Family Strings: Billy Strings and His Dad Terry Barber - 2/28/2020

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  • @TACMtv
    @TACMtv  4 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    What are some of y'alls favorite songs from this performance? (check out the timestamps in the video description if you don't know the names)

    • @cubuffdoc
      @cubuffdoc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Long Journey Home and Miss The Mississippi- it is so touching how he sings it to Terry. I can't stop listening to this entire set.

    • @unveiltruth
      @unveiltruth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Thanks so much (= Luv Billy's palyin' tunes and super to see this one with his dad

    • @jacktravis2718
      @jacktravis2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Does anyone wanna be the guy to go through and timestamp all of the songs for the video? I'll do it if the task must be done, all I ask is it be added to the description of this video so i, and everyone else, can go use them to navigate to their favorites (though I do opt for a full-show re-listen regardless ;)

    • @TACMtv
      @TACMtv  3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@jacktravis2718 Thank you for the kind offer, but the video has already been timestamped by the ever-so-gracious Chris Dawson. Just check out the video description.

    • @jacktravis2718
      @jacktravis2718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@TACMtv thanks for taking the time to reply, but I definitely didn’t click on read more on my mobile 😂 I am but a simple man.

  • @nathanyork59
    @nathanyork59 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2442

    One day you're listening to Pantera and Slipknot. Then one day you finish a two hour bluegrass/folk show with "some guy" and his Dad and things change.

    • @JamesPrestonThomas
      @JamesPrestonThomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Oh! Hell yeah!!!

    • @michaelhedgepeth5106
      @michaelhedgepeth5106 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's trippin But, I know a dude that's tatted up both arms and LOOKS like he'd as soon cut ya up as speak to you.....Then, suddenly he walks up the isle to pulpit and starts preaching, singing, Jamming his nuts off on a 60's Less Paul❗ ...in a little Church tucked back in the woods with like 40 pep's that show on Sunday's IF,, all the shine's been distributed on time❗😝😝💯TRUE Story !
      I seen him Powdered Up, an Thrashing some Metalica back in like 91,92 ID remember exactly the year Because, I was Amped Up as well, pretty much!
      and Thinking He's Good and We'll Probably Never see him in these parts Ever Again once he lucks into a College Town,Wrong ❗👌

    • @winky_cat
      @winky_cat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Then you migrate to some flamenco covers

    • @Debunis
      @Debunis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      From metal to bluegrass ✋

    • @MzClementine
      @MzClementine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I love all kinds of music. And I mean all kinds. Except for a certain select few death metals. If I can't understand what they're saying. I don't mess with it. Other than that. I love all forms of music. Even the hard stuff I just have to be able to understand what the frig they're saying

  • @downeybill
    @downeybill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +812

    can we appreciate how lucky anyone is who gets to share their passion with their dad (or mom)?

    • @michaelpaul5040
      @michaelpaul5040 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And, WOW!!

    • @sunkanswer8221
      @sunkanswer8221 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Luck and/or hard/difficult work indeed. This display is Godsent given the actual circumstances

    • @jefflindeman
      @jefflindeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      I love how Billy still defers to his dad. And dad’s hell of a flat picker in his own right - the oak that produced the golden acorn!

    • @Knight14649
      @Knight14649 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Well, there was Doc and Merle Watson..

    • @jefflindeman
      @jefflindeman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@Knight14649 ~So tragic that Merle died in a tractor accident at age 36! 😢

  • @gunguy5409
    @gunguy5409 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    Always a metalhead but I've grown to love bluegrass. All I listen to anymore. I can thank my daughter for loving country music. Ever sense she passed I've dedicated myself to learning more bluegrass style music. And let me tell you it's a lot more satisfying than any other music in my life

    • @alan4sure
      @alan4sure 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Clean and simple is fun....

    • @ShockwaveZero
      @ShockwaveZero 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Sorry for your loss.. no parent should have to bury their children

    • @stevenbuchanan196
      @stevenbuchanan196 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Daddy ALWAYS said BLUEGRASS IS WHITE SOUL MUSIC

    • @ninihelenebaastad285
      @ninihelenebaastad285 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Sorry For Your Loss Of A Daughter.Bluegrass Is An StoryTelling Music With Mostly GOOD Tunes :-)

    • @Dalberfox
      @Dalberfox 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Somehow it has the same feel and depth as many metal.. i dont know how or why, but few years ago i thought i was the only lost metalhead, but i see more and more banjolovers who came from metal..
      PS. Not that this has banjo, but you know what i mean

  • @MichaelLannery
    @MichaelLannery ปีที่แล้ว +129

    Us guitar players can see exactly how Billy's dad influenced him and most of us wish we'd had a dad that cool and positive.❤

    • @ROCKNROLLMODS
      @ROCKNROLLMODS ปีที่แล้ว

      Kinda exactly!

    • @themillers2990
      @themillers2990 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I actually have a very cool dad....but so does Billy

    • @jeanricketts6880
      @jeanricketts6880 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They are the best team!!

    • @stevetrivago
      @stevetrivago 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yup

    • @alan4sure
      @alan4sure 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My dad was great too😊

  • @HughAllen-g6f
    @HughAllen-g6f 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

    My folks are from the hills of Kentucky and they would sit on the porch and play blue grass for hours. Those were the best memories of my childhood. Billy and the band please keep it goin. America needs you'll.

  • @jeffwilliams8074
    @jeffwilliams8074 4 ปีที่แล้ว +663

    This is officially, the coolest father son music video I have ever seen.

    • @breandanoconaire7109
      @breandanoconaire7109 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Brilliant

    • @williamwisham107
      @williamwisham107 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Absolutely beautiful, down home Father, and Son picking, so rare, and just as pure as mountain stream water!!@

    • @rickbray3508
      @rickbray3508 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love this one, but I also like the one with Luke McQuery and his dad, even if it's just one song.

    • @frankcantu1509
      @frankcantu1509 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly freckin badass.

    • @downeybill
      @downeybill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rroman3891 thanks for the link, I checked it and it is indeed a fine little performance, not really a rival of this one here, but I'd love to see those two in front of a crowd!

  • @slayinbass2396
    @slayinbass2396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    If not for Billy the world would have never discovered Terry Barber. Makes you wonder how many extremely talented musicians are out there that only play at home and never get discovered. There is probably thousands of people that can play and sing like the greats that work a day job and play in the evenings for fun.

    • @ephemerics
      @ephemerics ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lady Luck.

    • @brianwiza6107
      @brianwiza6107 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The great benefit here is showing how music that is passed to the next generation is taken, sponged up with a craving for Life, Love and Family by the younger ones and the Blues, Bluegrass, Southern Blends and blooms beautifully. &##

    • @benjaminhoessle3306
      @benjaminhoessle3306 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      If not for his dad, we never would have heard of Billy. So it goes both ways.

    • @tonyralston3481
      @tonyralston3481 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great point. I was thinking the same thing.

    • @kws767
      @kws767 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There are many thousands of incredible musicians playing on porches every day in America. And yes, some are this good, if not better. I've seen it.

  • @matthewstott3493
    @matthewstott3493 4 ปีที่แล้ว +838

    Billy told the story about when times were tough his father sold his guitar and years later Billy found it online in the original case and convinced the seller to hold it and let him make payments as a teenager. He returned his fathers beloved guitar. The rest is history.

    • @pickititllneverheal9016
      @pickititllneverheal9016 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Yes, thats a great story. That video was my introduction to Billy.

    • @terrygreenhagen8784
      @terrygreenhagen8784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Billy's got class

    • @peterkinney3821
      @peterkinney3821 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Got me sold

    • @downeybill
      @downeybill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      help us out with a title or a link, I want to see it!

    • @megansands-somers8129
      @megansands-somers8129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      1:36 "Here comes the Sun"!
      I think it's safe to say, Billy's Dad, did an incredible job - raising his "Son".
      Billy, will always have "this" space in time to look back on- years from now. Kudos, Dad.
      Priceless.

  • @GlendaGriffin-do1du
    @GlendaGriffin-do1du 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    I was raised in a musical family and the very best memories ever is singing and listening to my brothers play guitar!! Best times ever! Can't wait to sing with them again in Heaven!!!

    • @SeanEnginetechnology
      @SeanEnginetechnology 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Amen I can't wait

    • @burpinbubs2112
      @burpinbubs2112 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      God bless you and your Brothers... while I'm sorry,... your memories make and show me to spend more time with mine. Praying you are well, my dear!

    • @matmclelland4701
      @matmclelland4701 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was not, and my best memories are watching my parents dance in the kitchen to the songs they loved.

  • @peglegjim57
    @peglegjim57 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    As an Olde Trademan, nothing made me more proud than working with my son (I was on my way out, and he was on his way in), and being the Perfect Machine while it lasted.
    I learned that from my Olde Man.

    • @spencerstream2544
      @spencerstream2544 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      love this brother

    • @burpinbubs2112
      @burpinbubs2112 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Hope you are still kicking... this makes me want to change my life and spend more time with my Dad and Brother... God bless you all

    • @peglegjim57
      @peglegjim57 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@burpinbubs2112
      Retired now, and my only responsibility is to my motorcycle & dogs. 😎

  • @Bad_With_Money
    @Bad_With_Money 3 ปีที่แล้ว +499

    Let me be serious here....this duet is more than special. In my humble opinion, it will remain as a humble reminder to Billy Strings career as his penultimate work. Having him here, play so seamlessly and jollily with his father is simply so profound to watch, To see the the man who taught Billy Strings what he knows play alongside him, in an eternal paternal bond, is more than beautiful. I am moved to tears multiple times, watching the love these two share emulate itself in the musical performance that is this video. I love you Billy Strings, and moreso Congratulations Papa Strings!!! You earned every moment!!!

    • @babswright2664
      @babswright2664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Beautifully said.

    • @stonerosestudio
      @stonerosestudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      not any wonder where he got it from ..gratitude post ..z;0
      fuck i wish he was my father

    • @babswright2664
      @babswright2664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@stonerosestudio I wonder if he realised he was setting him up for his career because he did a great job of it.

    • @stonerosestudio
      @stonerosestudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@babswright2664 bet they just loved hanging out ...lol

    • @marshaul
      @marshaul 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Woah, you should probably grab a dictionary before you use big words you just learned.

  • @vernroach3413
    @vernroach3413 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    I thought I'd watch a little of this, and then, just couldn't stop...What picking, is all about...Two great pickers and you can see the father and son love, between them...Damn I feel good having seen this...Thank you so much.

  • @stephaniezeigler8600
    @stephaniezeigler8600 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I believe I know Terry Barber!! I never met his son because my son's father and I separated about 1984. Terry Barber, his mother Doreen would all come from Michigan, to visit Doreen's brother John Ebright, which was my son's grandfather!! They would bring a friend Bubby and Bubby, Terry and my son's father would break out the guitars and play all night! Terry's mother Doreen and her brother John would sing! She did always sing The Little White Church, but she would also sing My Little Green Valley. It was an honor to sit there and listen and tap along. They are all so talented in that family!! I almost had a heart attack when I ran across this video and I recognized Terry.

    • @silviafrei2580
      @silviafrei2580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gratuliere & danke für die grössten Bluegrass- Künstler auf der Welt. Silvie Frei

    • @kaleidoscopejewel
      @kaleidoscopejewel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How lucky you were to hear this. I remember listening to some. Mostly Gospel because my dad sang and played guitar.

    • @SeanEnginetechnology
      @SeanEnginetechnology 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I got to hear a lot of bluegrass and Irish folk tunes growing up but my Uncle Bobby passed when I was just like 5:00 so it's memories and old tapes and eight tracks but yeah it's phenomenal having this in your life nothing can replace it I'm just remembering that at 51 years old❤ turn my life around

    • @lufcbrice
      @lufcbrice 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      liar

    • @primesspct2
      @primesspct2 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That is amazing! how cool!
      God surely did bless the family with talent. Many families are gifted this way, Few do anything with it

  • @yourtubisfilled7164
    @yourtubisfilled7164 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Watching this in 2023 from the Netherlands. Thanks so much for the quality recording this great performance and sharing it with the world. Wonderful gig!

    • @sandraanderson3337
      @sandraanderson3337 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The incredible talent that you both have is mind blowing!!! And the happiness that this music brings to our hearts is absolutely beautiful! I will never ever forget this night watching and listening to this concert. February 15, 2024 changed my life, thank you Billie and your dad too. Bless you!

    • @jefffirnhaber6250
      @jefffirnhaber6250 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello ,Minnesota USA ...
      Billy and DAD ...Genuine

  • @mikelbuice1475
    @mikelbuice1475 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    All the Billy's ain't in them hills anymore. Absolutely awesome stuff ❤🎉

  • @josephbrewer7026
    @josephbrewer7026 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    This show is just fantastic on several levels. Two extremely talented pickers and the fact that they are father and son is heartwarming to this old picker.

  • @tomhoefling
    @tomhoefling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    Terry Barber is a national treasure in his own right. It's amazing that such a treasure was hidden until his step-son's genius brought him to the world's attention. "A man's gifts make room for him" eventually. It's poetically right.

    • @johnd5542
      @johnd5542 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Agreed. And I bet Terry had a lot to do with creating that genius.

    • @wendysgarden4283
      @wendysgarden4283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      it's an interesting entry in the "nature vs. nurture" debate. They are not related, so this is ALL nurture. What a great step-dad!

    • @donmckinney5814
      @donmckinney5814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Tom, how interesting, I just dicovered Billy last week and the same scripture verse keeps coming to mind. Its so true.

    • @gerradkelley
      @gerradkelley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      There is a story that at one time Terry was forced to sell his guitar to feed his family. Years later Billy found it and bought it back for him. I'd say Terry raised him right all around.

    • @MegaOnion1
      @MegaOnion1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @gerrad kelley my daddy taught Terry how to play. Ron Barker was the beginning, rest his soul

  • @tonysmith1247
    @tonysmith1247 4 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    I say to myself o k I'll listen to one song and a hour later still here. Every time

    • @BadBirdTattoo
      @BadBirdTattoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Exactly

    • @rhlkiller420
      @rhlkiller420 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Back for the 5th time in two days. This is not music, this is something otherworldly.

    • @allanbroad3381
      @allanbroad3381 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Everytime 😂

    • @abcd12348766
      @abcd12348766 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same here lost a lot of sleep listening to one song which turns into an hour or more

  • @HereToday-d6h
    @HereToday-d6h 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I have listened to this more than anything Billy has put out with his band. This is just the best.

  • @rollmeonekenobie
    @rollmeonekenobie ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'll be 60 this May.. and been playing guitar since I was 9 years old... This concert brought tears to my eyes wishing me and my Dad could have played guitar and bonded like you and your dad did Billy., My dad's past now, and I would have loved if we could have ever played the way you and your dad did.. Bless you both

  • @frankbrown8939
    @frankbrown8939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    16 minutes into this video for the first time and I suddenly am aware that I have never heard anything as beautiful and joyous to my soul.

    • @SeanEnginetechnology
      @SeanEnginetechnology 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Amen brother this is phenomenal this show is just amazing, the talent headed down from generation to generation is just phenomenal

  • @danielcastellano7032
    @danielcastellano7032 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    It's impossible to be in a bad mood when listening to this

  • @drh488
    @drh488 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    You can tell Terry has been picking for many years and is passionate about it! Seems like he is a real pro and should have been noticed long ago...but is so happy to just play with his son..he can't stop smiling and laughing and it touches my heart! So so so happy for the both of them getting there dues.

  • @spacelemur7955
    @spacelemur7955 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Terry Barber is authentic. There is no polish, slickness or airs, just homemade music from his heart. It's no wonder Billy got off to an early, great start.

    • @klemklimek9
      @klemklimek9 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      What's wrong with being Polish?

    • @spacelemur7955
      @spacelemur7955 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@klemklimek9 🤣 Well played.🍻

  • @DaBoot72
    @DaBoot72 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I don't know how many times I've watched this, but EVERY time it still hits so well. This is such a treasure of a recording.

  • @Telesgoooo
    @Telesgoooo ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Just watching Billy watch his dad play is quite possibly the most wholesome thing I have seen on a long time even tho my days rough it put a belter of a smile up on my face. I can't thank you enough Billy and Billy's old man, genuinely thank you for just being yourself. I can ask for nothing more.

  • @cmk4633
    @cmk4633 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    My dad taught me guitar basics. I was playing metal/rock most of the time. He wanted me to learn some bluegrass but I didnt think I would be into it. He passed away is 2018. After his passing I discovered billy and now I have a big catalogue of bluegrass songs I can play on guitar. I just wish he was still here to see me play them and even play together. This video makes me so happy and sad at the same time aswell. Beutiful video ❤

    • @ralphmyers5572
      @ralphmyers5572 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Got tears in my eyes

    • @jameslminix6428
      @jameslminix6428 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, the feeling is bittersweet 😢

  • @curtispartain7352
    @curtispartain7352 4 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    My Dad taught me how to play guitar and to this day, his 87th, year we still play bluegrass together....such awesome sight and sound to seeing this in todays world!

    • @megansands-somers8129
      @megansands-somers8129 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Isn't it? So cool, you, also can enjoy that, still ! Sweet, that you appreciate it!

    • @janetalfieri5826
      @janetalfieri5826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's like an intimate conversation with each other . . . only everybody gets to feel it.

    • @tehapu7358
      @tehapu7358 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope you are taping some of it. I put all my dad's stuff up on you tube.

    • @kws767
      @kws767 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I got to play with my Dad too. I miss it. My band still plays several songs that he wrote. Keeping his music alive. RIP Big Dad..

  • @HeritageSeedBank
    @HeritageSeedBank 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This is so good. I cannot imagine the pride in Billy's father. Teaching him to play, and to see how far he's come. This is gold.

  • @tmkreh8635
    @tmkreh8635 2 ปีที่แล้ว +158

    This is my favorite Billy video by far. This jam session with his dad is something I myself never got around to doing w/ my dad, who was a well-known local bluegrass musician. It's beyond awesome to see Billy do a show with his pops. His dad reminds me a LOT of my own dad. I'll regret not doing this for the rest of my life, but someday, when I'm in the land of no rank strangers, my dad and I will sit together and play this song.

    • @Gmoney375ps3
      @Gmoney375ps3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Bless you man. We weren’t this good but we did this every night. That’s how I learned!!! One day I realized I was better than him and honestly it was sad

    • @Kenttx100
      @Kenttx100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I hope so

    • @BeelzeBob420
      @BeelzeBob420 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Heck yeah! Papa Strings FTW! 🕊

    • @maddieb.4282
      @maddieb.4282 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Gmoney375ps3that’s not sad. That’s what every good parent wants most for their children- that they live a more successful and comfortable life than they did and that they exhibit great talent and hard work

    • @geraldkotyk9792
      @geraldkotyk9792 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You will

  • @AndrewGrosman
    @AndrewGrosman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Good God, Terry's laugh is infectious. The musicianship, the energy, the attitude - I can't stop grinning ear to ear watching this.

    • @robertfrey5036
      @robertfrey5036 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Your assume I I wish l could play one song I have two types of cancer and can't use my arm would love to come as an watch if I had guitar I give it my best

    • @tylermiller1408
      @tylermiller1408 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@robertfrey5036 good luck ol pard well pray 4 you

    • @JamesPrestonThomas
      @JamesPrestonThomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@robertfrey5036
      Hang in there man, find your relief any way you can, literally! We're all on 'death row' but sure love living. Suicide ain't in my vocabulary... something's gotta kill me 'cause I'm sure not gonna die by choice!!! I love that you remind us, 'what if you have or had cancer, what would you do? That will get ya thinkin', hmmmm?

  • @derkhawkins2575
    @derkhawkins2575 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    This kid has a kind of class that I rarely see these days. May God bless and keep you both. Oh, forgot to say, real good work as a Dad. The world needs more dads like you.

    • @brucepoe3701
      @brucepoe3701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree.

    • @alecverkuilen3920
      @alecverkuilen3920 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ❤️

    • @Scatmando2
      @Scatmando2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amen, I am proudly one of those dads, mine are all grown and I couldn't be prouder 🙌

    • @speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783
      @speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      AMEN

    • @pamkeener8248
      @pamkeener8248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You nailed it! We need a whole USA full of dad and son relationships... clearly where Billy got his talent...
      I am so glad I found Billy on TH-cam, 'Dust in a baggie'.. been hooked. I say only for a few songs ad a pick me up, ..yeah now it is almost 3 am. We live you Billy and Dad, in Berry, Alabama

  • @jasonlucas8740
    @jasonlucas8740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    I love this. You can tell they spent a lifetime playing together. The way they play off of each other is unreal.

    • @JamesPrestonThomas
      @JamesPrestonThomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Many of us never got that quality time with our father and/or mother, but I'm not bitter, I still love them both and always will, even though they've returned to 'dust'. Hell, there are some 'blues' lyrics out there yet to be written and played. Be happy you are alive to laugh or cry!!! Life ain't for 'sissies', now is it?

  • @dianewisham5426
    @dianewisham5426 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    These two make my heart sing. It’s so beautiful to see the love between a father and son and the respect Billy has for his dad. He’s not ashamed of his dad and for a guy his age in this day and time is precious 🥰

  • @austenrobinson2747
    @austenrobinson2747 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The connection between Billy and dad is undeniable. Terry you raised a fine young man who seems down to earth, humble and genuine along with a heaping helping of God given talent. You don’t see this enough anymore these days.

  • @jamestownvirginia8463
    @jamestownvirginia8463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Some men do music, I do fishing with my son. Others do whatever, but when it's family.... It's special! God bless us all. Thank you 😊

    • @speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783
      @speaklifegardenhomesteadpe8783 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🙏❣️🌻Respect for the honorable fathers out there!
      Please pray for those without. Including my boys, that God fills every void. 🙏❣️🌻He's their FATHER in Jesus name Amen

    • @pamkeener8248
      @pamkeener8248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I learned how to drive race cars from my dad. And I learned inherited his constant sense of humor. He was Ed in a freak accident, he was building engine in a truck and jack fell on him. I inherited his favorite truck, his work truck. It is a '93 with Corvette engine. I dare to go as fast as he did. But it impress es the guys.. wanna race? Bless you Billy and your dad.

    • @bones3988
      @bones3988 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My son and I play guitar together and go bass fishing so I'm twice lucky

  • @totokrug5467
    @totokrug5467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Billy. Do recordings with your Dad . It is really something special you guys are doing

    • @CuriousDiscourse
      @CuriousDiscourse 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I second this, they need to make an album.

    • @brucepoe3701
      @brucepoe3701 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I agree, this is a wonderful presentation of what this country's really all about. Thank you Billy and Terry. And traverse city music community for supporting the arts.

  • @TreF68
    @TreF68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I love Billy's dad's voice. I love that you can hear the years in his voice. It's aged like a good guitar.

    • @t.e.1189
      @t.e.1189 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes , reminds me of Ralph Stanley.

  • @tomf429
    @tomf429 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My Dad, rest his soul, played ukulele. So did his dad, my Pop. I picked it up when I was 11 and learned a few songs. It made it easier to learn guitar a few years later. That was 60 years ago. My youngest son picked up guitar from me. But, I still do a mean 5 Foot Two on the Uke; and thank my Dad for giving me a lifetime of enjoyment, and thank Billy for carrying the torch. It's in good hands.

  • @joshuariddle4420
    @joshuariddle4420 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    i wish my grandpa was still alive so I could show him this, he would have loved it. RIP grandpa, you got me into this music and now it just makes me cry tears of both sadness and joy at how fucking bad I miss you.

  • @daveblevins3322
    @daveblevins3322 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Bringing tears. I really miss my Dad 😭 He totally supported me learning to pick my guitar on all those nights when chores were finished. I was pretty bad for a while, but he kept encouraging me. I love you so much Dad ❤️ RIP 💖 🙏🙏

  • @ccrider853
    @ccrider853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    This belongs in my all-time Hall Of Fame.

  • @kevinking5683
    @kevinking5683 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This just keeps the smile on my face. Keep playin boys😎

  • @dgfowler1960
    @dgfowler1960 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This is definitely a highlight for Billy. You can see the respect he has for his dad Terry. Awesome job to the both of you for keeping blue grass alive and kickin'

  • @Donk82
    @Donk82 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Just wonderful seeing a son and his father jam and enjoy themselves! Two Badass Dudes right here folks!

  • @matthebert007
    @matthebert007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Terry has a complete flatpicking songbook in his head. How he remembers all those lyrics is beyond me.

    • @HondoSauce
      @HondoSauce 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And doesn’t tune mid performance like all of us do. Terry is an inspiration.

    • @randalltufts3321
      @randalltufts3321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's called a lifetime! He's lived it

    • @olemissboy30
      @olemissboy30 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That’s how you know he loves music

    • @joyisted8236
      @joyisted8236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randalltufts3321 *

  • @elmerchavez4137
    @elmerchavez4137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Out here in Wyoming, wishing this hard wind would blow the virus away, your genuine music went though my old ears and straight to my heart , thanks, may God bless you.

    • @cosmyccowboy
      @cosmyccowboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      There ain’t no virus

    • @martinmummert5614
      @martinmummert5614 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@cosmyccowboy Amen! It's all about mandating vaccines and demonizing cash...and some other devilish agendas. The goal is total surveillance and control of the masses. People who wear masks are blind sheep.

    • @garyyeigh6098
      @garyyeigh6098 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Surprising someone from Wyoming would fall for this fraud.

    • @elmerchavez4137
      @elmerchavez4137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@garyyeigh6098 thanks for response, I didnt fall for anything here in WY we dont usually wear mask except for kids on halloween!

    • @elmerchavez4137
      @elmerchavez4137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      TRUMP , 4 MORE YEARS!

  • @bellesmom238
    @bellesmom238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

    The chemistry you two have is remarkable , To watch you play off each other is one of the greatest picking events iv ever seen

    • @peggynoble80
      @peggynoble80 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Loved Mothers not dead!

    • @malcolmbrewer
      @malcolmbrewer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Gotta agree, with one exception, as I saw brothers Phil and Tommy Emmanuel doing a show together in a dinky little bar close to Ipswich outside of Brisbane in their early days. There were tittie girls, meat raffles and the brothers were glugging Jim Beam. Both very talented young men then. But for musicianship, Billy and Terry are outstanding.

    • @davidbrinkerhoff1837
      @davidbrinkerhoff1837 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its very satifying knowing what the other half is going to do ...it comes from hours of playing togather

    • @joelridenhour9718
      @joelridenhour9718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes the speed and accuracy of you both is astonishing.yall give me chill bumps its so cool how you 2 play.thank you both for making my day.

    • @tabathaelliott5590
      @tabathaelliott5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Their love for one another and the talent is just the most beautiful thing. It makes my heart smile.

  • @christypowell.
    @christypowell. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It took me 20 minutes of listening before i even realized its a full set

  • @lastonestanding3417
    @lastonestanding3417 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Well, holy crap; filled with joy watching dad and son with such love for each other and for music...

  • @emmawats5467
    @emmawats5467 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    May this lift the hearts of this country during this Covid crisis! America's music and it's people shall march ON!!!

  • @freedapeeple4049
    @freedapeeple4049 4 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    The entire audience: Dang! Poppa Strings has really got some chops!
    Poppa Strings: Ain't my boy awesome?

  • @jeffreymechler2424
    @jeffreymechler2424 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Happy Father's Day Terry! World class dad who taught his son to be a world class musician and win a Grammy!

    • @Jamesjoiner1919
      @Jamesjoiner1919 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Beats 'ell out of slaving your life away for meager wages

  • @robertwelch4395
    @robertwelch4395 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I like Terry Barbers voice high pich crackly blue grass sound . And great guitar picker .I can see where Billy learned his licks at a young age and became the talent he is today . It brings back precious memories of my dad and me pickin old gospel and country songs ,We weren't as good but the memories are . THanks for the music fantastic!

  • @IvonicePowell
    @IvonicePowell ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Billy and Terry, you both did so great, we really loved it !! thank you... lots of love from South West UK xx God Bless

  • @normamartin8755
    @normamartin8755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Every day, I look for something new to me by Billy strings. And almost every day I find something.
    This is my find today

  • @quinnyellstrom719
    @quinnyellstrom719 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I doubt I can think of something more infectious than his dad's laugh.

  • @Chain7ink
    @Chain7ink 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Your interaction with your dad and the amazing music you two make brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for that. I'm grateful.

    • @michellewelch4255
      @michellewelch4255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If this doesn't get your feet
      TAPPING.... HELL.... YOU
      MUST ... B... DEAD...

    • @josephdixon1354
      @josephdixon1354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree I wish I could have sat with my father and done the same as he was a musician like myself so nice to watch this

    • @jamesjones6004
      @jamesjones6004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Dude! ♥️ These two

    • @mauricerogerson5825
      @mauricerogerson5825 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Affected me the same way.

    • @guranboroda
      @guranboroda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Твое общение с отцом и потрясающая музыка, которую вы оба исполняете, вызвали у меня слезы на глазах. Спасибо тебе за это. Я вам очень благодарен."
      Спасибо за музыку!

  • @HughAllen-g6f
    @HughAllen-g6f 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The apple doesn't fall far from the tree . Like father , like son
    Hearing them play together is something I Will never forget .

    • @buskerdrew
      @buskerdrew 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What's even more beautiful is Mr barber is Billy's step dad

  • @myersc2004
    @myersc2004 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    His dad's so over the moon to be strumming with his son. It's so cool to see!

  • @rickmansfield2992
    @rickmansfield2992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All any father can ask and hope for is that our child loves and respects us yet more so that they exceed our desired expectations we harbor for them... Terry so deserves to be both proud and satisfied with "his" son Billy. Living relationship trumps blood...

  • @fallionwater117
    @fallionwater117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    This is a grand example of what EVERY Dad ought to do... teach your skills to your children. I am wowed!!!

    • @anthonyj1775
      @anthonyj1775 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly. My daughter - guitar, flute, violin, piano, vocals. I wish I taught her, she taught herself and I just record.

  • @markayw
    @markayw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Absolutely some of the best picking I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. Billy I'm sure you already know this, but you and your dad are awesome together and one day you are going to be so happy and thankful that you got all of these great songs down on a video of you and your dad sharing this special time together and also as you age, you think you won't forget the songs," and I pray you don't"but for some just like a beautiful rose their beauty & their memory seem to fade. My mother use to be able to hear a song 1 time sometimes 2 and she knew it word for word, and she even wrote a few songs, she always dream of being a singer and she had a beautiful voice she still has a pretty voice not like it was but still pretty, but she is now 80 and while she is still a beautiful lady she has been dealing with Alzheimer's for the past 5 years, and now is starting to forget her own children, It is a terrible disease, and that is why I was so happy to see you enjoying this special time with your dad. God bless you both.

    • @veriteri32
      @veriteri32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm so sorry about your Mother. That is SO hard to watch. But these two are very special!

  • @KSfan4ever
    @KSfan4ever 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow, thank you Billy and Terry for this incredibly wonderful, extraordinary music-making. The gifts of father to son. Willie Nelson and Lukas come to mind as well.

  • @JoeVenable-v2x
    @JoeVenable-v2x ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A true treasure. Loved every minute. Thanks Terry and Billy for sharing such beautiful music .

  • @Thomas-hj6pn
    @Thomas-hj6pn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    Father Strings and Billy Strings are all i need when im sick of.....living i guess. They play and sing beautifully and it just inspires me to go on another day and try harder. So thanks guys :-)

    • @tabathaelliott5590
      @tabathaelliott5590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It makes me feel so connected to the now, the past, and whats to come. Stories from generations played by two people who bring them to life. I'm having a rough time lately and this just brings me peace in this moment. I'm glad you're hanging on too❤

    • @tabathastaples7884
      @tabathastaples7884 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shepherd's Chapel Network !!!!!!! Chapter by Chapter / Verse by Verse !!!!!!!

    • @muffin_gamers
      @muffin_gamers ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tabathaelliott5590how you doing friend?

    • @rijden-nu
      @rijden-nu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Thomas You still okay? Things have gotten very different over the past year.

    • @privacyviolated583
      @privacyviolated583 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol he needs to start going by Pops Strings. Definitely feels like a Pops

  • @streetglide9277
    @streetglide9277 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    You know this is just a recorded version of a normal Saturday night at their house, the chemistry is obvious, it’s so neat to see a proud dad and son just enjoying the shit out of each other

    • @JamesPrestonThomas
      @JamesPrestonThomas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I wish I could give you more than just one 'thumbs-up', watching them makes me cry happy tears, so beautiful!l

    • @brettnelson3565
      @brettnelson3565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Billie, did yer pappy beat you real hard if you got out of time? Or tune?? Just wondering ~

    • @pamkeener8248
      @pamkeener8248 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I would proudly sit at their house and listen

  • @pokymoonshine
    @pokymoonshine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Wonderful to view this. Father and son. Every kid should have the chance to do something like this with a parent. Very special relationship. A shared gift!

  • @nativeMD4373
    @nativeMD4373 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Being from Texas I grew up hearing some of the best music. And I can say this is gold👍🔥🎸

  • @nedtheproducer5777
    @nedtheproducer5777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    His dad is so fucking tickled to be there

  • @blackfishandthepilgrim1473
    @blackfishandthepilgrim1473 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Whenever I start to lose motivation while learning guitar, I come and watch this. No matter how many times I watch these masters at work I never fail to get goosebumps. Can’t imagine how proud the ol man is. Their skill and synchronization is par to none!

  • @johnmaskell2510
    @johnmaskell2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    Just came across this father and son team, it brought joy to my heart God bless them. John from England.

    • @poolieDW
      @poolieDW 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Couldn't agree more John, with all of the shit in the World we need more of this, love Billy Strings, his dad is cool as well.

  • @edwardfuchs4616
    @edwardfuchs4616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    If you want to smile for 2 hours - watch this!

  • @dafranze356
    @dafranze356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    one of the best country music shows ever, Greetings from Austria/Europe. great

    • @lindataylor9683
      @lindataylor9683 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Beyond country… bluegrass in its purists form…

  • @mariecook622
    @mariecook622 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Your dad is exceptional Billy and soooo are you. So glad I found you in2023..

    • @harpoon_bakery162
      @harpoon_bakery162 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope his Dad joins the group in AUG. in Nashville and plays a couple tunes with Billy (Nashville, Tennessee is the next stop after Germany)

  • @ispaul69
    @ispaul69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    What a Father And Son love. Appreciate you guys, God bless your home

    • @charlesl.rodgers9311
      @charlesl.rodgers9311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @FalconerPhoto Is too his father; the man who raised him. That trumps biology.

  • @ulalaFrugilega
    @ulalaFrugilega 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I just read that Terry is "just" his step-Dad and I think, that's even more amazing.

    • @chadtolley5884
      @chadtolley5884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      There is no step in that relationship.

    • @ulalaFrugilega
      @ulalaFrugilega 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@chadtolley5884 unless it's all the twelve steps to freedom!

    • @phlubblebubble
      @phlubblebubble ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah they're not biologically related but Terry's been there since he was a toddler and Billy calls him dad so step-dad/dad, what's the difference in this case?

  • @ronshalita
    @ronshalita 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    the smile on his dads face is priceless!!! loved it all!

  • @caminosb.1283
    @caminosb.1283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    what a gem!!!!! Like some people commenting I'm moved to tears watching and thinking of their lives, their challenges and struggles, and their ability to go through stuff and at the same time play such great music. Thanks for making this available to people like me, an elderly soul stuck in a remote part of the world without chances of listening live music. This is a treasure to feed my soul.

  • @vbickford
    @vbickford 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My daddy taught me bluegrass and old folk, but I spent all those years on singing, and wish I'd worked on my picking. This is beautiful, glorious!

  • @BamBam-jb3ve
    @BamBam-jb3ve 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    It just so happened that me & my dad was blessed to play together. I feel truly blessed and i know billy feels the same way. God bless ya both my freind!!

  • @troublemakingpups5787
    @troublemakingpups5787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    When Billy and his Pappy get together there is a chemistry and magic that makes you tingle from inside.

  • @davidgouin8420
    @davidgouin8420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I miss my dad! 2005, the pain seems like yesterday, the day we said goodbye to my father. I've needed him so many times since he has passed, though I've carried on all these years it never gets easier!

  • @robertdavis6708
    @robertdavis6708 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Playing 30 songs is unbelievable today with bands. Billy and his father are national treasures. I hope they know how appreciative we are listening to their flat picking'. I have listened to Billy when he picked with his buddies and man what a sound. From the mandilion to the banjo pickers were dynamite. We love your effort Billy and Dad.

  • @Techniclay
    @Techniclay หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I miss my dad

  • @swampwhiteoak1
    @swampwhiteoak1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a fantastic gift!
    I have been trying to play guitar for 49 years and will never be in their shadow.

  • @matthewroden1996
    @matthewroden1996 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Billy Strings you are the best young picker ive heard . im blown away

  • @wowthatwasit
    @wowthatwasit 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Thank God for TH-cam. Like I can watch this anytime. I love everything about these two together here.

  • @linkedup7346
    @linkedup7346 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very Nice to see a pop and his son play so beautifully together... They must have been doing this for decades...And Man can Pop Sing!!!

  • @beer1for2break3fast4
    @beer1for2break3fast4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man if I could only give a thumbs up every time I watched this.

  • @alanmccoy9466
    @alanmccoy9466 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Simply amazing! That right there is something very very special.

  • @Wuerfelhusten1510
    @Wuerfelhusten1510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I can't believe that Terry Barber seemingly never has recorded music professionally. His playing is great, but his singing is just perfect! Tall pines is one of my favorit songs and this is BY FAR the best version I've ever heard. I'd love a CD of this

  • @johnnypavel7675
    @johnnypavel7675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    If you'd have asked me a few years back, if this would ever be possible again, I would have never believed it. Thank you Billy. And Dad

  • @lancegrey1225
    @lancegrey1225 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Good to hear Dad and Son getting after those STRINGS!😊❤ IT!

  • @gingercalvert3761
    @gingercalvert3761 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of my favorite things in this world is to sit around with family & or friends picking and singing music of any kind. So i was thrilled to find this. Amazing picking by both and the songs they sung amd shared with us. To the man who raised Billy with love not blood, who taught him how to play and shared with him your love of music all i can say is thank you. He built on that foundation which he loved, and look at him now. The world thanks you for the seed you planted inside this very talented young man.
    You need to do this more often, so we can sit and enjoy.

  • @hotbrasst2451
    @hotbrasst2451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I listen to this entire set everyday, multiple times a day, being in construction. I can’t get enough of this. Do more with your pa Billy!

  • @martinaller-stead3898
    @martinaller-stead3898 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Nothing beats family music like this. Terry has raised one hell of a talent ... and Billy just is in delight of his Dad.

  • @juzagirlntheroom2692
    @juzagirlntheroom2692 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    36secs into my 2nd listen, and I know what I’ll be cleaning house today. I figure, if it’s good enough to make dusting fun, it could gets an A+ on my musical litmus test. For me the show sprouted wings, and wafts straight into the ether. One minute I was stuck on humdrum. Next I heard this delightful surprise coming from my speakers. Seemed random for all of about 15 seconds. But I was quick to realize I’d just been blessed by some universal source of divinity.
    Now I’m excited go digging for more, and pony up for a lil tunes and merch. I love to support and this just gave me a great idea. You can bet there’s gonna be more than a few ole Deadheads loving their Christmas gifts this year from me.
    My neighbors have already been enjoying for over two hours now, along with me and my cat-son.
    I know my granddad who shared his love of bluegrass with me, and let me dance atop his feet so I’d quit stomping on them, is right here with us.

  • @Razorhead19
    @Razorhead19 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was great. I could only dream to play a show next to my boy someday. Very cool to see the man that taught Billy.