Billy Strings - Cobblestone Live 2019

[@leonard_maz]

August 3rd, 2019 at Illinois Street Stage, Buffalo, NY, USA 00:44 Dust in a Baggie 04:37 On the Line Train 45 (Traditional) 09:42 Nellie Kane (Hot Rize cover) 14:52 Taking Water 18:36 Back on the Train (Phish cover) East Virginia Blues (Traditional) 27:25 A Robin Built a Nest on Daddy's Grave (Ralph Stanley cover) 31:57 Slipstream (Béla Fleck cover) 38:17 Turmoil & Tinfoil 56:25 Riding the Midnight Train (The Doc Watson Family cover) 1:00:46 Away From the Mire 1:08:30 New Country Blues (Emmit-Nershi Band cover) 1:16:00 Gotta Travel On (Paul Clayton cover) 1:18:46 Ernest T. Grass (The Dillards cover) 1:25:18 Roll On Buddy Roll On (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover)

[@aaronwright2333]

Greatest guitar picker this side of the Mississippi...what side you ask? Whatever side you’re on.

[@americafirst4585]

Greatest to pick up a guitar since Duane Allman died.... in my opinion. I hope you all are well my brothers and sisters. Remember to love one another

[@jnholland006]

America first 😂😂😂😂

[@mikespry318]

Duane was my favorite, Billy now is

[@jnholland006]

SkyDog was a mean mofo! King of the Slide , IMO!! Billy is a master of the craft for sure ! He’s one of my fave pickers too! Trey Hensley is a young hot picker out right now too! Colby Kilby is very talented too!! Didn’t mean to sound like a prick! That just tickled me bc DA and BS are sooo different style of pickers!!!

[@mikespry318]

The issue is not about style, its about feel and soul. They both display plenty...

[@jnholland006]

Michael Powell 😎👌🏻👊🏻

[@gentlebenblues]

Don't be a stranger, nice set list Billy

[@marklucas5582]

I have friends who say I don't like bluegrass and I say you haven't really heard billy strings. Would love to see him and Nels Cline from wilco jam it up- God bless you billy you are a true maverick. And you have already changed the world of music with you powerhouse touch -

[@oldwelshwitch]

This guy with a toddler on his shoulders right in front of the dang camera kills me. WONDERFUL SHOW!!!

[@hikrose]

Taking Water is incredible.

[@williamwarren8170]

Gotta be the best flat picker out in the world today! Love it

[@MetfanMike]

no contest!

[@esau0909]

A Robin just landed on my stoop while listening to A Robin Built a Nest….amazing like

[@nickranger8706]

just saw them perform that song

[@PJTen]

I have not been this excited about a band since Pearl Jam.

[@steveop123]

Gotta love that Billy and Billy got into the man bun thang was hilarious but the music was awesome as it always is

[@sarahhhh775]

It's some girls who do that stuff at festivals. It's just fun yeah?

[@cherylwilliams904]

THANK YOU MEN. YOU MEAN TO THE WORLD TO ME... MY HEART IS FULL🙏 YOU ALL ARE TRUE🎼 💗 H-E-A-R-T OF E-A-R-T-H☯️

[@yurbeeinwatched]

I just found this guy. Amazing. I play drums in hard rock bands. Done my share of blues, country, and pop. I have never seen a guy flat pick EVERY note like that. Amazing.

[@CorneiliusLibowitz]

He was in a Metal band as a teenager...

[@yurbeeinwatched]

@@CorneiliusLibowitz I believe that. I would love to see him shred some metal. I don't play guitar, but if you can kill bluegrass, you are a player. As a drummer, country music was hard to play. Stay in the pocket, accent the important things, and do not step on toes. Freight train snare is your time to shine. I am blown away by his picking. No hammers or pull offs. This dude is the new Roy Clark.

[@danielmorris3687]

@@yurbeeinwatched Or the new Doc Watson whose music and technique was a major influence Billy has said in numerous interviews. I was fortunate to see both Doc and Roy Clark perform when I was a pre-teen in the early '70's and Billy certainly belongs in their esteemed company. Search 'Family Strings Live in Traverse City Michigan' on YT if you wanna hear and see some amazing flat picking. Its a show Billy and his dad Terry Barber did for a hometown audience just before the shut down happened. Father and Son and two acoustic guitars. Mind blowing. Peace.

[@yurbeeinwatched]

@@danielmorris3687 Will do.

[@hansguenter6263]

Grossartig; !!!

[@donnablair7504]

Billy Barefoot! Gotta love this guy!

[@mcturner33]

Shit!! Followed this kid now man from the beginning! Cant wait to meet you all!!

[@mikespry318]

Their sound techs are so good

[@juliewingard7504]

I love Donuts!! Thanks Boys!

[@shiner421]

I LOVE the sound effects! I have always felt that music doesnt have to be as rigid as it seems to be most of the time. I have friends for instance that insist that all bands must have a bass, guitar, drums and keys. I am fine with a dude with a piccolo, as long as he knows how to play it lol.

[@pattysale1644]

It takes a lot of cajones to get up on stage with those double buns! Can’t stop laughing 😂! Love the sense of fun you bring to the world.

[@christ9359]

I had the same thought, but isn't it funny? Why should we give a shit how other people style their hair?

[@hikrose]

The set list says, “don’t be a stranger”. Awesome.

[@shiner421]

ok billy and folks doing a cover of Phish just made my month!!!! THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@stevea2639]

Was very pleasantly surprised to hear that!

[@kinghootchie863]

The double hair buns are really funny.

[@rebeccaherron3789]

Fun loving' guys! They pickin, Ima grinnin'!🎶🎶🎶♥️

[@randygyergyek9478]

haha there were hair braiding girls at the festival & they got them done before the set

[@rebeccaherron3789]

@Randall Swanson couldn't be anything but fantistic!

[@Forevertrue]

Is the mandolin player the only straight one?

[@toxomanarachnicidus811]

@@Forevertrue He dresses the most conservatively, if that's what you mean. Billy has a quirky sense of humor. Check out their interviews. They're all cool.

[@willie1027]

Really loved this version of turmoil and tinfoil. Thanks for posting this show.

[@jorgeparraArkano]

get em Billy!!

[@isjerryzkid]

I love you. 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️⚱️🐢⚡️🤪🌻🎸🇺🇸💙🎶 you rock. ♥️💯🔥🎸

[@michaelmartin8496]

I liked his hair when he did his first video looking back short and made him look like he just came out of the mountains. Peace Billy 😎

[@merlepatterson]

You mean his "Deliverance" look with his couch song?

[@halberry3813]

love these 4 !

[@oldsoundz]

That Turmoil and Tinfoil was fuckin sick!

[@mwdollar]

Another goodie from Billy and the boys! :)

[@duhstymunkey8830]

I can't wait to see you live Billy!

[@jnholland006]

DuHsty Munkey be best money you’ll spend on concert ticket

[@duhstymunkey8830]

@@jnholland006 I stumbled across him by complete accident a few months ago and he is now one of my favorite musicians. Listening to songs at home is a completely different experience then being there live. It doesnt matter if it's a small bar with 20 people or a huge venue with 20,000 people GOOD live music is one of my favorite things. It has been a long time since I was this excited to see someone live. Billy in my opinion is already a legend up there with the greatest guitar players.

[@jnholland006]

DuHsty Munkey for sure ! Found him in 2015? I wanna say. I seen his name and laughed and thought yea right ! I heard him and said yea he can use the name ‘Strings’!! I like the G💀D, but I never could see how people follow them, until Billy ! I’ve followed him as far as my money and schedule would let me ! I seen him the first night in AtL, second in Knoxville and 2 nights later in Greenville SC!

[@revfunk8823]

Hell yes!!!!!!!

[@wowthatwasit]

Sublime

[@mollytaylor1539]

They've got the skills to back up those man buns...awesome to add some silliness to their serious-ass abilities.

[@laurahastings3140]

🎶Thanks

[@merlepatterson]

Friends don't let friends get friends hair buns...unless, of course, you're Billy String and Billy Failings.

[@oldsoundz]

Thanks Billy! Great set!

[@MrColdwatercanyon]

Billy Strings Band

[@rdmahurin]

Just to end up gone like everything else

[@harveymccluskey3270]

Sweet

[@rickschucker9697]

Come to Columbus Ohio billy , soon !!!!!🎸🪕🎸🪕🎸🪕🎸🪕🎸🪕🎸🪕🎸🪕🎸🪕

[@tucanoman]

Great show of course. Missing the close-ups on those flying fingers.

[@michaelmartin8496]

I know right😱

[@jeanmarie3169]

Nice bunz!

[@nicholasvesci1952]

100% straight flat picken!!!!

[@AndyKoch]

I used to think banjo man wanted you dead ... but clearly you have him under your spell. Double Leiaha buns,

[@sixstringcity3931]

I feel that when folks notice things ive also noticed I should acknowledge them and i concur with your assessment

[@mitchellgehrmann4225]

anybody lovin and playing bluegrass in australia

[@josephfazio7648]

🔥🇺🇲😎

[@nickranger8706]

princess leah rocks

[@ManningBuildings]

Dem hair dos though

[@BoiseG]

The double hair buns looks like Aunt Betty Strings and her best friend, Aunt Barb Failing on banjo. lol

[@jermeybull5681]

Metal head converted

[@danmurtagh7522]

NYHC diehard here,, converted too.

[@CorneiliusLibowitz]

Don't need to convert....he's already a Metal Head...

[@jermeybull5681]

Termoil and tinfoil for me as well

[@GardensGuitars]

The similarities between melodic speed metal and bluegrass are mind blowing. It's all so technical and mathematic and clean. Pretty much all I listen to at this point is speed metal and bluegrass and maybe some jazzy jam band stuff. All about those 32nd notes :P.

[@robertvonbriesen908]

What is all the smoke drifting across the stage? I understand the smoke from the audience; I was once a smoke-contributor myself.

[@soulneighbor]

The thick fog on stage is for the lighting. ... medium to catch the beams 🤘😆

[@esau0909]

I see my clouds lol

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

I get it was a hot day,and hair buns keep the head cool. Sometimes ya gotta sacrifice style over function.

[@amyd5467]

That hair...😄 Billy Failing reminds me more of Mickey Mouse than Princess Leia, tho.

[@joshdamsma]

Guy could battle Steve vai! :)

[@kingvideo-]

GREAT Pickin, but I'm not sure about the hair action going on there ! Let your hair down and let-er roll ---

[@skatetodeath666]

I like how they are making fun of man buns lol

[@cmajor6741]

B

[@agnome1176]

Any word on " A Late-night-network-TV" debut?

[@CorneiliusLibowitz]

I'd like to see them on Fallon. Why they haven't been on any of them is beyond me.... Or even better, debut on SNL...now THAT would be a hoot!

[@Daveinmaine]

@@CorneiliusLibowitz They were scheduled before all this crap happened

[@mickeymoore6771]

Look like Mickey mouse ears at McKees rock

[@jpz2jz]

Those double man buns look ridiculous!

[@tucanoman]

Further proof Billy hasn’t a speck of vanity. Check those high-water pants.

[@jpz2jz]

I do like his music and picking! Loose the man buns.

[@mikespry318]

Give the looks a break. Listen to the magic

[@jpz2jz]

Mike Spry I cant take anyone serious with a man bun!

[@andrewlynn6543]

I doubt he gives a shit if you like his hair or not

[@timalexwar]

the hair ruins it for me

[@andrewlynn6543]

Seriously? You are listening to virtuoso musicians and you're getting caught up on their hair? Physical appearance is standing in your way of enjoying this? How small minded are you? You're a joke dude.

[@timalexwar]

@@andrewlynn6543 I know, right? Strange but true! I refuse to talk with guys who sport the "man bun." I can barely find the wherewithall to type that phrase.

[@andrewlynn6543]

But why? Judging people on physical appearance is such an outdated mode of thinking. If you met him in heaven, would you refuse to talk to him bc he had a man bun?

[@timalexwar]

@@andrewlynn6543 i would probably ignore him... not let it bother me. I would be surprised they would let him into Heaven with a man-bun.

[@andrewlynn6543]

@@timalexwar why let it bother you now if that's the case?