Current Events > rate these three Billy Strings prints i got to decorate my house with

(+) Yeah! (+)

note they do not have "Sorry, Sold out!" on them

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1288/5941/products/bs_sst_7.16_sold_1800x1800.jpg?v=1595004479
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https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1288/5941/products/BS_SST_7.19-Sold_1800x1800.jpg?v=1595257891

5 more shows left on the Streaming Strings tour, so i may have five more by the end of the weekend!

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got another one last night!

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1288/5941/products/BS_SST_7.22_1800x1800.jpg?v=1595372610

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I have no clue who billy strings is

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skermac posted...

I have no clue who billy strings is

Neither do I, but these posters drive me to find out. So cool.

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skermac posted...

I have no clue who billy strings is

he's a RIP ROARIN' bluegrass musician. check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6CyQftidOw

dude is a flat pickin' MADMAN. skip to https://youtu.be/Y6CyQftidOw?t=128 if you wanna get right to the good stuff

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Just learned about billy strings as he had been set to play Bonnaroo this summer

I'm sure it would have been a killer set

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TheGoldenEel posted...

Just learned about billy strings as he had been set to play Bonnaroo this summer

I'm sure it would have been a killer set

i've seen him 11 times in person and i never get tired of it. every time he plays he blows me away. if you want any recs about where to start LMK.

he's doing a "Streaming Strings" tour right now, with shows tonight, friday, saturday and sunday. $10 / night.

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Is he a confederate?

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R1masher posted...

Is he a confederate?

not at all, he's good people. he's from a poor area of upper michigan.

what made you ask that?

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got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

he's a RIP ROARIN' bluegrass musician. check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6CyQftidOw

dude is a flat pickin' MADMAN. skip to https://youtu.be/Y6CyQftidOw?t=128 if you wanna get right to the good stuff

Lol dude has amazing guitar face

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Turtlebread posted...

got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie

my man!

TheGoldenEel posted...

Lol dude has amazing guitar face

totally. i love watching how his face almost mimics the sounds of his guitar. this video is a little subpar in quality but gives a good idea of the energy he brings to the stage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os80jIAdyNc

2:18 or so he starts his solo

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Who is he, a YouTube star?

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skermac posted...

Who is he, a YouTube star?

he's a legit musician. he's released one EP and two LPs and has been touring around the country since like 2015. he started rising in popularity mid-2018. i got on the bandwagon early 2019.

in 2019 he was named International Bluegrass Music Association's Guitar Player of the Year

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got another one last night. it'd be a lot cooler if the middle of the fan was a giant eyeball instead of a speaker.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1288/5941/products/BS_7.23_store_1800x1800.jpg?v=1595516316

i should stop, i already dont have room for the prints i already own so like four are just sitting on the floor. now i have 5 more coming

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

he's a RIP ROARIN' bluegrass musician. check this out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6CyQftidOw

dude is a flat pickin' MADMAN. skip to https://youtu.be/Y6CyQftidOw?t=128 if you wanna get right to the good stuff

Never heard of this dude before but that was great.

Wicked prints too.
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He's a great musician, he plays bluegrass. The first video you probably seen was the dust in a baggie one. I like Turmoil and Tinfoil https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmzS_Redh8

a-c-a-b posted...

Never heard of this dude before but that was great

if you want more, this entire show is real good

https://relisten.net/billy-strings/2020/01/17

trappedunderice posted...

I like Turmoil and Tinfoil https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fJmzS_Redh8

<3 T&T. i like it more than Meet me at the Creek, tbh

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We've crossed paths a few times, I did a poster for one of his shows in Nashville a couple years ago. It's kind of cool to see someone on CE know who he is, talented guy.

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My immediate thought was those posters belongs in the basement apartment of your grandmas house that she lets you stay in for free so long as you make sure she didnt slip and is dying on the ground twice a day. /10

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KILBOTz posted...

My immediate thought was those posters belongs in the basement apartment of your grandmas house that she lets you stay in for free so long as you make sure she didnt slip and is dying on the ground twice a day. /10

Lebronjameswhatgif. Who posted 19 they got me blocked.

KILBOTz posted...

My immediate thought was those posters belongs in the basement apartment of your grandmas house that she lets you stay in for free so long as you make sure she didnt slip and is dying on the ground twice a day. /10

Close your account joyless scourge

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MabusIncarnate posted...

We've crossed paths a few times, I did a poster for one of his shows in Nashville a couple years ago. It's kind of cool to see someone on CE know who he is, talented guy.

woah NO SHIT?! which one? his prints are almost always on point. does that mean you've actually met him? :D

KILBOTz posted...

My immediate thought was those posters belongs in the basement apartment of your grandmas house that she lets you stay in for free so long as you make sure she didnt slip and is dying on the ground twice a day. /10

i embrace my inner manchild

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Giant_Aspirin posted...

i embrace my inner manchild

Respect. I've got a pinball machine in my living room, im just a different kind of manchild.

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Huh. Those posters all read electronica to me, maybe psy-trance or retro stuff. Would have never guessed bluegrass in a million years. He's good though!

Edit: Jeez, Turmoil and Tinfoil is killer

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This board introduced me to Billy a while back. May even have been you, TC

I always forget how damn good bluegrass can be. Good stuff.

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Corrupt_Power posted...

Huh. Those posters all read electronica to me, maybe psy-trance or retro stuff. Would have never guessed bluegrass in a million years. He's good though!

Edit: Jeez, Turmoil and Tinfoil is killer

Lotta crossover between a certain subset of EDM kids and the jam scene that Billys heavily involved in

i wouldnt assume bluegrass from the posters but its not all that surprising either

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TheGoldenEel posted...

Lotta crossover between a certain subset of EDM kids and the jam scene that Billys heavily involved in

Really? Huh, I would never have guessed that either.

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I work for a very small record label/promotions company in Nashville, I primarily do digital media, advertising, and a lot of in-town music posters for local shows for up and coming artists. I don't want to specify exact posters I do, it would be very easy to do a few websearches and pinpoint who I am by who I work for as I am the only person on the team that works on this stuff. I don't want CE to have my name and where I work, respectfully.

I will say that I do most of my work in the spirit of Hatch Show Print, the classic 1950's and 1960's ink press style posters, but I do them digital and not from a press. A lot of times my work is translated to a press plate and ran off that way. If you have been on the main strip in Nashville, you have probably seen some of my work hanging up in town.

This is basically what my kind of posters look like

https://hatchshowprint.com/gallery/summer-2018/

I've interacted with him a couple times, once was through a phone call and the other was a quick meet with a handshake. I meet a lot of people here and there, but it's about always while they are more local musicians. A couple guys I worked with have gone on to the Voice and shows like that. Very few make it.

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Listening through one of his albums now. Kinda getting Tool vibes from some of it - one track especially (Spinning).

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Corrupt_Power posted...

Really? Huh, I would never have guessed that either.

Yeah for example take a look at this music festival lineup just announced today. Billy strings is on the top line and then the entire line below him is electronic music, with the lineup being all jambands or Dubstep/bass

if you really think about it it makes sensenot to be too pejorative as I do like jam, but for many people its just music to take drugs to. Dubstep has that same appeal



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Corrupt_Power posted...

Huh. Those posters all read electronica to me, maybe psy-trance or retro stuff. Would have never guessed bluegrass in a million years. He's good though!

Edit: Jeez, Turmoil and Tinfoil is killer

i can see that, especially in the first print. his stuff gets preeeetty psychedelic at times, well outside of normal 'bluegrass' boundaries. the other night they played a 23-minute "All Fall Down" that went waaaaaaaay out into space and back. t'was quite nice.

treewojima posted...

This board introduced me to Billy a while back. May even have been you, TC

i know i posted about him a few months ago, maybe longer. glad you like him! if you ever want recommendations or just wanna talk about him or 'grass HMU.

MabusIncarnate posted...

I don't want to specify exact posters I do, it would be very easy to do a few websearches and pinpoint who I am by who I work for as I am the only person on the team that works on this stuff. I don't want CE to have my name and where I work, respectfully.

understandable. that's still real cool!

Corrupt_Power posted...

Listening through one of his albums now. Kinda getting Tool vibes from some of it - one track especially (Spinning).

Spinning is weird. he's only done that live a couple of times. BS is one of those music artists that really shines when they play live. don't get me wrong, the studio cuts are great tracks, but they lack the energy and exploration / improv of the live versions. plus the live shows have a BUNCH of covers. lots of old, traditional bluegrass tunes but also random ones like "Atlantic City" (Springstien), "Wild Horses" (Rolling Stones), and "Believe" (Cher).

if you wanna hear what he really sounds like, or rather, why i and most of his fans really like him, listen to his shows. i posted a real, real good one above (post #18). or you can hop on here and browse.

https://relisten.net/billy-strings

TheGoldenEel posted...

Yeah for example take a look at this music festival lineup just announced today. Billy strings is on the top line and then the entire line below him is electronic music, with the lineup being all jambands or Dubstep/bass

hot damn, i might go to that. lol @ three six mafia tho

TheGoldenEel posted...

if you really think about it it makes sensenot to be too pejorative as I do like jam, but for many people its just music to take drugs to

you're not wrong. it's called "heady" music for a reason -- it sounds fucking cool when you're under the influence. that's definitely how the jam and electronic/trance scene overlap.

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Makes sense there, yeah.

Holy crap, the breakdown in Away From the Mire is fantastic.

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Corrupt_Power posted...

Holy crap, the breakdown in Away From the Mire is fantastic.

yeah that's one they like to explore with. "Home" is another one, the title track of their 2nd LP. from the first LP (T&T) the big jam songs are "Meet Me at the Creek" and "Turmoil & Tinfoil". i saw a MMatC in Cambridge, MA that was like 23 minutes long.

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One of our techs at work has an old RV that's decked out with stickers on the back. Some nu-metal bands, lots of Grateful Dead iconography, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a Greensky sticker mixed in among the bunch

treewojima posted...

One of our techs at work has an old RV that's decked out with stickers on the back. Some nu-metal bands, lots of Grateful Dead iconography, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a Greensky sticker mixed in among the bunch

It took me embarrassingly long to get the joke behind greenskys name

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the poster for tonight is crazy cool and i bought it but its probably not gonna live on the first floor of my house. my inner manchild can only push me so far

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1288/5941/products/BS_SST_7.24_1800x1800.jpg?v=1595598080

treewojima posted...

One of our techs at work has an old RV that's decked out with stickers on the back. Some nu-metal bands, lots of Grateful Dead iconography, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a Greensky sticker mixed in among the bunch

i got into the whole bluegrass / prog bluegrass / jamgrass / etc. scene because of the Grateful Dead. i've been a big Deadhead for a long time and Jerry Garcia's solo career ventured off into that space, since he was originally a banjo player. it led me down a rabbit hole where i eventually found a whole crap ton of music to fill my ears with.

the Grateful Dead took their rock n roll / country roots, threw in a bunch of eclectic covers and doused them in psychedelia and it's exactly why i love them so much. Billy Strings is doing the same thing, but his roots are bluegrass /super old country /americana / etc

the show the band streamed tonight was really fucking good. it's not just me saying that, i'm seeing a number of people gushing right now over on the BS subreddit. a guy named John Mailander (fiddle) joined for the whole show and was the perfect 5th wheel for the band's mix of bluegrass and psychedelia. he is joining for saturday's show too!

if any of you guys have any interest in what he's doing and really wanna see what the fuss is about, tune in saturday (07/25) at 8:00 PM EST. it's $10, but if you remotely dig what you've heard so far i almost guarantee you'll have a real fun ~2+ hours. i dont wanna get hit for advertising or anything, but if you search for 'streaming strings' you should be able to find what you need. they're gonna do their album "Home" for the second set. it's gonna be real fun.

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Seen an interview he was wearing a Cryptopsy None So Vile shirt, one of the best technical death metal albums out there which was cool. Very diverse and talented guy.

trappedunderice posted...

Seen an interview he was wearing a Cryptopsy None So Vile shirt, one of the best technical death metal albums out there which was cool. Very diverse and talented guy.

i've seen him sport a t-shirt for (and talk about) Primus. i've seen him do a cover of Paranoid by Sabbath. i've heard him tease Schism by Tool. he was raised on bluegrass/etc and that's how he learned to play guitar. when he was a teenager he quit that scene and joined a metal band, which he says taught him how to perform.

he got a new pickup and started using it this tour and it adds this awesome distortion/overdrive sound to his guitar which he just tears into smack in the middle of a bluegrass jam and it totally works.

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Guitar Peace sounds like it's straight off of a Tool album
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Corrupt_Power posted...

Guitar Peace sounds like it's straight off of a Tool album

the story behind that one is cool. apparently he had a riff in his head, sat down and just started playing off it and recorded it.

Guitar Peace started with this guitar riff in my head. One of the days we were at the studio, everybody took a break for lunch or dinner except me and our producer, Glenn. I said to him: I want to try this weird thing. Glenn has a harmonium, so we grabbed that and set up a couple of mics, and I grabbed this old, early-1940s Martin 000-28. It was a beautiful old guitar that was at Blackbird Studio.

I had this little guitar riff already in my head but, the night before, I had watched this George Harrison movie with my girlfriend, and they were talking about Ravi Shankar a lot in that film. And, for some reason, I wanted to play my guitar without knowing what I was going to play. I wanted to make something up on the spot and feel itnot have any script, not have any plan. So I turned on the microphone, had Glenn put down a drone with the harmonium and played over it. I was trying to play from my soul.

https://relix.com/articles/detail/track-by-track-billy-strings-home/

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