Strings, Sutton go live
Recorded live on April 7, 2024 at Nashville's American Legion Post 82, the album showcases the duo performing 20 traditional bluegrass and folk songs, including new renditions of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" and Doc Watson's "Way Downtown.,"
The track list is:
1. Nashville Blues
2. Tom Dooley
3. Little Darling Pal of Mine
4. Walk on Boy
5. Texas Gales
6. Cold, Cold World
7. Way Downtown
8. Randall Collins > Done Gone
9. Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents
10. Groundhog
11. Open Up Them Pearly Gates
12. Two Soldiers
13. Last Day At Gettysburg
14. Salt Creek > Big Sandy River
15. Travelin' Man
16. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
17. Darling Corey
18. Mary Of The Wild Moor
19. Give The Fiddler A Dram > Whistling Rufus > Ragtime Annie
20. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
Strings and Sutton will perform a series of shows this fall (with Strings band member Royal Masat) including stops at the Bluegrass Hall of Fame & Museum in Owensboro, Ky. (two nights), Nashville's Ryman Auditorium (two nights), Chattanooga, Tenn.'s The Signal and Boone, N.C.'s Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts (two nights).
These shows will be ticketed as a lottery, with ticket requests open now until April 21 at 2 p.m. eastern.
More news for Billy Strings
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- 01/07/25: Strings continues tour
- 10/07/24: Combs, Church, Strings, Taylor plan Hurricane Helene benefit
- 09/20/24: Strings spends "Seven Weeks in County"
- 08/23/24: Strings believes in "Stratosphere Blues"
- 08/02/24: Strings asks for "Highway Prayers"
- 07/12/24: Strings, Moroney, Johnny Blue Skies top new releases
- 03/12/24: Strings adds summer shows
CD reviews for Billy Strings
Never a judicious editor, Billy Strings' latest is 74 minutes of mind-expanding 'grassicana. The thing is, while it runs a bit long one is at a loss as to what could or should have been held in reserve; even the most frivolous numbers — "MORBUD4ME," "Richard Petty" and "Catch and Release," perhaps — add humor and context to the recording. "Highway Prayers" is a powerful set of music, covering the bluegrass and rootsicana bases. ...
It's just like Billy Strings to have a song title that reads like a heavy metal track ("Hellbender") for a tune that sounds like traditional bluegrass music. When it comes to creating music, though, the phrase, 'It's all good,' actually applies to Strings – for once. "Renewal" is over an hour of music, and is (mostly) bluegrass – at heart – but not just bluegrass music.
"Hide And Seek" is one of the most complicated recordings, ...
As befits the reigning IBMA Guitar Player of the Year, Billy Strings' second full release, "Home" displays his guitar-playing range. But, there is much more to the fellow that rages through live shows, and those qualities are displayed on "Home."
Strings (born William Apostol) lives up to his nom de guerre. Electric, acoustic 6- or 12-string guitar provide the ingredients for his work, and his guitar work is mostly, although not always, delivered at a breakneck tempo, ...
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