Obviously every guitar player wants to play in front of an arena full of people chanting your name, but I think this is all what we really want. A warm fire, a decent guitar, and a few good buddies to play for. This is what music is, and why I think it’s so beautiful.

@matthewbalise9208

Жыл бұрын

Truer words have never been spoken

@greenhans33

Жыл бұрын

Naw! Bs. Bands on tour want a break. They want to play in front of a fire and be with their friends. They want to sleep in their own bed

@kevc-69-

9 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@seppldumichauch6629

8 ай бұрын

This works everywhere

@Steve-si8hx

8 ай бұрын

This is what sounds the best to

the fire crackling like a vinyl record

@garymericano

Жыл бұрын

That's all I hear is straight fire🔥

@cstroud

Жыл бұрын

Better than vinyl like the other dood said straight fire 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@CryptoPodcast

Жыл бұрын

Hell yeahh, thats amazing 🔥🔥🔥

@reginagrayson2465

4 ай бұрын

Nice....😊😊

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it does actually,kinda shows how old we are

Billy Strings is one of the few people on YT that you can leave a thumbs up BEFORE you watch the video.

@detroyt232323

4 ай бұрын

What you know about Ionia Michigan 😉😎🎸

@semtex6412

3 ай бұрын

see, it's funny. coz i did just that 😅😅

"You don't like my peaches, don't shake my tree!" I felt that.

@DeadHeadCrypto

4 ай бұрын

Don't shake the tree if the fruit ain't ripe 🔥(~);} 🔥

@DYLDO5000

4 ай бұрын

steve miller band

@FallNorth

2 ай бұрын

1914 song by Irving Berlin! How you like THEM apples! :) kzread.info/dash/bejne/X41-19aKk7a2naQ.html

I wonder if clean cut short hair Billy had any idea that in just a few years he would literally change music and revitalize the entire bluegrass genre and inspire generations to play guitar. And he's just getting started. Damn

@bareflavourreviews4840

2 жыл бұрын

When did he do that?

@Johndoe-gd4tb

2 жыл бұрын

simmer down champ

@alan4sure

2 жыл бұрын

@@bareflavourreviews4840 having trouble keeping up to date?😄

@brianhylkema13

2 жыл бұрын

@@bareflavourreviews4840 last week sometime

@danjoines3758

2 жыл бұрын

@@bareflavourreviews4840 d

Billy said "normally I'd play it like this". And immediately encompassed the entire music catalog and spirit of doc Watson, David grisman, and jerry garcia. This man should be considered a national treasure.

@lowieh.3451

7 ай бұрын

great moment

Back in the day Billy was a regular around my home in Michigan playing at festivals. I have a digital recorder and would set it up all the time. I have hundreds of recordings over the years and a lot of them are with Billy sitting around a campfire after the festival was over for the day. Him and Don Julin camped right next to me in their chrysler minivan one time, it was a blast back then. Those are some of my best campground recordings.

@axr7413

Жыл бұрын

Share them!

@howlinhog

Жыл бұрын

@axr7413 I ALWAYS asked if I could record and I always made it clear it was for personal use. I always purchase the music from anybody I record so that my recordings never become a replacement for their ability to make a living. I only share with the artist themselves. That is a rule I made for myself from the very beginning.

@axr7413

Жыл бұрын

@@howlinhog perhaps you could ask the artist for permission? Or collaborate with them somehow? I know thousands of people would love to hear.

@howlinhog

Жыл бұрын

@@axr7413 I have personally handed Billy every copy of every recording I've ever made. Other than the campfire recordings. Those are a collection of whatever that night presented. If he wants to do something with them that's fine. I highly doubt that an artist of his caliber needs to use my recordings.

@tomsanda6798

Жыл бұрын

Billy rocks

The crackling of the fire in the background is the perfect accompaniment to the guitar and the voice. REAL MUSIC!! 👏👏👏

@jeffalbillar7625

2 жыл бұрын

May God bless you, Minnie

@cravinbob

2 жыл бұрын

BS

@MtnMoss

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much the best venue for some guitar strumming’!

@stevetrivago

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, but I’ll take the words “the guitar” and put “his guitar” I’ve had a few nights that I wished the guitar player left it home… 🙂😲

@mylesayres6060

2 жыл бұрын

Even got the shovels scraping coals. 🤌

it would be a tragedy to lose this archive of Billy videos, you are literally doing gods work making these moments available for us to watch. Thank you so much

It's so amazing that you have these awesome videos recorded before Billy was well known. It's like watching a video of Hank Williams Sr. when he was first starting out.

@Yougotadollar

2 жыл бұрын

So true!!

@michaelcrosby6955

2 жыл бұрын

Billy’s great. He’s no Hank Sr though.

@dannytripper

2 жыл бұрын

He's to Bluegrass like Stevie ray Vaughn was to blues

@blueblur6447

2 жыл бұрын

Its like... He is Billy Strings. What does everyone always have to be someone else. He is great, done.

@jerry-st7rc

2 жыл бұрын

I love billy but his name has no place with hank sr. Hank was not a bluegrass picker, he is and was something we have never heard til this day. Closest thing to Hank sr is probably george jones.

Few things on the internet make me smile as reliably as: There's a latch right there That's not a latch A hinge That there ain't no hinge That there's a clasp If there was an album of these old solos I would buy it.

Protect this man at all cost! We’ve lost farrr too many revolutionaries at an early age.

@classicsportsradionetwork7357

Жыл бұрын

Somehow I can't help but think the same thing.

@agnidas5816

Жыл бұрын

we lost him and he;s still alive. he ain't play like that now

@jonathangarzon2798

Жыл бұрын

The moment they sign with a label they are lost. Look at his new videos, the biggest red flag is the radical change in clothing.

@wesleymaxwell5257

Жыл бұрын

@@jonathangarzon2798 what are yall talking about. He just did an entire traditional doc watson tribute arena show with no guitar effects and brought a bunch of friends and bluegrass OGs. Also he constantly covers and pays homage to all the people that paved his way. If a record deal, artist success, and clothing changes your opinion of him, your not a real fan of him. I think its amazing he's reached his level of fame and still staying humble and paying it forward. Just my thought.

@wackybruce

Жыл бұрын

@@wesleymaxwell5257 I agree, I was there in the front row for the Doc tribute and it was magical. Billy has high respect for traditional bluegrass and pays homage to it frequently, often mixing old classic covers into his sets. He does all that while also flourishing in his own unique brand of bluegrass. Anyone on this thread who wants to mark him as a sellout would have to say the same for every professional musician in existence

Imagine just chilling around the bonfire with this shit 😵‍💫😵‍💫

For guitar players, seeing this man play is really mind blowing. The speed, the accuracy, makes no mistakes at all, and how he sings while doing all that. To most of us his playing is unbelievable, and makes us wonder if we could ever get there if we had 200 years left to practice.

@jefffirnhaber6250

9 ай бұрын

Still trying!

@steelcityspeedshopj.r6942

6 ай бұрын

Never in my wildest dreams could I ever learn to play like this. I finally have seen him live in front of my own eyes and it was about the most mind blowing guitar playing I’ve ever seen. Well, actually it was Definitely the most mind blowing playing I’ve seen. The dude is as legit as it gets . And let me tell you. Go see him ASAP. I’ll never pass the opportunity to see him ever in my life if within 200 miles of me

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

​​@@steelcityspeedshopj.r6942Wish I coulda seen him in a small venue,he,s so popular now its all big shows which I,m too old to attend.Good for him though,love the guy.

Holy crap it always blows me away every single time i watch this young man play. Just like this. Nothing fancy. No stage. Just raw talent. I do believe he's about the best I've ever seen.

@TheSeawolf277

5 ай бұрын

Me too, dudes a prodigy

I just heard of this cat from theos pod and what a lucky break I caught tuning in....God willing and the creek don't rise, will be listening him strum a tune for years to come

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

That version of cocaine blues was sweet eh

@leonjames22

4 ай бұрын

Same brother can't believe I never heard of him before that I guess the mainstream pushes out the wrong people for us to make famous lol this dude been killing it for years but I guess bluegrass is a niche type of music glad I EVENTUALLY found Billy.

@andrewjay7962

4 ай бұрын

Y'all are just noobs who don't know music. It's that simple

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

@@andrewjay7962 Another angry electric power chord man sitting on your couch,amp turned to 10. Bend those strings boy.🤣

@andrewjay7962

4 ай бұрын

@@tedlivermore6955I play mostly acoustic on my Taylor Grand Auditorium Koa. Only angry little gremlin is you friend. So relax and tuck your tampon string back in

This man is a gift straight from God above. I don’t think there are 50 people alive that can play and pick as clean as this guy can. Bravo.

@neomage2021

Жыл бұрын

The one other guitarist he immediately reminded of me, even though music style is very different, was Joscho Stephan. Absolutely amazing. I can listen to Billy Strings all day long. kzread.info/dash/bejne/gp2W1NWqmbfLpZs.html

@lordc0ckswagger442

Жыл бұрын

Agreed . Makes me sometimes feel like I got no business even strumming my guitar. But then again, it makes me want to practice more. Life's all about growth, bottom line. I'm never gonna gonna stop strumming.

@lindaballard7386

8 ай бұрын

Check out Buckethead Guitar GOAT Would love to hear a collaboration

he is a old soul, thanks for sharing

I miss hearing Billy play at campsite jams, attending festivals in places like Lowell, Michigan! I remember a "neverending" jam where he was totally into the tune Eat My Dust...mesmerized!

@wackybruce

Жыл бұрын

I wish I could’ve had that experience, I never heard of him until the KZread algorithm blessed my life in early 2020. I bet today it is indescribable to have seen him before his come up. I love that the come up happened for him, I only hope he continues to get bigger and more and more people appreciate the phenomenal musician that he is, but simultaneously I wish I could have seen him with a small handful of people at something local. Maybe they’ll invent a Time Machine before I die 🤣

@TNSDREOFFICIAL

28 күн бұрын

went to hoxyville a couple years back, last time ive seen him live, hopefully he has some stuff planned for this summer!!

I can not get over how much I love this guy, absolute fokin legend💯🤘

This young man is so amazing I’m grateful to him for all the joy he’s brought to the world

@cravinbob

2 жыл бұрын

Bigger than Jesus?

@brownianl

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

@wildcard9724

2 жыл бұрын

@@cravinbob No, not quite as big as the Beatles....

@mikechivy

2 жыл бұрын

@@cravinbob found the nut job

What we've got here is...NO failure to communicate! What a great player/picker!

Pure Gold! Thank you Lower Standards for continuing to post these.

One of my favorites. Oh to be at that fire with a cold beer listening to this. My god.

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

Damn right eh

Caught Billy for the first time in Cary 2 weeks ago and it was such an amazing, blissful moment. Felt so disconnected from the whole world and all its problems and the music just transcended me above it all.

that there's a clasp

@a1d3n55

11 күн бұрын

I say it everytime I watch the video🤣

"I usually play it like this" 🐐🐐🐐

Er ist einfach genial, das ist für mich Amerika, so wie ich es mir als Europäer vorstelle, kraftvoll und ehrlich

@fwagner9

4 ай бұрын

Sadly enough, that is the America we used to be.

The young Man is a proper monster. everytime he blows my mind.

God is Great he makes it look easy, he made Billy , Billy makes it look easy. God is Good!

Just perfect 👌

Man, he's got a world of talent. He picks the hell out of those 6 strings !!

@jonathanroberts6434

Жыл бұрын

Omg, if you ever get the chance to see him in concert go. Outlaw Festival was so much fun

@DR-er7si

8 ай бұрын

Six String Billy

@diggie9598

7 ай бұрын

Talent won't get you any skills.

That's a Michigan fire

Amazing

It's great to see the younger generation keep up the bluegrass music.

Outstanding, and thank you.

A dream that is. Isn't it just amazing how he just sits there, killing time, and out of him comes out perfection in its maximum expression...casually.

Thanks for this videos!!!

Brilliance.

incredible

Damn...this kid is the definition of a national treasure

Thank you Billy !

LEGEND!!!

Happy Fourth of July my fellow Americans! Thanks again Lower Standards for the upload.

Another Song for the books.

Thank you for these gems.

Thanks Lower Standards for the early-day gems from our man Billy! So great to see his blossoming talents!

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

Yep,awesome clips

Love all these gems you have!

This is so awesome to see. I wonder if he had any clue what the future was holding for him. Raw uncut talent.

@danielcaruthers7120

2 жыл бұрын

I said the same thing

Beautiful Billy boy

This guy is going places. Name one other young man who can play and pick like this guy? My buddy was lucky enough to get to see him in Santa Barbara at the County Bowl. He's a musician himself and couldn't thank me enough for introducing Billy Strings and his music to him. I got a good brand of T-shirt from the concert. With good old fashioned artistic skills. Reminds me of the 60's.

@stephenjames3377

2 жыл бұрын

He is a man of the old generation.

@stevendycus9559

2 жыл бұрын

Going places would imply he isn't already insanely popular

@earlblack2914

2 жыл бұрын

@@stevendycus9559 Whatever. Take it in the context of your choice. You can find a pissing contest elsewhere.

@jnholland006

2 жыл бұрын

I think he’s done gone to the place , it’s called the TOP!

@tonycreek6912

2 жыл бұрын

Bryan Sutton, Kody Kilby, Zeb Snyder, Molly Tuttle, Jake Workman, the list goes on and on.

I love him 😍

Thanks for sharing this with the world.

Billy is the man.

amazing

Pure 🔥

Perfect as always

Awesome! Thanks for posting, and Billy, thanks for playing!

Proud of you billy..

Pure natural talent.

Awesome

You are an absolutely stunning musician! Such a fan of yours Billy, keep up the great music for the world to enjoy! You rock dude 🤘

It's a well-shot video. The lighting is on point, the sound is amazing and you even respected the rule of thirds (33). The fire crackling in the background adds so much!

@REZNAP

2 жыл бұрын

Perfection

@Vigilante311

2 жыл бұрын

Whats the rule of thirds?

@zakwatson4967

2 жыл бұрын

@@Vigilante311 not placing him in the centre of frame 😊 it’s more pleasing to our eyes.. you’ll never unsee it

@Vigilante311

2 жыл бұрын

@@zakwatson4967 cool thanks i was curious about that

Yeah man. A fav from forever. Many thanks!

What a great video!!! Such a great talent!

This guy kicks ass!

Absolutely incredible so enjoyed this thanku so much love and God bless always x

Love these old videos so much!

So much respect for his talent

I just started playing guitar and I’m in awe of how he picks and strums that piece of wood so easily.

@jacoblong644

Жыл бұрын

Keep at it. If your into folky jams learn to alternate and flatpick sooner than later. You'll thank yourself in a few months when you can play and sound like a whole string band

@tedlivermore6955

4 ай бұрын

Are you still playing? Just wondering.

Beautiful song billy

Absolutely brother

Hell yeah dude. Thank you!

I appreciate the great talent of Mr. Billy Strings!

I love his knowledge of all the greats that paved the way before him. So talented and has definitely brought me tons of joy just in the short time I've listened to him. I'm on the 🐐 wagon and I aint getting off

very cool smiling inside. power to you billy

Thank you so much for posting these gems from the past!

What I wouldn’t give to be able to sit next to a campfire with Billy Strings serenading away 😂

i loved the im just there at the fire vibe true talent

Love his old videos

This style really touches my soul.

This is my favorite performance I've seen and heard from billy, I listen to this on repeat I love it so much

So glad I stumbled upon this. This kid’s got the gift!

What a talent this young man was and is

I love you Billy!

Thank you for posting this, and please continue! I love this guy and so glad he's doing so well in the industry! Not enough bluegrass around anymore! Thank you Billy🐐

What a fun night that must have been! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Classic and excellent :)

Good lord what a talent .. !!

Billy Strings has to be one of the word's greatest pickers. Incredible.

Love hearing the way he plays it at the end.

off camera, 2 guys poking through ash at a bonfire: “there’s a latch right there” “… a latch?” “a hinge! you want it?” “that there ain’t no hinge… that there is a clasp.”

@LowerStandards33

4 ай бұрын

🤣

Wow. You just keep getting better. Amazing. Thank you!

Best song I've woken up to this fine Sunday. 😘💕

"Do you always play it in Em, in the chorus?" When you hand around with people who know nothing but good times and music. The man shows up to a fire with a guitar, as it should be, as it was intended.

I can't add anything but.. fn awesome!!! Thanks Billy

I love times like this sitting around a fire with a guitar

LETS GO BILLY STRINGS!!!! First heard of his music in 2019, and then saw Him live: april 2022 in San Diego. One of my favorite performances ever. Long love billy strings and his band !

❤❤ that comentary at the end and playing is why its fascinating...

This is pricelessl