Billy Strings - "Dust In A Baggie" | Live at the Opry | Opry

Billy Strings performs his song "Dust In A Baggie," live on the Opry on the night of his Grand Ole Opry Debut. © ℗ 2019 Grand Ole Opry, LLC
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[@norfolknwhey4787]

I’ve been an avid guitar player for 22 years, performing for many of them… Billy has inspired me to pursue a career in cooking.

[@tomerlevin21]

😂

[@hankporcher7948]

🤣

[@OpinionatedPeach]

Or writing. That was brilliant.

[@jessechristian8665]

My brother has been playing off and on for over 40 years and he'll never come close to 10% as good as Billy. Some people have it and some people don't. William Apostol has a God given talent along with being surrounded by a musical family. I wish he'd come somewhere within a hundred miles of here, by golly I'd be there. We're entertainment starved out here in "The Land Between Two Rivers."

[@pfft7738]

Lmfao

[@FailureSince1989]

Wow, in the last 10 minutes I've watched this guy go from playing on a couch at a party to playing live at the Opry. Amazing. Dreams do come true!

[@joelonsdale]

I watched it the other way round and wondered how someone's career could go so badly wrong.

[@ArizonaAkinTv]

Joe Lonsdale underrated comment

[@patrickisirish]

I just did the same thing. Honestly I like the couch version much better ! Not a knock on this one, its great. He just wails on guitar and its showcased in the couch video better

[@bryanbatton01]

And so fast

[@darrenstettner5381]

It’s way better when it’s just him in his nerd outfit.

[@onemanswrld405]

I'm a 22 million year old caveman and I haven't heard picking this good since the aliens brought the first octopus to Earth

[@kvltizt]

bluegrass and country are best when it’s about running from the cops, doing drugs and generally being a reprobate lol

[@AmberMichelleAmber]

💯

[@drealboy_]

Who else came from the house party vid?

[@randalltufts3321]

The boys good

[@anonnymous9586]

It was recommended after I seen it and I said why not

[@fluidroot]

Woke up after a night of sin on the old dust mysel'. Saw the house party vid... got on it again. WOOOOOHWEEEEE!!!!

[@fluidroot]

Zach nason ... the one and only

[@nickmarble7226]

Me lol

[@michaelmarcos6927]

I love when he does guitar solos. It looks like he doesn't know what his fingers are gonna do and he's pleasantly surprised at the results

[@scottdenney6475]

I think that you are dead on, lol

[@davidcooke8005]

Speaking as a guitar player, you are mostly correct. I'm not in Billy's league, but when I'm tearing it up I just kind of aim in a direction and let my fingers decide exactly where to go. Sometimes I am indeed surprised. I imagine at Billy's skill the surprise is even better.

[@jtswatsup]

Flow state. Look it up.

[@michaelmarcos6927]

jtswatsup I just looked it up. That's pretty cool, I've never heard that term before. I didn't think being "in the zone" was a legitimate mental state. At least not to that degree.

[@user-rr5ex7lo6b]

@@jtswatsup yes haha! Or tash sultana!

[@bentnosewp]

I’m a 900yr old Druid mage who normally only listens to Mongolian throat singing and Burl Ives but I love this!

[@joshua_wherley]

"Mongolian throat singing and Burl Ives" 😂

[@craenor]

Look, I don't care which of the elder gods you follow, A Little Bitty Tear is just a damned fine Burl Ives song.

[@NiqHowie]

I just choked on my cracker reading this! Hahaha

[@BigShot69]

You every get 20 years for some dust in a baggie?

[@ShivaOO7]

"druid mage" lol

[@noelhalwick1568]

I'm not a musician or from the south, but I'm a 30yr drug addict from nyc and I love it too

[@grantvanravensway7024]

Billy looks like the dude smoking the unlit cigarette on the couch version 😂😂😂

[@jontee3437]

Plot twist: the guy with the unlit cig is the guy playing the banjo lol

[@T25de]

That dude was hitting that unlit smoke hard and often! 😂

[@grantvanravensway7024]

T 25 lmao yeah he was 😂😂😂

[@grantvanravensway7024]

Jon Turn 😯 you could be on to something

[@T25de]

Good times tho, being lit to the point you’re puffing on an unlit stick for 5 mi utes

[@TheAwGooner]

“Rap talks about drugs too much” Bluegrass: “hold my crack pipe”

[@josevelasco8689]

Meth pipe.

[@dillonvice9859]

They're called a bubble

[@josevelasco8689]

@@dillonvice9859 where im from in South California we call it a pookie

[@mcdonaldkids5285]

Da Gooner 😂😂😂

[@jeepmanxj]

Nothing more country than meth.

[@kieranclarke2688]

I'm an elf breeding elder shepherd from the flatpick highlands east of the lost peninsula on the Mongolian peaks. Since the great god named 'Bluegrass' appeared to my people, billy strings appeared under moonlight and gifted us dust in a baggie which has miraculously saved our people from falling into dissension and chaos. We now use herbs in our soup for healing properties and have since learned the way of the cd player so as bluegrass can communicate with us on a personal level. Peace

[@Nathanaelelliott]

I knew it.

[@yantomanuel6919]

if angus young ever needs someone to play him in a film....here he is.

[@samclark3651]

I want someone to look at me like the way Billy watches his band play solos!

[@nathankennedy4263]

So where’s the barefoot smoking dude in shorts?

[@deecotton5435]

Legend has it he is still standing there in that weird room.

[@nathankennedy4263]

dee cotton also legend has it he still looking for a light to that cigarette

[@user-rr5ex7lo6b]

He's either glitched out the game or on a quest with someone.

[@thxman1968]

He a roadie

[@mikeschulik8822]

Nathan Kennedy hes carpeting a wall somewhere.

[@cheifcreekturtle]

I’m a 7,864 year old nerf herder from Alderaan, and I usually only listen to tattooine Cantina music, but this guy has changed my whole perspective, and my life. 😅

[@aarongasparini607]

I don't even like Star Wars, but this made me laugh

[@Fifield1990]

You stole this idea for a comment. Pitiful.

[@TheCreativemammal]

I'm a disembodied concept of the self and I don't normally use sensory perception to engage with the physical universe ... but this ditty really cooks!

[@lsuwreckinshop6782]

The edgiest thing ever played at the Opry in 100 years

[@carljuniorjams304]

LSU Wreckin Shop Hank 3

[@wuzzum]

@paperscratcher Yeah, plus it's not that inappropriate really - it's not exactly glorifying drug use - just the opposite.

[@patfal1514]

Exactly what I thought although when you think back theres been some truth all along in country music thats one of the things that make it great

[@eddiejansen3771]

Meh, you should look up the stuff Monroe, Flatts, and Scruggs played

[@johngriff914]

Sturgill Simpson player “Turtles All The Wat Down” there too. It just bashes religion and says drugs helped him see the world in a better way

[@alligatormonday6365]

I like when he's checking out his bandmates during their solos. Dude is vibing so hard.

[@paulsuggs]

It's a selfless act of respect and proper stage etiquette

[@jacksonhaymore7615]

It’s great. He does it in every live performance I’ve seen on here. The dude just loves music and can shred a guitar

[@jimolson8810]

It helps that his band mates are world class.

[@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606]

(It’s the methamphetamine)

[@GerstBladeworks]

The banjo player and mandolinist are awesome . Not to take away form the bassist but man they were shredding

[@i.l6916]

Waylon,haggard,cash, and Williams would be proud of this guy

[@njfrog26]

I swear I get the same reaction that ol' blind man did the first time he heard the soggy bottom boys in Brother where are thou every time I hear this youg man!! Good times

[@johntucci8826]

He should bring the unlit smoke kid with him on tour as a stage prop

[@rocdarjargm]

hahahahahaha

[@mikem4548]

lol 😂 ikr lol

[@billybrownlee8978]

He’s the banjo player actually so it kinda came true

[@mattproffitt3914]

It took that kid 4 minutes to light a cig

[@TheLaundryMat]

Lol! He can do that knee slap 😂

[@daved3719]

He’s the bob marley of this generation. Hear me out. Nobody dislikes him.

[@DavidMizeMusic]

Just, musically, the best thing in the world.

[@TameTom]

Imagine working so hard and achieving so much just to know you letting it rip on a couch was the best version

[@leefritz396]

Hey look it's actual country music

[@nokomisnichols]

Man this rocks. And I’m a metal dude and this is badass.

[@TheWorstWolf]

I was watching an interview with him, and he's also a metal dude lol. He said he was in a metal band in highschool

[@nokomisnichols]

@@TheWorstWolf yeah i saw that interview i think. yep im a 50 year old metal guy.

[@nokomisnichols]

@JediFlavored Soap your right. i appreciate all great musicians. god bless my friend.

[@powertothepeople3820]

Same here! I'm a metal/punk rock kind of guy and I've jammed thia song like 10 times today lol it's bringing country back to it's bluegrass Root's and I can enjoy it.

[@nokomisnichols]

@@powertothepeople3820 yes siry

[@stephenalanestes]

Billie Strings is so unbelievable! We haven't had a bluegrass artist as talented as him in a VERY long time. I can't get enough of this.

[@CorneiliusLibowitz]

Molly Tuttle and the rest of her current band.... These two bands are the best things going right now, hands down.

[@NiqHowie]

I wish aj lee and Billie would do a song together!

[@mattfountaine1389]

@@NiqHowie AMEN!!!

[@baitball4665]

Jeff Austin was up there for me.

[@joecleveland20]

Billy

[@GrandpaRust]

This song is Our Generations Folsom Prison Blues

[@el34glo59]

Idk about all that, but his playing is unbelievable as always

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

@@el34glo59 its not hard on speed. Hes just playing normal speed, we're just slow in comparison lmao

[@jonathansnowden439]

im a metalhead too bro. but i love bluegrass

[@mollers92]

No offence, but this will hardly have the cultural impact of that...

[@AdolfTrumpler]

Kozlovsky91 You’d honestly be surprised how big of a population in America does meth.

[@boomboomgaming04]

And the most underrated of them all, the mandolin player

[@JV-df9em]

He’s phenomenal! It’s not easy navigating that micro fret board lol.

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

​@@JV-df9emI was thinking that same thing that microphone plus he's rocking out doing it

[@barrysmith916]

I'm a cargo pilot from Talos 3 in the Lasan Galaxy, usually listen to static from the navacomputer, but this is smoking good music.

[@TheGman858]

One of the coolest songs about meth I've ever heard Tweekers still suck tho

[@jysmtl]

He can play!

[@DL-cb8bh]

Ian Noe - Methhead

[@mdondie]

I think it's about the shake in the bottom of a bag of weed. 20 years would be a lot for that.

[@mbsnyderc]

It's about a friend of his and yes It was meth and he was already in trouble or it wouldn't be 20 years.

[@funguscake]

Some are actually pretty nice....

[@jtswatsup]

He sounded even better on the couch at the party at 3am

[@FrequencyOfThought]

yup it's the best recording of it ever. It's just got that in the moment vibrancy.

[@rickyshalf9636]

I know why it had to be one of those mornings he's singing about

[@lars-erikullsgard3320]

No he didnt

[@Travelin_Man]

Always does

[@lil4skin867]

@@lars-erikullsgard3320 It had a perfect sound and atmosphere to it. You could almost picture it in a movie

[@pc7339]

I have played the guitar for many years for fun. I am slightly more familiar with the instrument than the average person. That being said, I dont think a non-guitarist can fully appreciate just how good Billy Strings is. He is a once in a generation musical phenomenon.

[@zivkovicable]

As a musician who plays another instrument but has played with many good to great guitarists... I fully appreciate what it takes to do what he does. He's also writes great songs, has got star quality, and that pays the bills sooner than great playing. .

[@crocodilegrundee4514]

I have played guitar and bass as a hobby for over 40 years. I have been trying to get non musicians to understand just how difficult the flat picking is that he does on this solo, especially at that speed. It’s almost impossible to explain to them, but they are still pretty amazed at how good he is. I wish they really understood how difficult that is, but Billy still makes it look easy.

[@s4mcote]

That solo blows me away no matter how many times I watch it, absolutely disgusting playing.

[@jharsch3453]

This is surprisingly fresh for the Opry! Americana can survive and thrive if it's recognized

[@jacobhartman7445]

This is not Americana. This is more bluegrass backwoods gospel style. At no point should this ever be deemed Americana.

[@jharsch3453]

@@jacobhartman7445 Look up what Americana is. It's just a catchall phrase for American roots music. That means anything that been changed from it's original form into something uniquely American: blues, country, southern gospel, whatever. The Opry is not a Country venue, nor a Bluegrass venue, it's a red-blooded Americana venue.

[@davidpfeifer9489]

jacob hartman Definitely Americana

[@ragereynolds4374]

@@jacobhartman7445 Nope. Just bluegrass

[@JeremiahSmith-gb3mu]

Quit with the Americana term. We all know it's just bullshit. Americana is a blanket term used to define something you can't put into a specific genre and defining genres are bullshit to begin with.

[@theaccursedj.e.2723]

Hat's off to Jarrod Walker shredding on the mandolin.

[@andypair1571]

You know it's skill when the video is first recorded in another guys living room, while you're homeless and train hopping and then winds up on the grand ole opry.

[@mikewoodson6930]

Billy won the “GRAMMY” this year! Congratulations! Well deserved.

[@Hans-du6rl]

Rappers & Crack Late 80's early 90's = Black People = Bad Bluegrass & Meth Now = White People = Grammy

[@reecesmith8970]

On that solo.... that there is a proper guitarist face haha it was in his soul

[@Sparkster185]

Billy makes THE BEST guitar faces, I love it!

[@user-rr5ex7lo6b]

Tash sultana!

[@soulwrench8017]

Amen!!

[@krankenheim13]

What soul? Pretty sure he sold it to that man at the crossroads.

[@thepapermakery]

You look like murkah durkah

[@StealthMister101]

He slowly transformed into green shirt over the years

[@AppalachianScribble]

Sounds like Billy won that devil’s fiddle made of gold ..... - BIG LOVE FROM KENTUCKY 💕

[@AppalachianScribble]

@Billy Strings official yes ! Sounds awesome .... Youre kind of an inspiration... I’ve done some Billy string artwork even too if ya wanted to check it out on my Pinterest 😊- Hanna Wright of Keavy, Kentucky !

[@Merouanii]

it doesnt matter what your taste in music is, if you dont want to dance to this song your dead inside.

[@koofdome]

I don't think people know the art and skill that goes into this style of music. These dudes are unbelievable

[@hellomoney333]

Yes we do, We're literally witnessing it. Stop underestimating peoples ability you ninnie.

[@yvonnegivens2941]

​@@hellomoney333lol

[@PULAG]

It's probably child's play to them though lol

[@bunk-bn9eo]

I would love to see him jam out with Allison Krause.

[@godisgreatjesusislord2278]

Billy strings is way better than any country singer nowadays better voice better guitar player hands down!

[@tomscyclerecycling8242]

I totally agree. Pop country doesn't hold a candle to Billy!

[@chetgray5697]

Idk, Sturgill Simpson might have something to say about this lol

[@PeterPumpkinEater69-du4iw]

Jason Isbell too…if he’s country

[@user-oc3gi2pv1e]

Заслуживает особенного внимания! До кишек пробирает!))

[@mattbowden1981]

I came here from an argument on Reddit about Anthony Oliver - Rich Men North of Richmond. Dude was claiming Billy Strings does it better and sent me this link. Not even close to the same emotional impact, but this is pretty fire. Really killer guitar playing.

[@ironmyno]

I am a 46 year old suburban dad of Sicilian decent and this stuff just lights me up!! Spontaneous combustion of the soul..this is soooooooo coooooool!!

[@gimmedataids]

Bluegrass rules

[@mikeledeger6546]

Lol....right on man!!!

[@zookr]

Now - watch "Rocky Top" being played @ the Grand Ol' Opry

[@bustedugly321]

“My power has doubled since we last met”

[@martyfrost6824]

Im a fan...brought me back to blue grass...me and my grandpa memories....thanks

[@christianneal7974]

I forgot how lit bluegrass music was lmao I'm a Lyft driver and someone left a Billy Strings beer coozy in my car with a dope design on it. I've been drinking my can drinks from it and I was thought "HOLD MUH BEER! Let me Google Billy Strings and see who I'm reppin" and was led here! I'm happy to say I'm keeping my coozy

[@bannedtwice7767]

This is a million times better than anything Nashville has put put in a while. People think Florida Georgia Line is country these days....

[@southerntrendkiller2632]

Modern country is nothing but city boys singing songs other people wrote about who’s gonna be the bottom tonight.

[@davidmcclelland6148]

Every musician in his band is outstanding

[@ysph]

you basically have to be outstanding to play a banjo, right? lol

[@user-jp8di1kk6w]

Aliens exist, and thank God they're Billy.

[@bryanstasko]

This kid can play.

[@rdickinsondickinson]

This is American music,Period.

[@Sam-et3ve]

what is the blues then?

[@minutesagoedited9761]

the dust or the reality

[@mbsnyderc]

@@Sam-et3ve Bluegrass was inspired buy the blues it was Bill Monroe's take on the music of a local blue player where he grew up.it took me awhile to hear it myself different keys same chord progression still pentatonic scale

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@mbsnyderc partly that and partly the music from Ireland,Scotland, and England that the settlers brought with them. Bill Munroe has discussed it many a time.

[@jysmtl]

Bluegrass came from old time mountain (Appalachian) music which came from Ireland and Scotland. Almost all of the early bluegrass songs were a Monroe spin on mountain ballads that if you look you can find earlier Irish/Scottish versions of the lyrics and melodies.

[@darrenflanagan7002]

not sure who the sound engineer team is but this may be the best sound of a live band I have ever heard. Every voice, solo and instrument is perfect! great work !! I must have listened to this 100 times the past month.

[@cpt8424]

Your hearing musical skill not well engineered sound numbnuts

[@Wayzor_]

Very true. You should also check out the Tiny Desk concerts from NPR. Their sound engineer is amazing also.

[@lowellcalavera6045]

😂

[@noelhalwick1568]

Duh ITS THE GRAND OLE OPRY

[@darrenflanagan7002]

@@noelhalwick1568 Cheers Noel! Have a great weekend

[@zachhoague2307]

When people ask what music I like I direct them here

[@Thor57644]

The Stevie Ray Vaughn of country.

[@scleogrl82]

He won a Grammy 😏

[@dlagrua]

You are now listening to four of the finest bluegrass/newgrass musicians in the business. Its great that they are finally getting the recognition that they deserve. He's now playing to sold out audiences. Billy smartly assembled a strong group of musicians to support his innovative playing and like himself they are all top notch.

[@jaywesley2986]

His voice is literally what real country bluegrass is about. I wish my grandma Jane was alive to hear this

[@johnnyshock6411]

We need more music where the lead hollers "Jeb, walk it" and Jeb just goes absolutely insane on the banjo

[@bob_._.]

The banjo player's name is Billy Failing though. What you heard was him handing off to the mandolin player, Jerrod Walker.

[@MrMarkpark]

I’m not even a bluegrass fan but that was amazing. He plays faster than my eyes can see it.

[@huntermccorkle2225]

Hippies and bluegrass the best combo

[@chromemox3319]

No hippies ruin everything they touch. Hicks and bluegrass are the best combo.

[@natthanakins9178]

@@chromemox3319 he is most certainly a hippie

[@Ranchgrease]

Jared Paulin Ok, Cartman. Calm down

[@thomashartmann1045]

@@natthanakins9178 dudes a metal head

[@brotherdio4401]

Hippies don't smoke crystal meth..meth heads do. This clown aint no hippy

[@ThomLessard]

This isn't my style of music....but I can't stop watching.

[@mbsnyderc]

Maybe it is your style you just didn't know it.

[@powertothepeople3820]

Same here lol i usually listen to punk/metal and folk Punk but this song jams because it's bringing country back to it's bluegrass Root's and the lyrics are so true lol

[@ThomLessard]

@@mbsnyderc You may be on to something.

[@AslanW]

Same here, but talent is talent, and Billy Strings has overwhelming amounts of it. I'm mesmerized by it.

[@worldcitizen9202]

i am glad billy did not get 20 long years for some dust in a baggie. He is amazing ....

[@JuniorTGeniuss]

Imagine, finally making it to the Grand Ol Opry and singing about cocaine…haha. I love this!

[@tommyhayes9852]

I DON'T CARE WHAT RACE U R THIS SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN IS MIND BLOWING FANTASTIC

[@austingoleman9431]

Seen this solo on the couch never dreamed would hear this at the opry not the new skinny jeans country they push

[@wesmanshaw]

It's a fine time to be alive!

[@italianstalian331]

Wtf does jeans have to do with anything lol

[@BK-uy9nj]

Elvis wore skinny jeans in the 50’s

[@LazyIRanch]

I despise most of the "new" country, has no soul like this! I'd not heard of Billy before today. I'm thrilled! Now I want to hear everything he's recorded. My Mama's people were Okies and Appalachian hillfolk who weren't trained musicians, but bluegrass music was in their DNA. As a child, I loved our family reunions at a state park where we rented out all the cabins for one weekend every year. In the evenings, the guitars, banjos, and mandolins came out and they all sang those beautiful old "murder ballads" in gorgeous harmonies. Those who weren't great singers sang comedic songs; the evening wasn't done until Aunt DoDo sang "The Burglar Man". They have all passed now, but my siblings and cousins are mostly musicians. Sadly, we don't get together anymore. I love to sing, but I'm not good at it, so I'm the one who sings the silly songs now. In case anyone's curious, here's a version of the "burglar" song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2SpfYmdoNFsY9U

[@powertothepeople3820]

Because wrangler's are not skinny jeans LMFAO and original bluegrass players didn't wear dingy beat up hand me downs that was small LMFAO

[@travissalter4087]

2:09 - 2:36 🤯🤯🤯. Good JESUS !!! Makes it more impressive that he straight picks everything 98% of the time instead of hammer ons and pull offs !!! this performance is awesome!!!

[@deanmasini9768]

He makes me want to cry... I'm not sure why, but it feels good.

[@irishbear76]

That moment you’ve been playing guitar for over 30 years and you see a guy who isn’t even 30 years old give you a clinic. Humbling.

[@rdjones97439]

I like the solo version on the couch ...but this is pretty cool since it's at the Opry!

[@socaloutdoors7355]

That was 2012...

[@gregorymountain4123]

It's much better

[@StudioDaVeed]

On the couch he played all the stringed instruments...

[@lifeisfairitkillseveryone536]

I even liked the contrast of his clean cut look on the couch and he is singing about drugs.

[@simoncenteno2755]

Naw this dude goes off on that couch...

[@bodeghost]

I tell ya... The Grand Ole Opry's team of audio engineers are incredible. Every instrument mic'ed & mixed to such "powerful- perfection," each pocketed so nicely & those vocals... Dang..., cutting through so crisp & clear for us all to enjoy! Oh, that ensemble of magnificent young musicians? Well, they're pretty great too. Shout out to, Mr. Billy Strings for showing us in every performance, the gargantuan amount of respect he has for his fellow musicians & just how much he sincerely loves what it is he's doing for a livin' ! Love & Light To Y'all out there in KZbin Land and Beyond! 😉 🍀 💜 🎶 👻 🐾 🤗 🎸

[@vaughn6820]

I am a pro audio engineer and I'm here to tell you that when you mix for musicians of that magnitude our job is incredibly easy...

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

Amen brother that sounds amazing this mixture mix is just so perfect each instrument obviously as well

[@is-ness]

I’m 55. Just thought I’d share that.

[@brandonm6159]

Could you imagine being Dustin Lynch or another joke the Opry has made members lately, hearing this, and having to go on stage after these guys? I would run.

[@JB88-]

Boy, that's some mighty fine pickin and singin!!

[@ryanwiser2225]

@@iamjakt I don't mean to be tellin tales outta school but that fella in there will be ya 10 dollars to sing into his can!

[@mikemixon3150]

I love all the Irish Celtic music fans in the comments talking about digging this bluegrass!

[@jonkent928]

I see Billy has completed the green shirt guys quest. Well done sir.

[@erikmorrison5460]

He was also great in Home Alone

[@thatguyfromwisconsin1847]

Lol

[@jamesegner3389]

The Pizza Underground band also.

[@thatguyfromwisconsin1847]

@@jamesegner3389 gotta be aware about lactose intolerance. 😉🤷‍♂️

[@countryboy450]

Haha that's funny

[@drealboy_]

Keep the change, ya filthy animal!

[@GordonForeman308]

God, I'd never think a song about drugs would get me pumpin' like this.

[@user-uf9sl2qq4l]

You've clearly never done drugs. Youd be pumped then too.

[@kpozell]

GordonForeman308 if you think the song has you pumped try the dust that’s in the bagy

[@drewpenn7440]

For some reason this reminded me of the Howard Morrison Quartet...a good 15 years ago when I was only 6 or 7 I watched a video of them performing and somehow this has brought up that memory for the first time since

[@jiveturkeyjames]

I was here, such a night.

[@robertharden4092]

I can not match his God awful speed I just can’t do it I’ve been playing for over fifty years and I just can’t touch it .wow amazing

[@jimjones8268]

Just think 5 years ago I saw them do a fund drive to save the roof on an old theater in Sault Ste Marie Mi. There were only about 100 people who showed up.. Thank You Billy Strings .

[@Sundayhandwound]

Jim Jones heck yeah! Yooper relief fund!

[@mandrew20111]

I seen him at coyote crossing here in Michigan myself probably 4 years ago. 🤙🏼

[@desideriumincarmen]

I saw him several times when he was touring with Don Julin, including one show at the Madison Theater where it was just in the lobby, fewer than 40 people there and it was a free show... even my friend that typically isn’t into bluegrass bought so CD that night. Billy is the real deal.

[@bassmassterchamp3]

Jim Jones my whole side of my dads family lives there! It was an awesome thing I was there!

[@mr.mckinnon5680]

@@carlchiveral3294 ... me too. They put another mom in Lansing. And now we have a small communist country. That refuses to keep up economically with the rest of the country. F*** this place.

[@gerardobravoG_Man_Up]

I can't believe he is playing this at the Grand Ole Opry 🤣😂🤙🏻 what a tune though. This life of sin 💚

[@michaelmize9681]

I wish the video didn’t cut off so quickly so I could hear the crowd go bonkers.

[@atticusfinch4687]

Singing about smoking Meth on the Grand Ol Opry!

[@powertothepeople3820]

Right? LMFAO

[@rpeace05ify]

I mean they haven't had guys singing about shooting a man just to watch him die or slinging shine for 50 years

[@braapbraaap5281]

This song is the modern Folsom Prison Blues.

[@eddiehanley1249]

Awesome hahahha 😭

[@streetrat48]

Way better than the washed up snap track beats talking about cold beer, dirt roads, and loving a woman right. This boy has more country in him than 90% of modern Nashville.

[@zerumsum1640]

Gotta love that face he makes right near the end of his solo. Billy's face goes from "How in god's name am i going to resolve this" to "Ah there, did it"

[@DanGross_MusicJournalism]

The Billy solo was perfect for the moment, man.

[@redoberon]

Legend status: Achieved

[@dogman8356]

Best thing I've heard in a while. Dude's an old soul.

[@henrythebasset8749]

@Billy Strings Hey, Billy! We saw you in Oshkosh last Saturday night. My wife and I are almost seventy years old and have had the pleasure to see almost every big name rock band out there. We want you to know that you blew us away with your show. We can't remember a better concert. You have two new diehard fans!! We are spreading the word about you and your excellent band mates. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Fans for life ✌️❤️

[@coolcatmcfat7658]

I dont like this kind of music, dont like country music at all, but I can recognize the insane amount of talent this group has. Wow.

[@wesleythompson7499]

You are awesome lol

[@barrysmith916]

Wow. Just wow. Talented pickers , old school vibe. Thank you. Just wow.

[@marlinstrike]

Dude full blown genius

[@benhudson9226]

Billy Strings is the Stevie Ray Vaughan of Bluegrass.

[@22mike88]

Sounds a lot like Travis Tritt, too.

[@adamr9215]

Dean Smith Not really. He is good, and getting better. Let’s see if he can catch up with old Norman Blake.

[@SilvioManfredDante85]

Oh, please! He is not, nor will he ever be even half as good or half as important to music as SRV.

[@adamr9215]

SilvioManfredDante85 How is that? It’s a completely different type of music? And, you are also 100% wrong. He sang a song about drugs at the Opry, and they only recently started allowing that. He is part of a movement that is mixing old and new musical styles. Actually changing the music that is being recorded. SRV on the other hand was an incredible guitarist, he wasn’t about changing the whole scene. Also, Stevie like many other rock and roll guitarists, admitted numerous times that he couldn’t play country guitar. Both old school flat picking and finger picking were above his talent. I am a huge SRV fan, but I’m not an idiot who thinks that one type of music is everything. And although he was very good at what he did, there were reasons he didn’t play other types of music. He picked the one where he could excel. If he had not died young, who knows what he could have done. But we will never know now.

[@joshg2350]

Adam R “he wasn’t about changing the whole scene.” That statement is 100% wrong. SRV single handily brought back the blues in the heyday of 80’s hair band rock. However, I agree Billy Strings is amazing.

[@uriahedwards]

This is what played if Breaking Bad took place in Kentucky

[@starblazer5178]

Kentuckian here. Born and raised.

[@stephaniecrabtree2679]

I'm just a simple little county girl that loved that pickin boys

[@HoldingStudios]

If you ever have a chance to see this dude perform live TAKE IT! Saw him in Boston, one of the best shows I’ve seen in years. Go Billy!!!

[@poolrick]

This talented band has renewed my faith in the direction of country music. AWESOME!

[@Tonetwisters]

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[@jesuschrist4321]

this is bluegrass good sir

[@poolrick]

@@jesuschrist4321 I understand it's bluegrass, I've been a fan for years. However, Billy Strings is the best new addition to bluegrass in many years. He has heart, soul, chops and a voice. He has the total package. IMHO

[@ronaldpetrin5823]

That's why they call it bluegrass. Can't argue with...

[@ragereynolds4374]

Underground country is great. And all bluegrass is good. At least to me