Highly recommend seeing Billy and his band live. Saw him for the second time this past weekend in Baltimore MD, they are incredible. Great video

Billy's the Jimi Hendrix of blue grass. Excellent reaction man.

@samuraikaito

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't think of that but makes perfect sense

@CorneiliusLibowitz

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuraikaito Hendrix is one of his idols. In an interview, he was asked which guitar player he'd most wanna jam with.....you guessed it: Jimi.

@barbaralee6410

2 жыл бұрын

I saw a video of Billy playing Jimi's song Hey Joe using an accoustic guitar and he killed it! He also played electric in a rock band in his younger days.

@mikeroullier6875

Жыл бұрын

I agree 1000 percent!!!!

Some of the best musicians in the U.S. are bluegrass players. They have fast fingers and are great story tellers. Billy wrote this song. His dad and mom were meth addicts at one point, and Billy did some drugs, too. They all managed to get clean, thank goodness. Billy is amazing!!

When I moved to Georgia from Boston 14 years ago, it was a huge culture shock, and I knew (literally) nothing about country/bluegrass music, and like you had so many preconceived notions about both the music, and the people, as I'm sure with my accent they did as well lol. Well to make a long story short, the people and the music have been incredible!! When we open doors we wouldn't normally open, we often find amazing things. Great reaction man!!

You should listen to more of Billy's original music. Next I would recommend Turmoil and Tinfoil (the Music City Roots version), Away From the Mire, Heartbeat of America, Meet Me at the Creek, Talking Water, Wargasm, Watch It Fall (official video is amazing!)

Billy Strings got me into bluegrass too. I agree, I like how different it is and the energy of it, it is a unique sound. At Billy’s concerts he will switch back and forth into electric and shred too, he does long extended jams sometimes over 20 minutes and does a different setlist every concert like Grateful Dead. So he is super popular among the deadhead/jam band scene too. His band puts on one of the best live shows I’ve ever seen and I go to a lot of concerts.

The origins of this style of guitar playing go back to Doc Watson. Doc was in a band that lacked a fiddle player, so he adapted his picking style to mimic the clean fluid lines that come from the fiddle. Billy is the latest in a line of sick ass pickers who picked up and expanded on this playing style. Besides Doc Watson, check out Clarence White, Tony Rice, Bryan Sutton, and another contemporary of Billy, Molly Tuttle.

@samuraikaito

2 жыл бұрын

Preciate the info man! I'm not familiar with any of these guys so I'll have to check them out for sure. The fiddle thing makes so much sense!

@Deeraise

Жыл бұрын

My buddy loves bluegrass, and introduced me to Billy, as well as Charlie Parr -- at least I think Charlie is bluegrass, or at least bluegrass adjacent, with a bit of blues tied in. This joint has been stuck in my head for months: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rHx9q86hhM6dc7w.html

@BoiledPeanut289

Жыл бұрын

Check out Trey Hensley

Billy is fan-freakin'-tastic!! Awesome reaction 😎🔥😎🔥😎🔥😎🔥😎

@samuraikaito

2 жыл бұрын

He really is 🔥 Thank you!

Gotta love Billy's facial expressions!!!

I've always loved bluegrass, and Billygrass is above and beyond

Great reaction! So fun and refreshing to see you watch this with an open mind.

Awesome you reacted to Billy Strings! I’ve been hoping for more reaction channels to check out some bluegrass. I highly recommend the band, Greensky Bluegrass as well.

@samuraikaito

2 жыл бұрын

Added! Thank you!

A few thoughts...and yes, you've been missing out!!!!! Better late than never, for sure. Glad to see a new fan.....and a great reaction... But, the Gold Standard video of this song is the "Couch Version" with the "Green Shirt Guy"... Why? Because you get to see him right at the very beginning of his performing career, and you get to see him shredding the entire song as there are no other instruments.... And finally, his friends cheering him on help make this raw performance a real gem... I strongly recommend you watch/react to it..... The view count speaks for itself. As a footnote, the "Lower Standards" channel has a bunch of real early Billy Strings performances worth checking out.... Bluegrass (don't call it Country!!) is White Man's Blues.... Cheery, upbeat melodies often (but definitely not always) with dark, depressing lyrics..... The genre has its roots in old-timey string band music, and further back, from Scotland. Many of the Hillbillies of Appalachia have Scottish roots...... While this is a pure Bluegrass song (and an original, BTW), much of what they play is in the sub-genre called Jamgrass, and they have tons more original songs... They cover songs from other Jamgrass/Jam Bands like SCI and Phish, and do an excellent job of covering the Grateful Dead...as they do other artists in various genres.... They also dabble in Gospel, Blues, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Doors and other rock bands.... You've already seen the duo with Tommy Emmanuel, so i won't include it, but here's a quinfecta of videos i like to recommend....BTW, Molly Tuttle is another rabbit hole you need to dive into..... kzread.info/dash/bejne/iHp5vLGjpNXdnNY.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/mH6h3LWYgsjKmJs.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/iWic1KdtYpDSXaw.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/fn6u3I-HpdKTgbQ.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/f3p8uLGue7aeXZs.html BTW, IMO, that last video has some of the top pickers on the planet all on one stage....

Bluegrass has this deep side of really hardcore OG country folk pain and sorrow lyrics with happy music...

I really like your reaction and how you really get it. You are pretty damm smart Brother! I mean, open your mind to experience this kind of music Is very Impressive. Love it. Thanks for sharing! Blessings from Dearborn, Mi usa Oh, and new subscriber too!

Excellent and thoughtful expression of your venture into a different musical genre. Appreciate your willingness to explore. Your little dog is looking so chill.

@samuraikaito

Жыл бұрын

That's him in every video 😂

@sharonammirati2042

Жыл бұрын

@@samuraikaito I'll keep an eye out, kind of a Where's Waldo?

"I guess the style of the music and the tempo and the cadence and everything about this, just I would never think that the lyrics and the meaning of the song would be about drugs and what not." Welcome to bluegrass, my friend! The genre that thinks depression and hard times need to be expressed with fast-paced, catchy tunes!

@cavecookie1

Жыл бұрын

Yep, Bluegrass..."I got 20 long years for some dust in a baggie...and I'm happy to tell you all about it!"

And on a dreadnought.... crazy clean

It's called Flatpicking dude, check out "Everything's the Same" & "Know it All"

Exactly how I feel!!!

I absolutely LOVED your reaction! I agree everything you said! The mandolin is my favorite instrument in Bluegrass and Country genre! Ricky Scaggs is a phenomenal mandolin player! You should react to some Ricky Scaggs!

I love Billie Strings! ❤️ if you can watch the interview about his dad's guitar! It's special

I have the same fender shirt!! Love your reaction.

Me walking into my local bluegrass guitar shop for the first time and hearing the guys there play: WOW, I'M REALLY BAD

@samuraikaito

2 жыл бұрын

Right man 😂 these bluegrass players will humble you quick

Wow

Watch Billie Strings and Marcus King (blues) play together!!!! It's unbelievable!!!!!!!!!

As the saying goes, “If you can play bluegrass, you can play anything”

Bro! Love the reaction! All the "basic" stuff you are recognizing and digging about the music and the genre are exactly the reasons we all love it! Upbeat fast ass shredding and cool harmonies. Bluegrass is basically acoustic heavy metal hahahaha!!!! Especially with Billy Strings, cause his background is Bluegrass and Metal! Glad you giving it a chance!

@samuraikaito

Жыл бұрын

Acoustic heavy metal is appropriate I think 😂 Had no idea he had a metal background though! Polar opposites lol

@wadefalls2333

Жыл бұрын

@@samuraikaito Yeah, started playing bluegrass as a kid mainly with his dad and older adults. Then as a teenager got into metal basically to be able to play with his friends his age and cause he likes to shred lol. Then went back to bluegrass

I'm not American but I got the feeling that there might be one or two tweekers in the Appalachian area which I associate with Blue Grass.

Bluegrass is a mix of a bunch of different cultures. One being Irish. I don't know how many old Irish songs you've heard, but there are a lot with an upbeat happy sound, and then some lyrics about suffering, depression, and oppression. Not lyrics you would expect with that sound. I guess it was like a cultural coping mechanism.

Bluegrass is the only music that can be played in a field with no electricity.

Drugs were pretty absent from broadcasted blue grass until Johnny Cash sort of broke the taboo with a lyric written by Kris Kristofferson he sang about wanting to get stoned on TV and being as famous and influential as he was suddenly all sorts of songs came with similar ideas

Check out the dude’s upbringing, it’s heartbreaking.

Billy is the GOAT.

Next react to Tinfoil and Turmoil, by billy. He rocks

You need to check out Tony Rice the man,,, RIP

it is damn good, and you have to be a better player than what you are used to. I suppose it could go for rap also

Chicken Pickin!?!? It's called flat picking in 16th time.

If you go back and watch Videos about how he grew up, he is against hard drugs. You should view some of them. And he is a FLAT picker.

Get rid of all the prejudices lol. That's what it is Hun. Billy has I'm afraid a sad story . The songs he writes reflects that. Billy I think had made bluegrass cool

FLAT PICKING. Billy "GOAT" Strings! Turmoil and Tinfoil. Btw.. Billy doesn't do meth! He sings plays writes about LIFE. He plays electric. Check out War Pigs!

Billy Strings is bluegrass but he’s also the kind of bluegrass that did a track with RMR, so he doesn’t really fit in a genre box 😂

@joanyow7952

2 ай бұрын

apparently that is the race he has chosen to run

Flat picking

This is the second time i've seen song (i watched the original set in a room thing with friends) ...er...you should of watched that for a first time reaction.