BEST BLUEGRASS GROUP?! BILLY STRINGS-DUST IN A BAGGIE! REACTION!!

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[@nlindsay12]

Hey the different between a fiddle and a violin is just whiskey... lol this is a mandolin 💖💫

[@jukkap2945]

Well said :D

[@tarheeltrav75]

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FIDDLE AND A VIOLIN YOU ASK? VIOLIN HAS STRINGS, AND A FIDDLE HAS STRANGS!

[@richnroll515]

Violin is looked after, fiddle is 'player condition' or 'reliced'. Plus 1 in 10 fiddles have a leprechaun inside.

[@kylezagorski4271]

Different between a fiddle and a violin is a violin hasn't had a beer or weed spilt on or in it.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

No it ain't liar. It's where you're from...

[@jonniegentry1291]

“This here is a fiddle..” 😂😂 I lost it

[@huntergivens2442]

Same

[@boardwithme]

Just a quick note, he wasn't trying to be funny with those lyrics. He wrote it about a good friend who is serving his second term (20 years) for possession of methampethamine.

[@musiclover9361]

Both of Billy's parents were hooked on Meth. They've now been clean for over ten years.

[@Tonysmithmusic]

you should check out the version where he’s about 16 on his couch at a home party. incredible to think he wrote it and plays so incredible.

[@jerremyblaydoe7872]

All facts

[@calebgregory9818]

Do you know the story behind this song?

[@miragesmack007]

Green shirt guy 😂

[@iamPROTOTYPE]

if you think thats good, you should get to a live show kzbin.info/aero/PLf01dSlEoasUw3A-c3j4VOAYPmBlYgTif

[@karenwalsh1143]

That was my first introduction to Billie Strings!!! And I still love ❤️ the song!!!

[@timcombs7646]

Billy Strings is absolutely phenomenal. A legend in the making.

[@davesheppeck696]

Billy had a heavy metal sidebar but returned to bluegrass. There is a lot of heavy metal flavor to his writing.

[@sgenetti77]

No doubt.

[@colforbin80]

Check out Turmoil and Tinfoil, Meet Me at the Creek, Away from the Mire, and one of his new ones, Wargasm. Really can’t go wrong with this gang.

[@KB_-_]

Great list... maybe throw Summertime with Marcus King on that list too :)

[@musiclover9361]

'Meet Me at The Creek' is a great version.

[@kennydixson7851]

@@KB_-_ Summertime with his pops is pretty good 😌

[@798robbie]

He's playing a mandolin. It is tuned the same as a fiddle/violin, with eight vs four strings. The fiddle/violin (played with a bow) are the same instrument.

[@sallieyoung1731]

My brother lol. I’m a 62 year old woman of causation persuasion and a new subscriber. This is the first time to your site and that’s all it took for me to love your reaction. I want to see your reactions to: Ram Jam playing Black Betty, kid singing in a guitar shop, Elvis and the black experience (not sure that is the exact

[@Any-Okra]

Violin has strings Fiddle has Strangs It's all in where and what you're playin..also I believe that dude is playin a mandolin I love bluegrass. Thanks for reaching dude

[@bladestormviking]

yep yep.

[@bul166]

These guys are some of the best flatpickers around. Billy was SO good when he was so young too. Doing these licks and runs, flatpicking, is incredibly difficult. Love your channel. Subbed.✌️

[@carljacobson7156]

Bill Strings came from a poor background with lots of drug addiction in his family - specifically Methamphetamine. So, he brings this modern topic to Blue Grass. And if you also watch his other videos, Billy plays Blue Grass with a Heavy Metal edge. In fact, he also does covers of Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin songs.

[@joeestes785]

Your reaction was status quo, 😂🤣& I have laughed my ass to tears. And these dudes are really shredding their instruments. Awesome to see you and so many others not accustomed to such hillbillies enjoy this genre from Appalachia. Kudos from my Carolina lair in them thar hills.lol

[@patrickvarine8476]

Billy is helping get younger folks interested in bluegrass, and I'm here for it. If you like this, check out some old-school Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs and Tony Rice joints.

[@timharper4246]

A violin has strings and a fiddle's gawt STRANGS✌ that's the only difference.

[@89visionartistry89]

That beautiful instrument is a mandolin and it’s no easy feat. I first fell in love with it as a small child at a Bluegrass festival.

[@brianhall8828]

Check out all of Billy Strings music. He will impress you with every song. “Watch it fall” is my favorite.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Yes I love the video to that one. Love.

[@davidpowell2356]

The black and white communities are dealing with the same things. In some situations it is slanted, however we are still the same and different and going through the same things. Much love .

[@LesHaskell]

I discovered Billy strings when I was looking for some decent Grateful Dead covers on KZbin. I love his versions of "China Doll", "Wharf Rat", "Me and My Uncle", and "Loser". Through Billy I discovered Molly Tuttle. You ought to check out some of her stuff, too. Her original "Take the Journey", or her cover of the Rolling Stones' "She's a Rainbow", or my favorite, her version of "Cold Rain and Snow".

[@illumine7304]

As a fiddle player, I must agree….A fiddle is always required 😉.

[@MrGitsnShiggles]

The Man of Constant sorrow reference caught me, good eye!

[@incontinentcontent]

Bluegrass is the heavy metal of country music...

[@HeavyMetalBluegrass]

Fiddle and mandolin are tuned the same but the fiddle is played with a bow while the mandolin is picked. Violin & Fiddle are the same instrument played in a different style (violins are primarily in orchestras where you only play what's on the sheet and nothing else).

[@nathanstrickland6508]

I love being introduced to new things. And I love seeing people do the same. That's how we learn, it's what makes life great.

[@micah_lee]

I’ve gone down the bluegrass rabbit hole per se for the last two ish years. Been all over. There is some great music to be found. (plenty of not great too, but that is any genre)

[@tylerm124]

That is a mandolin its a 12 string instrument or 6 pairs of strings. A fiddle is just a violin by a different name. And bluegrass doesnt technically have any instrumental requirements. But in general the "backup" stringed instruments are taking the place of a drummer and thats why they tend to be twangy like a mandolin(or hats on the drum) and snappy like the banjo(the snare) and plucky standup bass(like the kick) and then the main guitar is like the lead rhythm parts.

[@TheAhirishman]

Its a Mandolin. It has 8 strings. Mandolin is in the fiddle family. A violin is played with a bow. The difference between a Violin and a fiddle is the type of music played on it. Classical makes it a Violin. Bluegrass makes it a fiddle

[@robertcook9253]

The difference between a Fiddle and a violin is, you can spill beer on a fiddle. The stick is called a bow. Be cool!!

[@S10ChevyKeith]

You should go back into his younger days of playing, including with his step father, who taught him how to play. He is pretty much the No ! flat picker there is. He is also in demand with others who want to perform with him. Also, if you want to hear a family young group of Blue Grass perfromers, it would be worth anyone's time watching and listening to Cotton Pickin Kids. They even have some songs, they have written.

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Cherryholmes ain't bad

[@CFarnwide]

There is a version out there with he and his father playing impromptu in a guitar shop. Absolutely amazing!

[@mikeloftus6849]

It's a Mandolin it has 8 strings. Difference between a Fiddle and a Violin, the fiddle bridge is flatter (sanded down) so you can easily play multiple strings at once.

[@GomezAddamz]

That's "If you're gonna play in Texas, you gotta have a fiddle in the band." That sir, is a mandolin. As someone else here said, the difference between violin and fiddle is whiskey.

[@grantearlson6358]

han solo lol

[@larrymullins1634]

Thanks for checking Billy out. Another jem id recomend is Billy Joe Shaver Wacko from Waco

[@ericjohn8466]

Him and his son's duo Shaver was my intro to anything beyond the rock or metal world that caught my ear. Todd Snider wrote "Waco Moon" when he had heard about Eddy's death. RIP to both Father and Son, Eddy def passed way too soon.

[@sgenetti77]

Dude...welcome to some serious genre-bending songwriting, played impeccably in the old style of bluegrass. The songriwting is as epic as the playing. I don't like much bluegrass, I dig mostly rock music. When I hear this, I think of his guitar being played through a Marshall amp. This is the speed-metal of bluegrass, but it's BEAUTIFUL music. This is where the genre is the vehicle for the song. Sometimes, a great song and/or great songrwiting just IS and it transcends your preferences/prejudices with music you thought you didn't like. Review the video/song "Watch It Fall" and think about what is going on in the world around you while you listen to it.

[@tylerdelong5508]

If you want to play in texas by law you have to have a fiddle in the band

[@BandedRagdoll]

Yeah, that lead guitar is hot, but not for Louisiana Man😂

[@bryanmckinney1098]

Unless your PanterA

[@rudewizard85]

“If you’re gonna play texas you gotta have a fiddle in the band” is that the reference you’re talking about? 😂

[@chadflamm2110]

This dudes claps are thunderous.

[@jolenewitzel7919]

What he is playing is a mandaline. The difference between a violin and fiddle is one has strings and the other has strangs.

[@anthonys239]

Jolene you nailed it!!🤠

[@teeheeteeheeish]

A fiddle is the same as a violin but most likely called such because of the Irish immigrants who brought them over and helped create bluegrass music. The word Fiddle likely came from an Old English word Fithele which in turn probably came from Latin Vitulari.

[@kestrelle5345]

"Turmoil and Tinfoil" Billy String's Dad was a picker too, so he learned to platy at his Fathers knee.

[@Coaler73]

I'm gonna subscribe for dropping the reference to 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?'

[@robertcook9253]

He's playing a mandalin. There is no fiddle in this song. However, Mandalin & fiddle are related and are usually tuned the same. The difference between a Fiddle & a violin is, you can spill beer on a fiddle. Violin is more of a classical instrument, and a fiddle is more about Bluegrass/Folk/old time music. Hope that helps.

[@warjunkie8242]

This is the heavy metal of blue grass I love this song man it's funny and then watching you laugh made me hit the floor LMMFAO I just HAD TO SUB!!

[@sarahanderson8635]

It's a mandolin and not a fiddle but what a great reaction!! Your enjoyment is infectious and I need to subscribe!

[@pak7417]

I've watched this twice and can't stop laughing!! I hope you fell down the Billy Strings rabbit hole! ( Fiddle is optional but they are awesome with it!)

[@brunopadovani7347]

A fiddle and a violin are exactly the same instrument, just played differently. It's called a fiddle in country and British folk music, and a violin in classical and pop music. I think that country fiddlers and classical violinists hold the instrument and bow a bit differently.

[@cavecookie1]

OK, what you are looking at is a mandolin; a little 8 string affair that is played like fire. As for the violin vs. fiddle. Both are played with a bow, the difference is a fiddle is played in Bluegrass, a violin in an orchestra! LOL!

[@jesusmagallon3132]

On the violin you play the strings on a fiddle you play the the strangs. Lol

[@Gigi-ns3fh]

You mentioned Billy's music reminded u of the music in O Brother Where 'Art Thou. Billy performs that song from the movie, Man of Constant Sorrow. Check it out. Luv ur reactions! 😊👍

[@dcarstetter1]

Lol a fiddle!!! You have me in tears.. Mandolin my man...

[@darrellmiller5209]

Blue Grass is played without percussion. That's the defining factor in it. Also that's a maldalin not a fiddle

[@karenwalsh1143]

He was playing a mandolin... a fiddle is country for violin.. so glad you liked Billie Strings ❤️ he's a cool dude.. if you ever get to watch the interview about his dad's guitar, please watch it's an awesome story!

[@remccom]

My wife and I saw Billy and his mates this past November , WHAT A SHOW ! see him if you can !

[@buzzbait422]

Subbed. For your open mindedness, and infectious honesty.. awesome. And, that's a mandolin, lol.

[@mintjulius275]

Damn that's a more technical explanation for the difference between a fiddle and violin. I always heard the difference was whiskey stains and attitude

[@billyromero3450]

If you want a good document on the banjo, watch Bela Fleck throw down your heart! Super informative and very interesting film

[@brianbrooks1285]

The Bango came from Africa and a lot of southern people embraced the sound

[@stacyvanvranken5934]

Just popping back in to say that Billy Strings will be playing the Grammy's this Saturday April 3rd and is also up for 2 Grammy's, Best album "Renewal" and Performance for "Love and Regret". Thought you might like to know.

[@drawncept8391]

Dude, so many reactions seem fake. Your reaction broke the mold! Love finding genuine reactions. Subbed.

[@douglasthibodaux8107]

That's a mandolin, difference between fiddle and violin is bowing style, violin is straight bow, no change in position on the lower strings, fiddle is played with round bowing, it makes a sort of circular motion on the lower strings

[@WillBlindYouWithLight]

Violin is played with a BOW. Charlie Daniels says, "Johnny rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hot", because that's just only way* to play. Like it's hot. You'll hear in bluegrass alot, one of them say play it hot! Play it like you stole it! You know that type thing. That little thing is a Mandolin. It's very easy to learn, it's easier for folks with little hands to learn compared to guitar.

[@Voluvr]

I’m sure others have stated but no fiddles here. It’s a Mandolin.

[@jdbnomad]

You wont regret adding Billy to your playlist

[@maryrichardson1318]

A fiddle is just a violin that has had the bridge flattened a bit. That way you can play more than one string at a time. Itzhak Perlman called himself a fiddler, but he was one of the greatest violinists ever on earth. He was the violinist on the soundtrack of Schindler's List. You should check him out.

[@charlesmcmurray4727]

Would recommend : Watch it Fall or Dealing Despair

[@michaelmaas5544]

New sub here. Loved the genuine reaction.

[@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny]

I like to explain bluegrass as "the hillbilly blues". It was all about the life & times of the appalachian folk (namely those in the Cumberland Plateau of Eastern KY, WV, and NE TN). But even though this topic is not normally hit on by other bluegrass artists, this is poignant since bluegrass has always sang about substance use/abuse. Traditionally, a bluegrass setup is guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, and upright bass. sometimes one of those things will go missing (either fiddle, mandolin, or guitar), but a 5 piece is pretty traditional. My dad was the banjoist in his own blugrass band when i was growing up :)

[@mediaholic07]

We gotta get you on some Goose. The energy is unreal

[@vinesinloops5161]

bluegrass festivals are so damn fun

[@kentjensen4939]

It's called a bow and early ones were arch-shaped and looked like the bow used to shoot arrows.

[@scottwoodbeck4179]

Great tune. Great message

[@robertcook9253]

Don't think too much, it can only hurt the ball club. He's playing a Mandolin. The difference between a Fiddle and a Vilolin is, you can spill beer on a fiddle.

[@HeavyMetalBluegrass]

The only difference between a violin and a fiddle is a violinist plays what's written on a page and a fiddler plays what's in his head.

[@deanstephens5940]

Billy Strings writes what he knows about. Damn fine, and fun, music!

[@shannonnicollechannel5884]

As an addict in the outpatient phase of rehab this song cracks me up bc it true yo omg 😂

[@nicolosantini9042]

Love Billy Strings. His best song is Shady Grove you really need to check that out. Billy Strings was homeless and extremely poor and now just exploding. Thank you for sharing this.

[@jamesoconnor9027]

Scruggs style banjo (finger picks) makes Bluegrass, second most important would be the mandolin, otherwise it could be considered String band, or Old Time music. Of course there a a few more details, but instrument-wise that's the case.

[@sharongardner2023]

The difference between a vilion and fiddle is one is played in the south other up north

[@sharongardner2023]

Violin my mistake

[@ericdamexican]

Violin is played in a symphony, a fiddle is played in your backyard....

[@cacornett58]

The fiddle and mandolin are tuned the same way. Minor keys are usual more interesting to the ear. He is playing a mandolin.

[@cherimolina2121]

Instrument you're referring to is a mandolin. Billy's style is called flat picking. Check Turmoil and Tinfoil. Heavy metal...War Pigs. I love Red Daisy. Look up the song meaning. ❤

[@ninob411]

To be bluegrass you usually have at least an upright bass, banjo, guitar, and mandolin hopefully. And you never have drums. The difference between a fiddle and violin is the fiddle is cradled in your elbow . While the violin is rested on your shoulder with your cheek/jaw holding it.

[@ninob411]

Wanna see good old time bluegrass banjo playin check out Ralph Stanley "little Maggie".

[@TedFinley-ob7kk]

He's playing a mandolin, not a fiddle. More importantly, the banjo originated in Africa and was recreated by African Slaves in America. Bluegrass are really laments, dare I say, blues. Very soulful

[@danfitzgerald1824]

FYI ---- the banjo is primarily an African-derived instrument.

[@whowantstoknow4168]

Great reaction to a great song.

[@estellepotter5734]

LOL Billy good picker, the Appalachian mtn are full of pickers, and the mtn is full of dope, I left cause it was so bad, but this makes me miss the mtn, just needs to clean up a lil and I'm heading back home! oh, and if SHTF, these and country folk are the ones you want on your side!

[@estellepotter5734]

*Mtn Music

[@kerriedykes59]

Billy Strings-In The Morning Light is awesome!

[@dorkii17]

THANK YOU!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@RitaMae13]

Hi-Test Hillbilly here... lovin bluegrass ❤

[@anthonys239]

If you want another fun one check out sturgil Simpson you can have the crown/some days. Live

[@thorzzz1z]

He sings man of constant sorrow too

[@2ndjoshua268]

You were right about the song reference to The man of constant sorrow. He performed that as well.

[@1boringdudeonline97]

If you want to watch Billy show off what he can do on a guitar then this link is for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWXLo3hqZ5KfY6s At the 9:25 mark he sings Train. Which has a good feel to it. Enjoy.

[@daveyoung465]

You play a fiddle with a bow also. But he was playing a mandolin in this video

[@annkirton9918]

a mandolin is played with a pick a violin is played with a bow and is the same as a fiddle. the difference between a violin and a fiddle is that you don't spill beer on a violin

[@jeffclemetson5582]

the difference between a fiddle and a violin is you don't spill beer on a violin. but that is a mandolin. and only in Texas do you need a fiddle in the band.

[@Code9]

If someone hasn't already said it, the difference between a violin and a fiddle is a violin has strings and fiddle has strangs. There ya go. Now you're all caught up! You're welcome. :-)

[@fitzyfresh843]

Try Billy strings watch it fall. Really can't go wrong though, this is one tight outfit.

[@vaystation9059]

Homeboy can ROLL!!

[@jasonaherron5513]

This is a Mandolin that guy is playing.