead brings tears to my eyes! God bless Billy Strings! His style of bluegrass is PERFECT!
@@RiverRat1953100% correct
I just found out about him a few months ago. Some people frown that he is not pure Bluegrass. He introduced this genre to younger people that would never be interested in Bluegrass. A regular Bluegrass band would not draw these big crowds. Music is supposed to be fun to play and listen too. Critics need to get over it.
James Silverstone everyone from added something to it ! Original 3 bands are Bill Monroe & Bluegrass Boys, Flatt & Scruggs and the Stanley Brothers. After that it was all a spin off of the original ! Moral of story lol Billy is keepin it alive and I’m grateful!!! sorry I got long winded !
@marlene riggs I learned banjo years ago. Its been gathering dust in the corner because i have learning guitar. I like bluegrass but when i go to a show or listen to music its usually rock. Billy renewed my interest in Bluegrass and its cool to see him covering the dead. A lot of Bluegrass songs are in the key of G and easy for a beginner guitarist to learn to chord along and sing with.
Agree !! 💗💗 Love his music.. The greats rewrite genres !! 😎 Sometimes music evolves quicker than some people's brains lol.
When Bill Monroe started he was way outside the "mainstream" of the time. True artists always take the genre to new places.
I don't give much of a crap for "bluegrass" (whatever that means these days, lol)... but I dig the crap out of these guys. And I'm (somewhere ) in my 60's
0:00 Dust in a Baggie
4:35 While I'm Waiting Here
11:20 Taking Water
15:36 Everything's the Same
19:25 Away from the Mire
29:05 Hollow Heart
32:40 Pyramid Country - >
39:48 Little Maggie
44:35 Rundown
49:05 Turmoil & Tinfoil
57:28 Band intros/set outro
@Class Clown They were opening for Greensky Bluegrass...
upvote this
Utah Fitz out here doing the lord’s work🙌🙌🙌
@Class Clown was opener for Greensky...Dude will never be an opener again..Good Stuff
thank you dude
These kids nowadays. Taking bluegrass to a new level. God bless 'em.
That smile. This kid has charisma. The ol' youtube algorithm has deranged society with conspiracy madness, but it also gave me Billy Strings.
Billuminati got you hooked like a leg o sheep
Welcome Home!
Because it's madness doesn't mean it might not be real
You can tell he is loving every minute of it!
Only once in a while do I get a conspiracy nutter. I resist clickbait. I actually have more problems and issues with TH-cam demonetizing good music, music teaching and harmless educational stuff like Tom Scott's videos. But they do a much better job than Facebook and Twitter.
I may be old and I may be strange but I can still dance and I can still holler Im not at your shows 'cause I ain't got a dollar
So wherever you are what you might want to know is I thank.the Lord for this free you tube show. Yes I may be old in the hospital today your music is medicine that will get me away from these doctors and nurses and all I can say is I may be old but not in the way that makes you believe I'm here to stay. So
Let me go home where I can be strange and be back with my livestock out on the range. I'm learning your songs and I will sing them out loud to stars and the mountains and my good friends the clouds.
Amen Brother. Get to kicking 😊😊😊😊. Dance on. Teach the cows to sing with you. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
How beautiful. I am with you.
For those of you just now finding Billy, I can tell you there is nothing like him. He is super hyper talented. He plays so many kinds of music. A blend of all the greats from the last 40 yrs. Its unreal and he loves loves loves to just go into a crazy space jam for days....it is so great and new. He is not shy about his love for the electronic pedals and gizmos. It gives his creativity such a hug palette. This dude channels , Garcia, Hendix, Page, Frampton, Clapton, it is so damn fine.
Fully, dude. Billy strings is a marvel
And he's not shy about singing about cocaine and prison either. He's the real deal. Bluegrass needs a rebel to shake things up.
@@patrickhawkinson8399 rebel? Lol hes just another freemason sellout. His contract won't last forever...
@@stybur19 How is he a sellout?
@@patrickhawkinson8399 are you aware of freemasonry and its connection with the entertainment industry?
Billy Strings has everything - guitar pickin’ superior to almost everyone who has ever touched the instrument, this amazing voice that soothes and feels as much a part of nature as the trees in the forest or the sky and clouds above, and perhaps the hardest for most musicians to accomplish - an incredible songwriting ability that pulls you in and twists your heart in two while at the same time making you happy to be alive... every word is perfect. This is the kind of music that makes you want to run faster, work harder, and live and love forever.
Amen PJ !!
Well, I have listed to this about 57 more times.. and my comment wasn’t meant to take anything from the rest of the band. I mean.. say their names. Jerrod Walker, Billy Failing, Royal Massat. Each one of these musicians is at the pinnacle for their respective instruments. Perfection.. each and every one!
How do I 'love' this comment? Lol
Yes indeed PJ.
He is such a great musician.
Guy on the mandolin is amazing
He is sooooo good👍 !!!!
Jarrod walker everyone!
Indeed. I am really blown away by the Banjo as well.. these guys could be studio musicians.. What talent.
The banjo player too
dressed like a hippie
headbanging like a rockstar
guitaring like GOD🤘
I've been listening to bluegrass for sixty years and I just love this guy.
I'm sort of new to bluegrass even though my family roots are in appalachia via Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. I thank my bro-in-law for introducing me to Mr. Strings and reconnecting me to my roots. I've seen him twice now, and I'm seeing him again in Feb. I can't wait.
Check out CABINET. They are also another great bluegrass band from the Northeast.
They are untraditional bc they do have percussion but they are good to the ears and get the feet moving.. Enjoy
68 here and Yes Sir, this kid can tear it up
The Real Deal
Bless his heart...
Seen him live tonight and I was blown away...ive seen Zeppelin and now I can say I seen Billy Strings ~
Unfuckinbelievable
The country, world, universe needs Billy Strings and his band, and whoever sits in and plays with him, especially his dad Terry Barber.
FaM
Old steel drivers and billy strings colab would be..... man. And by old steeldrivers I mean chris stapleton
Country music and bluegrass are too completely different worlds
I agree, ,,,
@@ryanguitargodfrey Word? Chirs Stapleton when he sang with SD was blue grass. Still love to see that colab regardless of what CS doing now. Would be sick.
If Away From The Mire doesn't give you chills you have no soul
I've literally told a couple people that.
Just a casual bluegrass fan here, but this kid, this collection of musicians, is really something!
Well my bad day yesterday was one of my worst today. Till I picked up my guitar and watched Mr. Strings play I tried to play along found myself forgetting my tragic day an wishing I was right there playing my heart out an my only worry would be if God was going to wake me in the morning so I could do this all over again,thanks Billy.
one of the most amazing and endearing things about Billy Strings is his complete selflessness, like no ego on stage, he's a true team player, gives away focus which makes him look so brilliant
Because he is!
I’m 370 years old and invented the banjo. It takes me a while to discover things because time moves differently for me. I just wanted to say that this is one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen in my lifetime
Some day, god willing, after I'm dead and buried....the young kids who are now watching this prodigy will be watching videos of him as an old man...just as I have seen young and old John Fahey and Paul McCartney. You'll enjoy him today, and you'll enjoy him in 30-40 years. Enjoy.
I don't know, I was born in 66' so I'm a few years too young to remember, but this has to be what it was like when people first heard Hendrix. I've been following Billy for a couple years now, and he just consistently keeps blowing my mind.
Joe Combs how is he the most talented? In what way?
crunch9876 idk if he’s the most talented but i will say his originality sets him apart. Songwriting is just as good as his music
@@crunch9876 Maybe Joe's only seen one musician? He's stating this from a personal perspective, not spouting it as gospel.
It's not just Billy though - although I won't disagree that he is amazingly talented. The musicians who play along with him are also incredible.
It is beautiful
Great pickers, great singers, great sound system, great setting, great audience. Perfect bluegrass storm.
I came across this kid about 4 years ago,I'm 61 years old now an I have been following an listening to a lot of the same bands since I was 14.I don't know how much more time I got on this earth but I wish Billy an his band were here 40 years ago.This kid is just getting started an has so much more to offer all of us.
Just heard him yesterday
Love it.l am Elvis fan since
He sang his first song.
Loved this also.🙏🙏😊😊
I was at this one, came all the way from Maryland. It took until the third song for the tears of joy to stop flowing. Red Rocks is one of the premier venues and Billy's a premier act, you can see that the band was enjoying the place and the crowd.
Wow! I would have love to have been there.
you are so lucky to see this show!
did you wear a skirt?
@@douglasmorgan5187 No, I had a kick ass time while you were home making snarky comments on TH-cam videos.
@Daniel Taylor I'm also from MD and was at this show!! I scheduled my annual trip around it. I love Greensky too, but I was definitely there for Billy & Co.
Been playing guitar since I was 14, pushing 60 now..the speed and accuracy of his flat picking is truly insane..He's flying and he never misses...
I grew up in a bluegrass playing family in Appalachian Mtns, I'm in my, 60s and I've never seen anything like him. He's got it all. I could listen to him for days nonstop.
I grew up in a bluegrass playing family in Appalachian Mtns, I'm in my, 60s and I've never seen anything like him. He's got it all. I could listen to him for days nonstop. I've always liked progressive grass.
I have been a rocker all my life , played in several bands. But I am eclectic. I love Opera, country, and definitely appreciate the sincerity and incredible roots of bluegrass. But here's a kid who looks like he should be the front man for a pop rock or metal band, and he is doing with , and for bluegrass, things I have never heard before. He is making blue grass accessible and cool for the younger generations. God love Doc Watson , and the trailblazers who laid the groundwork of genius in the past...but Billy here is the NEXT legend methinks !!!
Absolutely 💯 % agree! This guy can jam like I've never before seen! Love his music!
I think he was playing metal at one point. You can se him play Voodoo Chile here on TH-cam.
Very well said!!!! To headrush
I just got introduced to Billy Strings 6mos ago and been to 3 concerts and more to come.. am 60 and Billy Strings and the Band of Strings is by far the most comfortable talent I've seen since was a teenager... absolutely 👁️💚👁️💚🍀🕺🎻🎶🪕🎵🪕💚
Go see Junior Brown if you want to see something totally unique and awesome!
Earlier in the comments someone called this NEWGRASS.
No, this is beyond that. Newgrass came about in the 80's (Thank You Sam Bush).
When I first saw Billy on 'Bluegrass Underground' my first thought was this is not Newgrass any longer - This is psychedelic-grass!
Thank you Billy for expanding bluegrass but keeping a solid footing in tradition.
It's metal grass. Turmoil is structured like a Metallica song
I have an open mind I'm not up here is like Pete Seeger try to cut the freaking wire lol but it was pretty funny why because Bob Dylan wanted to play electric guitar LOL that was such a party story he had her taxes he was going to chop that freaking wire at the Newport Jazz Festival God Rest his soul
I like smoking grass
@@Roll_Todd LOL you must be older than me
Dead Grass?
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you...
NEWGRASS
Whaaaaat
Purpel grass?!
New bluegrass ?
You mean HILLBILLY METAL. Love it.
@@paulcosta5806 grungegrass. :)
I'm gonna name my next strain of weed Billy Strings
Billy Strains
Strilly Bings?
Yassssss
Good god - I just found this man and his music after a walk through Bela Fleck’s music on here. I can’t tell you how good this sounds here in the mountains of West Virginia on a bright, sunny day.
It's feel good music brother
You don’t have to tell me, I live it everyday!
Check out Coulter Wall guy is 27 and sounds like he’s been around for 70years
@@lolitsajoke77 - Found that guy wandering down the same rabbit hole. What a voice on that guy! He, Billy, and most of the folks on “gems on VHS” give me great confidence that the future of country and western music isn’t just heartthrob dudes in cowboy hats singing pop music with a twang over a finger snap beat.
Wish I was there kickin' it with you up there in them big hills 😊
fuggin. I'm 213 yrs old & this rocks.
Billy Strings is one of the few things that gives me hope for the future.
Ki jove TH-cam
Upon discovering Billy I have since, built a bonfire, burned my guitars and and sat there and cried like a baby lol. He is a phenom! A legend in the making.
I was at this show. No one sat down and there was no opener. The crowd was in such a great mood. Between Billy and that venue it was my most memorable of anything I’ve ever seen. It was his first time opening there.
Sounds like you caught a dandy
State Farm Arena in Atlanta was packed on March 10. Everyone stood the whole show. No opener. Three hours.
Outstanding young talent. I wish him all the best. It makes me smile to know that American music is being past down to some great young people. No bass, no naked women, no twerking, no bright lights and smoke machines. Just stone cold, straight up, incredible music.
i mean the first song is about meth. while this is amazing and should be commended, lets not put it up on some purist pedestal.
lol Billy Strings is fucking amazing.
but he doesn't need your boomer ass putting down other music (which people enjoy a ton) just to put him on a pedestal
@@nickh2935 Please go fuck yourself. Thanking you in advance.
@@minimvl If they belong on a pedestal, then put them there.
There's a bass, he's good too
I'm a metal head and lowkey excited about seeing him live.
Billy is a metalhead too! He was wearing a Cryptopsy shirt in an interview once
same here... i never imagined myself actually kind of ENJOYING anything related to country...
Same here, this music is metal and technical as fuck
Metal head here as well. This guy is incredible. I'm hooked on this sound now.
63 years old and in one weekend found my favorite artist ,and my top 7 favorite songs. Serial watched it about 16 times while busting down my family home into dust. I could live on the proceeds and follow these guys around the country if it weren’t for my two girlfriends. They love the music it’s biting and barking that gets us in trouble.
Billy Strings and band are the best thing going.
I am just a grining!
Rebecca Herron and he’s a pickin!
Heck, I'd pay good money to go hear him play.
@@disqusmacabre6246 hell, I'd pay bad money to hear them play...😈
Billy is an Alien. From planet bluegrass.. when he plays he emits pure grass, he looks human but he really isn't. ... New pentagon footage!
PURE GRASS
I hear hes got 2 extra invisible alien fingers and thats how he plays so good. Plus he can pick his nose without anyone seeing.
I’m from the UK but if I was from the US this is definitely the people I’d be hanging with!
Not all that different from skiffle... popularized here in the USA most notably by Lonnie Donnigan. Seem to recall that before the Beatles were the Beatles s couple of them were in a skiffle group.
I'Ll say this though. Billy Strings is much more accomplished musically than any skiffle group I remember. Billy's sense of timing is amazing. His notes and runs clear and crisp and precise. And a smile that says "I'm doing the one thing that gives my life meaning and there is no place that I would rather be than on this stage, at this time, with these musicians. playing the music I love for all of you."
Such a relief to FINALLY see genuine talent getting big attention. I would actually pay the $150 for a ticket. And they deserve every penny of it.
Many complain how today's talented young musicians can't make it. Billy Strings proves this wrong. Yes, the talent bar is extremely high: instrumental virtuosity, vocal virtuosity, songwriting talent, and the hardworking ability to collaborate and promote. And here he is- filling Red Rocks Amphitheater with 10,000 people at age 26. It can still be done if you have the right gifts.
and attitude.
All that smoke coming from their strings.
Thats when you know the shows hit hot status in Colorado!!!
In my opinion red rocks is the greatest music Pavilion in the world😊
Don't get the low key shade some folks are slinging toward the band mates. Billy Strings AND the boys in the band are the absolute best. PERIOD. I was at this one and it was absolutely amazing!!! Who would have thought just 6 months later we'd be in the grips of a global pandemic. 😔 Stay safe everyone. It may be a while, but I'll see you at the next show!!
Agreed. ALL members are at the top of their game. And let’s face it, they need to be top notch to to play at this level. Jarrod Walker won awards for his playing, and along with his brothers, they’re a force to be reckoned with.... As for singing....Flings got that high, lonesome sound, which harmonizes well with Strings. If you ask me, it should be called the ‘Billy Flings’ Band.
Anyone that can keep up with this kid deserves their due credit. They're all amazing !! 😍😎
Wish I could've made this one but the lady and I were on a road trip somewhere between Portland and Boise when they played. Let's hope we get em back here sooner than later!
What a great band! Every one of them totally necessary all the time. Wow
We got to see him 2 days after Red Rocks. They were still high AF. It was an amazing show. Crazy enough, we got to see their last live show also in Utah. Just before the shut down. Can't wait to see them again. Amazing live shows.
Watching Billy and his talented guys on stage erases years and mileage and replaces them with smiles and foot stomping.
The way Billy shares the stage is just incredible.
Billy & the Band has brought a unique perspective here that hasn't been seen & heard of for Years! Brought Country Music out of the Grave, This is real Country
I was today years old when I discovered Billy Strings.
Not sure how I got to this video, but I'm not sad. Never heard of him before.
I stumbled on his stuff a few months ago. He is amazing!
You're in for a treat lol.
My favorite!!!
Same, but it was a couple years ago. I'm a big fan now. I generally stick with death metal and freeform jazz, but this is really good stuff
@@rikjohnson812 🤘🏼🤠
Love me some Billy Strings! And I’m 76 years old!
My favorite bluegrass hillbilly country rock Appalachian music band.
That's really fortunate that his name is Billy Strings. I'd bet he'd be a hell of a tap dancer if his name was Billy Shoes.
This show burned my face off. Was a spiritual experience. Glad I was able to go.
Lucky!!
@@paulvalenta5070 I had no idea how lucky I was.
We have an Ampitheatre near my home Billy listening to you today took me back to childhood 50 year's ago we'd ride our bicycles then hike up to the Rebold hill Ocean lookout circa 1930s second World War then climb down the old face to the cave's left from 1920s limestone quarrying. Camping there with Perth's best view from the city to the Indian Ocean out West the moon's reflection making an imaginary pathway out to where apon reaching the horizon you could reach up and touch the moon. A moment in Time when the free imagination abundance and innocence of a child dreaming about an unknown World Thank you for your music regards William 🌏🎸🙏🏼🇦🇺❤️☮️
Just saw this group in Winston Salem, NC. I've been to dozens of shows of nearly every genre imaginable. I've never seen anything like his show ever. Amazing, no one sat, everyone was mesmerized by the entire thing. I'm 60 years old and grew up in the Appalachian mountains with bluegrass...but nothing like this young man and the 4 insanely talented musicians he has with him. BTW, my son is 23 and a HUGE fan of bluegrass now because of Billy. Thank you for that.
I was in north Charleston Sunday my sentiment exactly
I was at that show and what you said is 100% true. Kid tore it up!!!
The sign language guy vibing was the coolest. Just because people can’t hear doesn’t mean they can’t feel!
Dope comment 👌
This guy has been diggin' draggin' punchin' and playing for years finally getting the respect he deserves Power to ya Billy Tiger
he's only 25...
@@D45VR and he’s been performing for 10+ years
F'in love this dude! Him and Marcus King have saved music for me!
My two new favs for sure.
Absolutely. Throw a little Gary Clarke Jr in there and you have a majestic trio.
YOU MUST check out Roosterwalk show '19 where they played first together! Fricking HOT sold take my money! Got to be here on yt. One of the best shows on this millennia, imo! But the scene helped ) July 1st Va. GROWS! Love~
This is just incredible!
Mike, I agree! Could be said maybe that Billy is the “Michael Hedges” or “Stevie Ray” of Bluegrass? BTW, you are indeed one of my favorite artists, too. Cheers!
@@davidjohnston710 Billy is Doc Watson reincarnate.
Fuck sake.
I would nickname him amphetamine fingers !
Been a punk rocker my whole life. This is the greatest thing I ever heard. Be the first not punk rock album I buy on vinyl
Billy breathes the way most of us feel. He's just that much closer to his sense of self and being. He show's us how to relax.
Daniel Radcliffe on the mandolin is killing me.
That must have been an epic night. Cheers Billy.
Bad ads from old banjo player and long time deadbeat from Oregon
That transition/segue from Pyramid Country into Little Maggie?
Pfffftttt!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you musians painted a million words, this band of brothers deserve the LOVE AND LOYALTY they share in an unconsible way that ( ya know, the LYRICS are the song of our "souls" ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎯
I love this kids music beyond words, but the way he smiled at the very beginning melted my heart
25:46 Demonstrates what it looks like when four people are totally into what they are doing and a couple thousand people are lucky enough to witness it.
If that doesn't make you make ugly faces I don't know what will.
I knew exactly what part that was... because I went over it three times!
Magic.
Binged on Tommy Emmanuel.
Now I'm bingeing on Billy Strings.
Brings a smile to my face and feet.
Yep.
My feet can't stop Smiling.
If you look at the video with the sound off you’d expect them to be a 90s rock band. If you listen to the video without watching it you’d expect them to be a 1970s bluegrass band. Great job guys 🪕
I grew up in the 90's and I don't recall any rock bands with Mandolin and Banjo and very few with stand up bass.
Ignoring the instruments. Look how they dress and present themselves. I think it’s awesome.
The old dont judge a book by its cover eh....
@@theajthomas LEFTOVER SALMON,
@@ICU2HI Ooh, Aquarium Rescue Unit, and a bunch of other jam bands too lol. Bela Fleck?!
One of the premier artists on the planet right now, and with an able band of cohorts.
Please, please come to Ireland when this virus is dead and buried.
So thankful this young man showed up in my feed. I have been listening steady for a few months and will be a fan for the rest of my days. Incredible skills, not many can pick a guitar like that. He will be the a common name in music for generations to come.
100% agree. This young man is a rare rare talent. In interviews he seems really genuine, a sweet humble kid. Just love the energy, the emotion his music stirs in me. Most certainly he will be spoken of for a long time.
"Doc" Watson is smiling down on this performance (Seeing everything + everyone)!👍😇🇺🇸 Billy's flatpicking will be legendary someday too.
Billy is like the secret special recipe that’s been enjoyed by the few has been let out to the masses no doubt to become a living legend. he has a talent ingrained in his very DNA. he will define American music. i am very happy to witness his journey through the years and thoroughly enjoy every note.
I stumbled along this just today. Never heard of these guys. All I can say is WOW! Great stuff, really great.
Buckle upand check him out. This guy is hands down the best flat picker on earth today. He is constantly releasing new stuff.
Welcome aboard
@@jadecady3424 Took the words out of my mouth. Be excellent to eachother. Party on dudes.
Go back and look at his stuff when he was a kid. Woe.. You'll Melt
Billy is serious man dude is incredible and a dope person to meet.
Absolutely amazing what they're doing with Bluegrass...Lyrically and musically 100% original sounds. Thank YOU BILLY !!!!
Billy has taken progressive bluegrass to a new level... One of the best acoustic guitarists out there today and he keeps getting better! It won't be long before he headlines this place.
Can't believe he isn't already
Picking getar yes please
Fast forward 10 months And dudes a Grammy award winner
@@scottmoore3508 Grammy does not deserve Billy.
I just learned about Billy a month or 2 , and he's the best since Jimmy Martin, Bill Monroe , and so on, I love some good ole blue grass . Raised on it. That's all my mom and daddy listen to. Wish they were a live to hear Billy, they would agree with me 100%
That look on his face at the end of Away From The Mire...he looks amazed by/in love with his guitar. I know I am!
Its the perfect song to express it on too!!
He has such phenomenal focus, expressiveness and joy in his playing. I love watching his face as he reaches for notes and feels the rhythm. Great stuff. A group of amazing, creative players, all of them.
I just seen the band, and they are intoxicating. But it's not just Billy strings. its the whole band they loved the music they love to play, you can see it in their emotions.
I dont know how I missed this guy over the years but Im ashamed. He is a legend. Glad I stumbled on him.
All muscians here rock! Pickin!!!!!!!
A 70 year old coworker told me about Billy.
I figured it would be some OLD dude.
Helluva Suprise...
27:19 may be one of my favorite moments. What band chemistry! Mirrored licks starting with guitar, going to banjo, ending with mando
Just when the world was going to shit.....along comes this young man....and he has cool friends too !
I dont say this about many people, but Billy Strings is very much an inspiration to me. I can listen to this artist sing & play his guitar for hours on end, and some day I hope I can live my life doing what I love with who I love.
I am amazed at the clarity, progression, and unique music Billy Strings and band puts out yet hanging on to the real bluegrass!!! What a delight!!!!
One of the many perks of living in Colorado is Red Rocks. Any fucking show at Red Rocks.
Эту прекрасную музыку можно слушать бесконечно !!!............фантастические музыканты и вокалисты !....
What a mix. Bass poppin through, mandy, banjo , Billy , everyone.
Came to hear Billy, stayed for that killer Bass.
Exceptional mix indeed, as you would expect for Red Rocks!
Pour one out for the sound techs. Definitely doesn't hurt having four exceptional players that get the absolute most out of the instruments.
Billy Strings you and your band are facing amazing!!! You take me back to the happiest times in my life when my mom and grandpa,grandma and family and friends would get together and play bluegrass music and old country songs with each other and no one has made my hair stand up from picking a guitar, mandolin, stand up bass, fiddle, banjo l, or any instrument since my grandfather was alive until I had the chance to hear you pick man!!! You got it man!!! Absolutely are my favorite lead guitar picker and singer I've had the privilege to listen to since I was a kid and my grandfather was the only other person that had that kind of talent I've ever seen and heard 💯!!! My mom sings Patsy Cline and since my grandfather passed away she said that no one was able to play for her so she hasn't song with any band since, it's sad. My grandfather could play guitar, fiddle, mandolin, stand up bass, banjo, steal guitar, and even a piano. Not only could he play all them he was amazing on all of them. You would have fit right in with my grandparents, mother, and all the rest of the family and friends who got together and played. Wish you could have met and played with my grandfather!
How have I not heard this BLESSING TO MANKIND before? This is gift to be shared...
never listened to billy.this is my first experince...wow..great band
Welcome aboard!
I'm from Spain. Never see nothing like this. Hope one day i can go in to a road trip across de EE.UU and go to some concerts like this one. Would be awesome...
@Jay Andrew thank you so much. That's the kind of spirit i love in the american people. Same thing if you comming here dude! ✌🏻
Trust me when I say that Red Rocks Amplitheater is one of the best venues to see a concert. At the beginning of the video where Billy is in awe of the view is how most bands react to playing there. The vibe and atmosphere of the whole place is electrifying.
@@novemberjones84 i bet that it's true! Even watching the video from a smartphone it's amazing. I can imagine (or maybe not!) what must be to be there listening to good music whit a couple of beers. A dream.
@@xabiercruz2289 this makes video and all these comments make me happy through red rocks in canceled this summer 😭😭
look into a band called widespread panic
Billy Strings' face when he gets in the zone...that is passion!!
My interest in bluegrass music skyrocketed when I saw Billy sing one. A living legend, indeed.
I hear Billy Strings pushing the envelope of Blue Grass beyond, and with more talent, than most others have. I saw him and his band a couple years ago. One of the best concerts I heard. Amazing versatility.
If you have never been to red rock you need to bucket list it.the ride into the place will blow your mind.what an Awesome place mother nature gave us.