greatest all time acoustic guitar performance of all time in my opinion, and I've listened to a lot of them in my 73 years and still kickin' lifetime. The precision and delicacy is sublime, unparalleled. Truly a gift from beyond.
@@TheMfmccarthyI have to argue Billy’s performance of away from the mire is so much more intricate and technical with his playing style. Paul Brady’s performance was good but just much more subtle to me than this performance.
There are very few artists that, when I listen - and I mean ... listen.. not hear ... their work - it brings a single tear to my eye. Then there are the ones that make me want to stop whatever I'm doing and just take a long breath and listen even harder. Here's to Billy and that amazing band, they're all good. Cheers.
Seriously, if you stick through the guitar solo in this live ACL performance, he opens a portal with his guitar and gestures and then he lets us see what’s inside. And it is Glory.
Indeed, but I think/do know what he's saying in this song.. I brought me to tears when I first heard it last year .. I literally can't stand to face the spring AGAIN this year . Its lied the past two, it's been 2 Mays in a row I've heard it and know ⌛ is short.. 🌪️🌪️🌪️👂😳🔥33 🔥🔥🔥Chaff 🔥🔥🔥33
If you “stick through the guitar solo” ? Brother, come on. He played all the notes in 11 mins. At one point I think he played the secret chord. The portal was open from the first word out of this Apostol’s mouth. 😉
A once in a generation talent. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone that has the ability to play guitar like this, sing as well as he does and write such great songs. Truly a unicorn.
@@CorneiliusLibowitz I have. I have seen them perform together before. While Molly is a great guitarist she don't really compare to Billy in my opinion.
Was at home having drinks with my dog and came across this on pbs. My jaw hit the floor over this Talent. My god ty for opening my eyes to some blue grass music. Just amazing
430am driving to work with this absolutely cranked and life is good. If Billy's spaceship gets close enough for you to jump on....I strongly suggest taking that ride. It improves your life
It has not even been 24 hours since I first heard this song & I can't stop crying & I don't even pay attention to what he's saying. I am a complete mess when the part about laughing, that chord progression is the most moving piece of music i have ever heard! Thank you so much for this song I can't believe how moved I am right now.
I’ve travelled the globe for music over the last 15 years. It averages out to just over 1 show a month for the past 15 years. All sorts of genres and venues. I saw Billy for the first time in July and I was blown away. The way he commands the crowd is like nothing I have seen before. He played Away from the Mire as the 3rd song of the night and my life changed in the moment. Cant listen without weeping. Blessed to be the same age as Billy, hoping we both have many many great years left on this earth
And his sense of melody along with his talent is elite. Someone like Jerry Garcia is the only comparison I can think of. It’s the talent with the ability to create music that is unique and memorable.
He's also been on a wild run of sit-ins the last few years. Anybody just getting into him should check out Meet Me at the Creek with Trey Anastasio Band (on the TAB YT channel). It's an absolute mammoth performance. But, also, search for Billy Strings featuring or whoever ft. Billy Strings, and you'll find a ton of live performances he's done with other musicians who are almost all legends. Besides his own stuff, those collaborations have cemented him as a legend in his own time, to me.
Saw billy last summer at an outdoor venue in Indianapolis. My wife wanted to go, i didnt know much about billy strings. I came away from that concert mezmorized by how good it was.
The Austin City Limits stage has not seen talent this good since Stevie Ray Vaughan! Incredible talent this young man is. He really seems to have his priorities straight. He adores his fans as much as they do him. I can't wait for the opportunity to see him and the boys live!
The video doesn't show it, but in the livestream they got an extended ovation from the crowd after this song. Saw em two nights in a row the other day and the same thing happened in the crowd each night. A moment after a song where the band was forced to just pause and acknowledge the crowd's overwhelming appreciation of what they had just witnessed.
You watch it a thousand times and get the same chills every single time. He looks deep inside to bring out so much emotion and then has the talent to lay it out at our feet and share his raptures and pain with us. When you listen, you fall into this song and it feels like it's coming from everywhere all at once. Incredible. Thank you young man.
Seriously, if you stick through the guitar solo in this live ACL performance, he opens a portal with his guitar and gestures and then he lets us see what’s inside. And it is Glory.
First time I saw him was at a small club, he was digging deep into a solo with his eyes closed and as he reached the release he opened up his eyes like he just emerged from water and sent this wave outward into the crowd, everyone let out an audible "WOAH" it was amazing. He was about 4 feet infront of me.
@@Bluelightcheaphotel there are many guitarists that are better, but most don't have that mojo. And most will tell you that there's no way to make money playing music. Many are so good that they're boring.
I'm an ole UK rock hick aged 57 and this fella Billy Strings has got my Ole feet tapping. Genius finger pickin licking performer. He's better live than recorded, I've got him down as genius 😀🙃😄😁💙 Good on yer Billy !
Wow. For about ten years I did nothing but listen to Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Doc Watson etc. I went deep, too deep probably, but it gave me the ear to know the difference between someone living inside the wonderful land of bluegrass and someone just visiting. Billy not only lives there but has built himself a mansion. Just stunning. Can't wait to see him live.
This is the absolute 100% best version of this song. You hear it, and you want to share it with the world. It brings you places you did not know were tender, then lifts you back up and reminds you of who you are.
Just when I was about to give up hope that new music would never surpass the great music of past and it's great musicians, billy comes along and saves us old guys and restores our faith and hope.
The fantastic Billy Strings. Gifted singer/songwriter/guitarist/bandleader/performer. Billy and his bandmates are riding a high wave of sonic creativity for all of us. Reaching far back and looking way forward together is Billy's expansive view of our world and life. Dylan, Prine and now Billy Strings weave songs that carry us to a place we sorely miss and long to go. This is beautiful and rare. Breath it in deep. We are very lucky that Billy Strings showed up now. A time to think deeply, remember the past, face the future and gut check your feelings when you feel out of synch. Thanks so much Billy. May your vision and your band long live and roar in this free country. I know I am down with all of it.
I have watched probably hundreds of live versions of this song, and every time he takes off in this solo, I have to drop everything I'm doing and just watch. It's unbelievable.
Ping me, please, so I know you are still OK. I had a very bad period a few decades ago, worked through it, and life has been real good the last decade or so. Don't take a permanent "solution" to a temporary problem. Try. I did. Damned, if it didn't work beyond what I ever expected possible.🍻👍
I mean credit due to Robert Hunter, who wrote most of Jerry and the Dead's lyrics. But yeah, Billy is absolutely on that same level, he even had the honor of putting Hunter's lyrics to song with "Thunder". Billy, and the band as a whole, are 100% a gem in this generations musical landscape.
Every time I have seen them, he and his band are better then the last time. His music moves me in a way that hasn't happened in a long time, and it's beautiful!
I've been on am absolute Bluegrass tear since I found/re-discovered Billy, Molly, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and all the rest. So great to see this particularly American genre breathe new life!
I am 69 years old. Long time fan of great players like Doc Watson, Duane Allman, Leo Kottke and any others. Young Billy has a gift no doubt . What I really like is that rather than imitate he has chosen to create. This is some beautiful stuff....
Wow, amazing performance! I'm not normally the biggest bluegrass fan, but when this came on PBS the other night I was utterly transfixed for the entire 11 minutes. I think the best metric for a song's quality is how easily it can transport you to another place. This tune certainly does that for me.
This is true, but it's only one of their songs that do this.... I strongly suggest you delve more into their music.....many songs take you far away, then bring you back...and then some.
Billy keeps stretching the limits of an acoustic flat top guitar. Combining folk/Bluegrass tossing in a bit of Latin jazz mystic in vein of Gabor Szabo’ a touch of the Grisman’ Dog and just about any thing He can conjure up.
Billy never made me think of Gabor, but now that you mention it, I can see it. They both played dreadnoughts with magnetic pickups too. Gabor was the first person I saw playing a Gibson J-160E, though by the early sixties he'd switched to a Martin with a DeArmond sound hole pickup. That's what he was playing when I saw him in Toronto with Chico Hamilton. I'm curious about Billy's guitar in this video.
This Band is the Best band in a long time woke up last night in nyc and discover Billy strings Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I come from a family of musicians I can hardly wait to share this he is ripping on my Bose speaker Now !!! Unbelievable!!!! A new Fan!!!!!! Thank you thank you GOD For waking Me Up!!!!!!!!
In the 10:40 area, billy makes a little run, looks right at the end as Jarrod continues the run, then Failing finishes it! Billy Cant help but smile. So fucking cool. This is a masterpiece!
Watching the meteoric rise of Billy Strings makes one wonder if a deal was struck at a remote crossroads. Seemingly from nowhere, his vocals seem to be a reincarnation of the best bluegrass singers of generations gone by, and his flat-top talent is second to none. How fortunate we are to enjoy Billy and his excellent band.
If you look into his backstory, he already went through a type of hell growing up, and I'd like ot believe some type of goodness and mercy and heart and soul and guts pulled him through to let his light shine for all of us to witness and be grateful for
Just look at the tats, the images and his unquenchable addiction to narcotics. I'd say you're dead on. The works of demons channeling into HUMANS is often 'fascinating' and music, due to it's ability to invoke emotional reactions is one of satan's favorite tools, going all the way back to the temptation of the Hebrews in the dessert. Most of the music artists are serving the darkness and they don't even try to HIDE it and still people doubt.
Can’t believe I had the opportunity to see/listen and even converse with Billy while he was growing up in Traverse City area 👏🏽. I could see he was a fantastic musician back then but he is now at the pinnacle. All the comments about him are truly accurate and deserving. I’m thinking his parents are mighty proud…his father is an excellent blue grass musician himself 👍🤜🏼
His voice is AMAZING! You know how people are drawn to different parts of band naturally? I always here voice and lyrics first ...this dudes voice transcends!
Just saw him 4/23/22 in Irving, Tx...can only saw "WOW". I'm not totally familiar with his catalog, but loved every second of the show. precision, wild jamming, all of the band is amazing. will catch him again. you should, too.
What a tune. I've listened to it many o' times since the album came out, possibly before. Forever a fan. They deserve everything good that comes out of their music career. Now they just need to get into Canada and tour. Thank you Billy Strings & Co. The music means a lot to me, especially this tune.
There are SO MANY similarities between the two! Different genres but equally talented. I never thought anyone could compare to Stevie, but Billy is close! Love this guy.
What an amazing musician. Truly a performer that can help pull many new people into bluegrass and its related genres. I can't imagine how Billy will be performing ten years from now. It's a true treat to see young folks get the recognition they deserve without having to jump through all the hoops of the music industry that usually are required to get visibility.
I just saw him live for the first time. I don't know who the greatest guitar player alive is, I haven't seen them all. But I know beyond a doubt the best I've heard. He's broken the sound barrier of acoustic guitar
The simple complexity is life in each moment throughout this passionate appreciation of each moment. But if you're a musician, or perhaps love one ... watch at 10:44 again and again the passing of the craft back and forth. Thank You.
Huh. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm a huge fan and had heard/seen this plenty before, just never near enough or payed enough attention at that very moment to notice that. I am not much of a bluegrass fan, but I am also ignorant of much of it. However, I love Billy Strings and one of the things I do like about the bluegrass format that he more or less adheres to in the service of many/most of his songs is that exact thing: the sharing of solos and the handoff of them, however, each usually uses a couple more bars than that. Lol.
This song is just one of those that the strings being plucked are playing on our heart strings and the lyrics being sang are the songs of our soul. This version of this song is so much different than any other. I know it's the same song but those pauses and that space between the notes strip you down and cut you wide open. For what, for you to feel for a moment.
What an amazing performance. I'm here listening because I was supposed to be seeing him LIVE tonight but he had to cancel due to illnesses in the band. :(
Putting an ad in the middle of this should result in a prison sentence. Mandatory jail time.
Especially considering the ad content
I doubt they heard you, but just now I watched the hole thing with no adds! I can't believe they let that happen!!
@@robertmiddelthon6246 how on earth??
brave browser, what year are you living in
why you gotta pay for premium bro...
I went to a Billy Strings concert not knowing any of his music or even who he was. It was absolute magic. What an incredible talent
Ditto. Mind blown.
Just caught him both nights in Indy. Yep magic is the only word to describe this guy's energy and talent.
Yes, I knew it would be amazing, but I left there feeling like I was in another universe
Dude same for me, incredible performer
Same, I saw him at lollapalooza and had never heard of him, now he’s my favorite
maybe the best song of the 21st century
If you EVER get a chance to see him live, don't miss it. One of the greatest performers and songwriters of our generation 🙌
Fuckin' A
I missed him in September.
He was in L.A. on my birthday but I just couldn't make it.
It makes me sad that I couldn't see them
I've seen him twice, and can't wait till the next time...BMFS
Blessed to have seen him in Vegas. BMFS! I have no words to describe his talent
Got em for Halloween! Can't wait
greatest all time acoustic guitar performance of all time in my opinion, and I've listened to a lot of them in my 73 years and still kickin' lifetime. The precision and delicacy is sublime, unparalleled. Truly a gift from beyond.
I don’t disagree.
It doesn't even come close to touching Paul Brady doing Arthur McBride, but it is absolutely a great performance
Agree 100 pct
@@TheMfmccarthyI have to argue Billy’s performance of away from the mire is so much more intricate and technical with his playing style. Paul Brady’s performance was good but just much more subtle to me than this performance.
Glad you’re still here with us enjoying the music
There are very few artists that, when I listen - and I mean ... listen.. not hear ... their work - it brings a single tear to my eye. Then there are the ones that make me want to stop whatever I'm doing and just take a long breath and listen even harder. Here's to Billy and that amazing band, they're all good. Cheers.
Well said, sir.🍄
Absolutely
They do bring a tear…
Yes...
Yes
I agree, absolutely amazing guitar player. One in a million there
Seriously, if you stick through the guitar solo in this live ACL performance, he opens a portal with his guitar and gestures and then he lets us see what’s inside. And it is Glory.
Beautifully said!!
Indeed, but I think/do know what he's saying in this song.. I brought me to tears when I first heard it last year .. I literally can't stand to face the spring AGAIN this year . Its lied the past two, it's been 2 Mays in a row I've heard it and know ⌛ is short..
🌪️🌪️🌪️👂😳🔥33
🔥🔥🔥Chaff 🔥🔥🔥33
If you “stick through the guitar solo” ? Brother, come on. He played all the notes in 11 mins. At one point I think he played the secret chord. The portal was open from the first word out of this Apostol’s mouth. 😉
So true, I was like, wait a minute, what happened?!
I need drugs to understand 🍄
Billy plays as the world burns around him. He is an amazing man and story.
There are great musicians, then there is Billy.... Outstanding performance by the entire band.
Hey wait a minute...
I’m a 103 year old Tibetan monk and I can’t get enough of this guy
😅 well played
@@jmiller583you are awesome
His music is amazing!
It's so difficult to be original with a million guitar players out there, but he does it with skill and heart.....just beautiful.
Ive never heard anyone play an acoustic like him, while i can name 25 plus really good electric guitar players currently active.
his band, too. so glad I found them. overjoyed. ✌️
lot of pedal pushing....faze in...out sustain...it aint all reall ....but its reel good😮
well this is needed in the world right now
Would love to see you react to some Billy strings! Maybe some of the stuff off their newest album? Also more Pantera please 😁
A once in a generation talent. I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone that has the ability to play guitar like this, sing as well as he does and write such great songs. Truly a unicorn.
I don't think I have either. He is on another level. Beyond anything I have ever heard coming from an acoustic guitar. Then throw in his singing WOW.
Give Molly Tuttle a listen.
@@CorneiliusLibowitz I have. I have seen them perform together before. While Molly is a great guitarist she don't really compare to Billy in my opinion.
Carl Miner is in my opinion beyond Billy as far as guitar goes. Haven't heard much of his singing though.
Definitely talented musician but there are way better singers out there. Beautiful and reflective song tho!
The spirit of green shirt guy was smiling from above
We are all green shirt guy now lol
I inhale 2 packs of unlit cigarettes every day now.
My man 🙏🏼
The WWE GUY?
Green shirt man is everybody.
Was at home having drinks with my dog and came across this on pbs. My jaw hit the floor over this Talent. My god ty for opening my eyes to some blue grass music. Just amazing
Lol Portable Banger System certified!
what was the dog drinking
Aint drinking alone if the dogs are there...
Can we all acknowledge how good they passed that riff off to each other at 10:40 FLAWLESS
Great catch. That was fantastic.
Agreed; I almost missed it because it was so smooth. Guitar, Banjo, Mando rapid fire.
Though the same thing every time I heard this song live, so fluid.
That was awesome. Billy came back to the mic with a smile on his face.
Yessir every single one of them guys are monster musicians
Love Billy Strings! His music helped get me through cancer treatment during the early days of covid.
Hope you are doing ok now
Love and respect
@@bobthabuilda1525 I'm doing great now, thank you very much!
@@meleecritical Thank you, and likewise, love and respect.
Hope your feeling better, music is chicken soup that helps heal, especially when it comes at you like this!
430am driving to work with this absolutely cranked and life is good. If Billy's spaceship gets close enough for you to jump on....I strongly suggest taking that ride. It improves your life
It has not even been 24 hours since I first heard this song & I can't stop crying & I don't even pay attention to what he's saying. I am a complete mess when the part about laughing, that chord progression is the most moving piece of music i have ever heard! Thank you so much for this song I can't believe how moved I am right now.
Can’t recommend a live show enough for you. Cuz you get it. I can tell 😉
I’ve travelled the globe for music over the last 15 years. It averages out to just over 1 show a month for the past 15 years. All sorts of genres and venues. I saw Billy for the first time in July and I was blown away. The way he commands the crowd is like nothing I have seen before. He played Away from the Mire as the 3rd song of the night and my life changed in the moment. Cant listen without weeping. Blessed to be the same age as Billy, hoping we both have many many great years left on this earth
Gotta be one most incredible acoustic Solos in modern History.
If not the best ever? In general. So god damn good, can't believe it
And his sense of melody along with his talent is elite. Someone like Jerry Garcia is the only comparison I can think of. It’s the talent with the ability to create music that is unique and memorable.
@@lonestarstatechris anastasio
I agree. It’s hypnotizing
@@lonestarstatechris Doesn't compare to Garcia's phrasing
This man and band is saving my life.. and they dont even know it...
Same here. The last four years of sobriety and peace in my life I attribute to my wife, my family, God, and Billy. Go see them.✌️
This guy is amazing. I'm a 67 year old black female and I can't stop listening to him.
I just discovered him a month ago and feel like I've been missing out for far too long.
I'm a 32 year old bald Mexican and I can't stop listening to him
He comes from and carries forward a musical tradition that's very much of and for everyone. The guy is a treasure.
He's also been on a wild run of sit-ins the last few years. Anybody just getting into him should check out Meet Me at the Creek with Trey Anastasio Band (on the TAB YT channel). It's an absolute mammoth performance. But, also, search for Billy Strings featuring or whoever ft. Billy Strings, and you'll find a ton of live performances he's done with other musicians who are almost all legends. Besides his own stuff, those collaborations have cemented him as a legend in his own time, to me.
I am a blonde 38 year old women who is a metal head and this song caught me. I love it.
That guitar solo literally brought me to tears. He felt every single note - Billy’s got such incredible talent!
same. wiping tears out of my fucking eyes as i type this, my god
Been to 4 shows, Cried every single one
Just did the same to me
One hell of a guitarist and one hell of a vocalist, and one hell of a songwriter. A lot of talent, wonder what he'll sound like when he's thirty-five.
srsly, there were points during that solo where I wanted to cry uncle
Saw billy last summer at an outdoor venue in Indianapolis. My wife wanted to go, i didnt know much about billy strings. I came away from that concert mezmorized by how good it was.
The Austin City Limits stage has not seen talent this good since Stevie Ray Vaughan! Incredible talent this young man is. He really seems to have his priorities straight. He adores his fans as much as they do him. I can't wait for the opportunity to see him and the boys live!
Yup. Doing it with an acoustic guitar at that. Crazy talent.
Agreed!
I call Billy the Stevie Ray of Bluegrass.
Eric Johnson, as well.
Glad I'm not the only one that recognized Billy Strings compared to the great Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The video doesn't show it, but in the livestream they got an extended ovation from the crowd after this song. Saw em two nights in a row the other day and the same thing happened in the crowd each night. A moment after a song where the band was forced to just pause and acknowledge the crowd's overwhelming appreciation of what they had just witnessed.
You watch it a thousand times and get the same chills every single time. He looks deep inside to bring out so much emotion and then has the talent to lay it out at our feet and share his raptures and pain with us. When you listen, you fall into this song and it feels like it's coming from everywhere all at once. Incredible. Thank you young man.
Amazing to see Billy become one with the music. He is truly in his own zone.
Billy Strings is a Shaman and exactly what the world needs.
Omg! Yes!
Seriously, if you stick through the guitar solo in this live ACL performance, he opens a portal with his guitar and gestures and then he lets us see what’s inside. And it is Glory.
First time I saw him was at a small club, he was digging deep into a solo with his eyes closed and as he reached the release he opened up his eyes like he just emerged from water and sent this wave outward into the crowd, everyone let out an audible "WOAH" it was amazing. He was about 4 feet infront of me.
Good stuff. Jake Workman is a magnificent guitar player and mandolin picker. Shoulders above Strings but not quite as trendy
@@Bluelightcheaphotel there are many guitarists that are better, but most don't have that mojo. And most will tell you that there's no way to make money playing music. Many are so good that they're boring.
This is one of the most incredible things I have ever heard
Too young for the 60s, I pressume.🍻😉
very few songs can actually make cry. this is one
Me too
I'm an ole UK rock hick aged 57 and this fella Billy Strings has got my Ole feet tapping. Genius finger pickin licking performer.
He's better live than recorded, I've got him down as genius 😀🙃😄😁💙 Good on yer Billy !
Wow. For about ten years I did nothing but listen to Bill Monroe, Stanley Brothers, Doc Watson etc. I went deep, too deep probably, but it gave me the ear to know the difference between someone living inside the wonderful land of bluegrass and someone just visiting. Billy not only lives there but has built himself a mansion. Just stunning. Can't wait to see him live.
Good lord, he’s getting BETTER! I never thought that was possible! I love this band!
I can't get enough of this!!!
What top?
Let it be said he has a great supporting cast. They meld together and lift eachother up.
This is the best guitar solo I've heard in my life.
Go see him live and i guarantee that this will be the second best you’ve ever heard.
This is the absolute 100% best version of this song. You hear it, and you want to share it with the world. It brings you places you did not know were tender, then lifts you back up and reminds you of who you are.
I’m a 97 year old Korean transgender, can’t get enough of this video
😂
This will always be my favorite Billy song. The lyrics are beautiful.
Just when I was about to give up hope that new music would never surpass the great music of past and it's great musicians, billy comes along and saves us old guys and restores our faith and hope.
The fantastic Billy Strings. Gifted singer/songwriter/guitarist/bandleader/performer. Billy and his bandmates are riding a high wave of sonic creativity for all of us. Reaching far back and looking way forward together is Billy's expansive view of our world and life. Dylan, Prine and now Billy Strings weave songs that carry us to a place we sorely miss and long to go. This is beautiful and rare. Breath it in deep. We are very lucky that Billy Strings showed up now. A time to think deeply, remember the past, face the future and gut check your feelings when you feel out of synch. Thanks so much Billy. May your vision and your band long live and roar in this free country. I know I am down with all of it.
Your comment would make good liner notes for a Billy Strings album.
Well said Kurt!
👍👏🙌🙏💘
Billy Strings breathes an exciting new life into the current music scene.
I have watched probably hundreds of live versions of this song, and every time he takes off in this solo, I have to drop everything I'm doing and just watch. It's unbelievable.
Truly blessed I'm on this planet at the same time as Billy Strings !!!✌️
The past is a hell
It can creep up inside you
So let me remind you of this
It’s the reason your troubles exist
This is so beautiful it hurts
Billy was the main artist that lifted me out of the death this time around.
Ping me, please, so I know you are still OK. I had a very bad period a few decades ago, worked through it, and life has been real good the last decade or so. Don't take a permanent "solution" to a temporary problem. Try. I did. Damned, if it didn't work beyond what I ever expected possible.🍻👍
I know another commenter said it too,but if you need a chat,reach out! I know it’s hard,I’ve been there,but there people out there
I'm almost about to cry seeing this and reading all the amazing comments. Billy and his band deserve it all
This song will never leave the ”listen again” section of my TH-cam
Am I the only one who is a sucker for the sad songs ?
no
Absolutely not sir, I'm the same way
This is the song that hooked me in 2019, what people need to know is his band might be the best in the world. That’s what makes it so magical.
Billy is the Jerry Garcia of our generation. Prodigal musician and prolific lyricist. Meshing the boundaries of bluegrass/folk and psychedelic.
thats john mayer brother, john mayer is better than gary garcia and billy string combined
@@zz-ps5vw isn't Gary Garcia the guy that did that sublime cover "Scarlet Begonias"
@@zz-ps5vw lmao ok kid whatever u say
I mean credit due to Robert Hunter, who wrote most of Jerry and the Dead's lyrics. But yeah, Billy is absolutely on that same level, he even had the honor of putting Hunter's lyrics to song with "Thunder". Billy, and the band as a whole, are 100% a gem in this generations musical landscape.
@@dlm9293 yeah that's like a grateful dead song
Every time I have seen them, he and his band are better then the last time. His music moves me in a way that hasn't happened in a long time, and it's beautiful!
I've been on am absolute Bluegrass tear since I found/re-discovered Billy, Molly, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas and all the rest. So great to see this particularly American genre breathe new life!
He just gave the children of his home town school in Muir Michigan 200 guitars pretty awesome guy all around
Love watching him get lost in the jam. Fantastic BlueJam! Love Billy Strings!
So AWESOME! He was looking for that whammy!!! But played right out of it…..what a tight group!
That's just insane.! He knows where every note on that guitar is with his eyes closed.!
I am 69 years old. Long time fan of great players like Doc Watson, Duane Allman, Leo Kottke and any others. Young Billy has a gift no doubt . What I really like is that rather than imitate he has chosen to create. This is some beautiful stuff....
Might be the greatest guitar player this world has ever seen...simply incredible.
Wow, amazing performance! I'm not normally the biggest bluegrass fan, but when this came on PBS the other night I was utterly transfixed for the entire 11 minutes. I think the best metric for a song's quality is how easily it can transport you to another place. This tune certainly does that for me.
This is true, but it's only one of their songs that do this.... I strongly suggest you delve more into their music.....many songs take you far away, then bring you back...and then some.
I was floored by this performance....never heard anything like it before, which days a lot for him. What a talent!!!!
Same.
said he wrote it to his brother, but can be interpreted several ways...
Couldn't say it any better
I've listened to this maybe 50 times in the last couple days .Phenomenal ❤
Same here!! GOD DAMN!! What rock have I been under???
Billy keeps stretching the limits of an acoustic flat top guitar. Combining folk/Bluegrass tossing in a bit of Latin jazz mystic in vein of Gabor Szabo’ a touch of the Grisman’ Dog and just about any thing He can conjure up.
Billy never made me think of Gabor, but now that you mention it, I can see it. They both played dreadnoughts with magnetic pickups too. Gabor was the first person I saw playing a Gibson J-160E, though by the early sixties he'd switched to a Martin with a DeArmond sound hole pickup. That's what he was playing when I saw him in Toronto with Chico Hamilton.
I'm curious about Billy's guitar in this video.
A generational talent. Thank you.
Billy is definitely from another planet. He's so freakin good.
I have watched this several times and thought the same exact thing tonight. He’s downloading from somewhere else you can see it
It's simply the best version I've ever seen.
This song is really a great song,Billy! I hope you are appreciated!
The energy he puts off is something out of this world!
This Band is the Best band in a long time woke up last night in nyc and discover Billy strings
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I come from a family of musicians I can hardly wait to share this he is ripping on my Bose speaker
Now !!! Unbelievable!!!!
A new Fan!!!!!!
Thank you thank you
GOD
For waking
Me
Up!!!!!!!!
Where the heck were you all this time?!?!?!?!?
Saw Billy at Moody Center Friday June 2; blown away when he did this favorite and 3-1/2 hours of totally enjoyable Billy.
In the 10:40 area, billy makes a little run, looks right at the end as Jarrod continues the run, then Failing finishes it!
Billy Cant help but smile. So fucking cool. This is a masterpiece!
that's in the recording too, my favorite little moment of the song
its such a part of their magic and appeal - so Tight
Nothing short off
Watching the meteoric rise of Billy Strings makes one wonder if a deal was struck at a remote crossroads. Seemingly from nowhere, his vocals seem to be a reincarnation of the best bluegrass singers of generations gone by, and his flat-top talent is second to none. How fortunate we are to enjoy Billy and his excellent band.
ha i just made the same observation. i sure hope he didnt.
If you look into his backstory, he already went through a type of hell growing up, and I'd like ot believe some type of goodness and mercy and heart and soul and guts pulled him through to let his light shine for all of us to witness and be grateful for
Just look at the tats, the images and his unquenchable addiction to narcotics. I'd say you're dead on. The works of demons channeling into HUMANS is often 'fascinating' and music, due to it's ability to invoke emotional reactions is one of satan's favorite tools, going all the way back to the temptation of the Hebrews in the dessert. Most of the music artists are serving the darkness and they don't even try to HIDE it and still people doubt.
I couldn't have said it better.
Can’t believe I had the opportunity to see/listen and even converse with Billy while he was growing up in Traverse City area 👏🏽. I could see he was a fantastic musician back then but he is now at the pinnacle. All the comments about him are truly accurate and deserving. I’m thinking his parents are mighty proud…his father is an excellent blue grass musician himself 👍🤜🏼
Nothing makes your favorite song better like a beautiful breakdown.
I've known this dude for a long time and so much is said about his pickin', but let's face it, this dude has vocal chops, too. Dang.
His voice is AMAZING! You know how people are drawn to different parts of band naturally? I always here voice and lyrics first ...this dudes voice transcends!
Yes
Billy with only a microphone in Madison on Thursday was really special. Elephant Balls.
He is such a great guitar player ....you forget how well he can sing.
Just saw him 4/23/22 in Irving, Tx...can only saw "WOW". I'm not totally familiar with his catalog, but loved every second of the show. precision, wild jamming, all of the band is amazing. will catch him again. you should, too.
Appalachian poetry in motion...at it's finest. Stone cold lightening in a bottle called country music or post bluegrass
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Lol I kept trying to turn my phone up over and over because Ive been drinking and this absolutely kicks ASS!!!
LOL Justin, I totally understand sir!!!
What a tune. I've listened to it many o' times since the album came out, possibly before. Forever a fan. They deserve everything good that comes out of their music career. Now they just need to get into Canada and tour. Thank you Billy Strings & Co. The music means a lot to me, especially this tune.
Billy plays a Thompson Brazilian Rosewood guitar he can't take that particularly loves into Canada.
I read he opted to not be a part of the experimental vaccine trials. So likely won’t be getting into Canada for a while
@@ACMxxxx2 I read he had a DUI which would also keep him out of Canada.
What do tge lyrics mean? Help😮
Oh man, I swear a couple of times during that solo that he was channeling SRV. I can hardly stop listening to this band - these boys can play!
There are SO MANY similarities between the two! Different genres but equally talented. I never thought anyone could compare to Stevie, but Billy is close! Love this guy.
Holy shit! This is real talent.
Perfection. Divine Perfection.
Billy just gave us a glimpse of his soul. Glorious.
Billy Strings: the gift to take you into the darkness and bring you back out into the light...
I can’t fathom how good this guy is at guitar 😍 what a beautiful song
What an amazing musician. Truly a performer that can help pull many new people into bluegrass and its related genres. I can't imagine how Billy will be performing ten years from now. It's a true treat to see young folks get the recognition they deserve without having to jump through all the hoops of the music industry that usually are required to get visibility.
Billy thanks to your song. Im kicking through life as best I can. The universe only gives you what you
Can handle...
Sacred treasures
Makes me proud to be from the mitten
Me too
What did I just watch, that solo was something else
Don’t ever stop being you Billy, Tennessee love
Love me some Billy Strings!!. If
I was 35 years younger.😂 Can listen to his music anytime.
ACL is a rite of passage and a venue that has collected so many historic performances.
I just saw him live for the first time. I don't know who the greatest guitar player alive is, I haven't seen them all. But I know beyond a doubt the best I've heard. He's broken the sound barrier of acoustic guitar
The simple complexity is life in each moment throughout this passionate appreciation of each moment. But if you're a musician, or perhaps love one ... watch at 10:44 again and again the passing of the craft back and forth.
Thank You.
Huh. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm a huge fan and had heard/seen this plenty before, just never near enough or payed enough attention at that very moment to notice that. I am not much of a bluegrass fan, but I am also ignorant of much of it. However, I love Billy Strings and one of the things I do like about the bluegrass format that he more or less adheres to in the service of many/most of his songs is that exact thing: the sharing of solos and the handoff of them, however, each usually uses a couple more bars than that. Lol.
FANTASTIC
Burn it down BILLY!!! 🔥☄️
This song is just one of those that the strings being plucked are playing on our heart strings and the lyrics being sang are the songs of our soul. This version of this song is so much different than any other. I know it's the same song but those pauses and that space between the notes strip you down and cut you wide open. For what, for you to feel for a moment.
He really is a one of a kind artist wow
such elegant guitar and composition. the whole band reaches heights never before none. singer, songwriter, musician, composer.
What an amazing performance. I'm here listening because I was supposed to be seeing him LIVE tonight but he had to cancel due to illnesses in the band. :(
I've been saying forever that good songwriters is all bluegrass was missing. So glad Billy Strings is around now.