I thank god every day for talent like this, real musicians. When i turn on the radio every morning i loose faith in music, but then people like Billy comes along and remind me real music isn't dead
I'm a stubborn person. I really only care to have like 5 friends and 1 band that I actually want to invest time and $ money into. This makes me want to up my band investment to 2.
Only Billy Stings can cover the Allman Brothers Band so well, Billy celebrates and honors the artist who came before him within his music covers. Thanks to Matt Harrison for including this one.
As I watch Billy Strings perform in several venues , I can’t help but think of Ry Cooder. They both began playing guitar when very very young under different circumstances. Ry lost an eye in an accident, and when a family friend visited he laid a guitar on Ry’s chest and started playing something. Ry later said that he didn’t know what he thought but that he knew what he felt. Billy Strings (a nick name) was taught guitar at a very young age by his stepfather. I think that both men were between 3 and 4 during this initiation to music. What I see in both of them despite the generations of age differences that both seem to be possessed by the music . I noticed in this performance that Billy actually replicated some of the rocking back and forth that Ry exhibited , just not to that extreme as Ry. Ry got it under control as he aged but not completely. Then there is what happens with their eyes. Very different indeed ; but nevertheless , I don’t think I could be faked for drama. If you watch enough of Billy Strings from youth to adult , he seems to be taken over or possessed by the music that is within him. You have to watch him to see what happens.
Thats cool how bluegrass influenced him so much ..youd think billy was straight from appalachia the way his music sounds ...but hes A1 with us here in appalachia 👍..
This mother Fkr can play a guitar gives me cold chills just watching him get into it, best guitar player of my time so glad to have ran across this video 💯💜🤟