Billy Strings

The sales went well beyond expectations. They pretty much sold the entire run on his website and the other retailers have to wait for another run off the press. Turmoil and tinfoil is on vinyl and well worth owning if you can find a copy.

 

fender, I think it’s a custom shop

 

Billy Strings Talks His Brand of Bluegrass, New Album ‘Home’

 

I'll have it if he doesn't want it...

 

Looks like fun, I’d bet a paycheck it’s a strat neck on a hollow body.

 

I have had the new album a few days but only listened to a few tracks here and there. I gave it a more thorough listen today and really really like it.

 

I'll be on the lookout for a used T & T at the Record Show next week. But odds are some seller will have it way overpriced and then they'll do another pressing given the popularity of Home. I have a CD of he and his old partner, possibly Dust in the Baggy? But I just don't ever play CDs anymore. Maybe his back catalog that was never on vinyl and some of the live shows that have streamed will be pressed as LPs.

 

I think it’s a straightforward Fender Acoustasonic

 

American Acoustasonic™ Telecaster® | Acoustic Guitars

 

1. LIKES OF ME 4:01
2. PYRAMID COUNTRY 10:47
3. AIRMAIL SPECIAL 3:52
4. AWAY FROM THE MIRE 9:47
5. LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM 5:33
6. ALL TIME LOW 5:48
7. A ROBIN BUILT A NEST ON DADDY'S GRAVE 3:40
8. ENOUGH TO LEAVE 3:57
9. HOLLOW HEART 3:30
10. BLUE MULE 3:51

Set Two

1. EVERYTHING'S THE SAME 3:43
2. I'M STILL HERE 6:05
3. LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE 7:01
4. RUNNING 3:45
5. THERE IS A TIME 5:50
6. MUST BE SEVEN 4:32
7. SITTING IN LIMBO 6:42
8. TAKING WATER 5:08
9. SALTY DOG 3:11
10. ERNEST T. GRASS 8:15
11. LITTLE MAGGIE 8:15

Encore

1. IN HIDING

 

That’s a new one to me, looks cool but I’d rather have a Martin. I sure would like to play one for a bit, I might plan a trip to guitar center and see if they have one.

 

I do that with mandolins - lust after one, look it up, wonder if I can get it past the wife, check bank balance, play one in a shop like Fiddler's Green in Austin, realize that it is a lovely mandolin, put it back, leave satisfied. Sort of the musical instrument equivalent of listening to it on Spotify rather than buying the record, I suppose.

One day I'll chuck the money down for a really expensive one. The one in my avatar pic thing is pretty cheap really. The octave mando too - but that sounds glorious.

 

And

 

And today is his birthday

 

Sounds reasonable.

 

Webcast announced

 

That's awesome.

 

1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY INTRO 1:17
2. ON THE LINE 5:11
3. SENOR 5:06
4. DOWN THE ROAD 3:36
5. ALL OF TOMORROW 4:15
6. THIS HEART OF MINE 2:57
7. LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM 4:46
8. STONE WALLS AND STEEL BARS 2:39
9. EVERYTHING'S THE SAME 3:54
10. CAN'T YOU HEAR ME CALLING 3:37
11. TENNESSEE STUD 4:46
12. DOING MY TIME 5:21
13. BLACK CLOUDS 10:31
14. HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS 5:36

Set Two

1. MUST BE SEVEN 5:06
2. SHENANDOAH BREAKDOWN 3:36
3. WHILE I'M WAITING HERE 7:29
4. PYRAMID COUNTRY 11:26
5. ROLLIN' IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS 3:52
6. WATCH IT FALL 5:45
7. HOLLOW HEART 3:20
8. BELIEVE 5:32
9. OLD TRAIN 2:08
10. TURMOIL AND TINFOIL 15:49

Encore

1. DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN

 

My orange autographed vinyl finally arrived and sounds great. Alas, I must be too computer illiterate to figure out how to post a pic. Tried linking from photobucket, but no dice.

 

Nice! Those orange ones sold out albums instantly, you must have been on the ball for that pre sale.