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Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, GRAMMY Award-winning Billy Strings is known as one of music's most compelling artists. Most recently, he unveiled "California Sober," a collaboration with legendary artist Willie Nelson--his first release since partnering with venerable label, Reprise Records.

The collaboration follows Strings' most recent full-length album, Me/And/Dad, which was released last fall and features Strings alongside with his dad, Terry Barber. The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child.

Since his 2017 debut, Strings has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 and 2023 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2023 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on the 64th GRAMMY Awards, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," PBS' "Austin City Limits," "Bluegrass Underground" as well as countless sold-out tour dates world-wide.

Billy Strings is nominated for three awards at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Bluegrass Album (Me/And/Dad), Best American Roots Song ("California Sober" feat. Willie Nelson) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance ("High Note" with Dierks Bentley).

Setlists

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.Play a Train Song (Todd Snider cover) (Live debut; played because Todd Snider had just died)
    2. 2.The Fire on My Tongue
    3. 3.Midnight Train (The Delmore Brothers cover)
    4. 4.Heartbeat of America
    5. 5.In the Morning Light
    6. 6.All Time Low (Widespread Panic cover)
    7. 7.Running
    8. 8.Gild the Lily
    9. 9.Seven Weeks in County
    10. 10.Away From the Mire

  2. Set 2:

    1. 11.Catch & Release
    2. 12.Brown's Ferry Blues (The Delmore Brothers cover)
    3. 13.Georgie Buck ([traditional] cover)
    4. 14.Pyramid Country
    5. 15.Know It All
    6. 16.My Alice
    7. 17.Be Your Man
    8. 18.I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man (Merle Travis cover)
    9. 19.Charlie's Birthday Breakdown
    10. 20.This Old World
    11. 21.Love Like Me
    12. 22.Hide and Seek

  3. Encore

    1. 23.Pancho & Lefty (Townes Van Zandt cover)
    2. 24.Tennessee (Jimmy Martin cover)
    1. 1.Dust in a Baggie (Billy Strings & Don Julin cover)
    2. 2.Hellbender
    3. 3.Away From the Mire
    4. 4.New Country Blues (Emmit-Nershi Band cover)
    5. 5.Gild the Lily
    6. 6.Doin' My Time (Jimmie Skinner cover)

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.Brown's Ferry Blues (The Delmore Brothers cover) (Billy solo)
    2. 2.Soldier's Joy ([traditional] cover) (no bass)
    3. 3.Roll On Buddy Roll On (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover) (can mic, no bass)

  2. Set 1.5:

    1. 4.Sharecropper's Son (Carter Stanley cover)
    2. 5.On the Line
    3. 6.Train 45 ([traditional] cover)
    4. 7.While I'm Waiting Here
    5. 8.Long Forgotten Dream
    6. 9.Show Me the Door
    7. 10.Escanaba
    8. 11.The Train That Carried My Girl From Town ([traditional] cover)
    9. 12.Black Mountain Rag (Curly Fox cover)
    10. 13.Seven Weeks in County
    11. 14.Home
    12. 15.Lumpy, Beanpole & Dirt (Bad Livers cover)
    13. 16.Everything's the Same

  3. Set 2:

    1. 17.Heartbeat of America
    2. 18.In the Morning Light
    3. 19.Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan cover)
    4. 20.Slow Train
    5. 21.Richard Petty
    6. 22.If Your Hair's Too Long (There's Sin in Your Heart) ([traditional] cover)
    7. 23.Meet Me at the Creek
    8. 24.Shady Grove ([traditional] cover)
    9. 25.Highway Hypnosis
    10. 26.The Beginning of the End

  4. Encore

    1. 27.Freeborn Man (Keith Allison cover)
    2. 28.Gild the Lily

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.John Deere Tractor (Larry Sparks cover)
    2. 2.Put My Little Shoes Away (Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys cover)
    3. 3.Mother's Only Sleeping (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover)
    4. 4.Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents ([traditional] cover)
    5. 5.When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley (The Vagabonds cover)
    6. 6.On My Way Back to the Old Home (Doc Watson cover)
    7. 7.Shuckin' the Corn (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs cover)
    8. 8.Country Blues (Dock Boggs cover) (Billy solo)
    9. 9.Dos Banjos
    10. 10.Memories of Mother and Dad (Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys cover)
    11. 11.I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home (Herbert S. Lambert cover) (Also with Russ Carson)
    12. 12.Psycho (Eddie Noack cover) (>)
    13. 13.Mama Tried (Merle Haggard cover)
    14. 14.No Mother or Dad (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys cover) (Also with Eddie Barbash and Russ Carson)
    15. 15.Mama Don't Allow ([traditional] cover) (Also with Eddie Barbash and Russ Carson)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 16.Open Up Them Pearly Gates (The Seekers cover)
    2. 17.Traveling the Highway Home (Roy Acuff cover)
    3. 18.Angel Band ([traditional] cover) (Also with Ronnie Bowman on guitar and lead vocals)
    4. 19.I'm Working on a Building ([traditional] cover) (Also with Russ Carson)
    5. 20.Little White Church (The Osborne Brothers & Mac Wiseman cover)
    6. 21.You Must Come in at the Door (Doc Watson cover)
    7. 22.Harbor of Love (The Stanley Brothers cover)
    8. 23.Somebody Touched Me (John Reedy and The Stone Mountain Hillbillies cover) (Also with Eddie Barbash)
    9. 24.Shalom Aleichem ([traditional] cover) (Also with Russ Carson >)
    10. 25.Jerusalem Ridge (Bill Monroe cover) (Also with Russ Carson)
    11. 26.Green Pastures in the Sky (Larry Sparks and the Lonesome Ramblers cover)
    12. 27.Jesus Is Waiting for Me (Larry Sparks cover)
    13. 28.Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord ([traditional] cover) (Also with Ronnie Bowman, Russ Carson, Eddie Barbash)
    14. 29.Three Men on a Mountain ([traditional] cover) (Also with Ronnie Bowman, Russ Carson, Eddie Barbash. Followed by band introductions.)
    15. 30.That Home Far Away (The Stanley Brothers cover) (Also with Ronnie Bowman, Russ Carson, Eddie Barbash >)
    16. 31.I'll Fly Away (Rev. J.M. Gates cover)

  3. Encore

    1. 32.Idumea (Charles Wesley cover) (Billy solo a capella)
    2. 33.I Saw the Light (Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys cover) (Also with Ronnie Bowman, Russ Carson, Eddie Barbash, Darol Anger >)
    3. 34.Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (William MacEwan cover) (Also with Ronnie Bowman, Russ Carson, Eddie Barbash, Darol Anger)

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man (Merle Travis cover)
    2. 2.Leaning on a Travelin' Song
    3. 3.Running the Route (>)
    4. 4.Hollow Heart
    5. 5.Running on Empty (Jackson Browne cover)
    6. 6.Highway Hypnosis
    7. 7.Blackjack (J.D. Crowe & The Kentucky Mountain Boys cover)
    8. 8.In the Morning Light
    9. 9.Reverend (Greensky Bluegrass cover) (>)
    10. 10.Must Be Seven (>)
    11. 11.Thunder (Robert Hunter cover)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 12.Mr. Mudd and Mr. Gold (Townes Van Zandt cover)
    2. 13.Everything's the Same
    3. 14.Someone Took My Place With You (Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs cover)
    4. 15.Blackjack County Chain (Red Lane cover)
    5. 16.Gone a Long Time
    6. 17.Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You
    7. 18.Back on the Train (Phish cover)
    8. 19.Home of the Red Fox (Bill Emerson cover) (>)
    9. 20.Ole Slew-Foot (Johnny Horton cover)
    10. 21.Summertime (George Gershwin cover)
    11. 22.Long Forgotten Dream
    12. 23.Nutshell (Alice in Chains cover) (>)
    13. 24.Wargasm

  3. Set 3:

    1. 25.Turmoil & Tinfoil (With countdown to midnight, β€œAuld Lang Syne” played as midnight hit)
    2. 26.Thirst Mutilator (>)
    3. 27.Running
    4. 28.California Sober
    5. 29.I'll Cry Instead (The Beatles cover) (Royal Masat on lead vocals)
    6. 30.Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Pearl Jam cover)
    7. 31.Proud Mary (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)
    8. 32.My Alice
    9. 33.Leadfoot
    10. 34.Ride Me High (J.J. Cale cover)
    11. 35.You Can Have Her (J.D. Crowe and the New South cover)
    12. 36.Little Maggie ([traditional] cover)

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Reviews

Rating: 4.8 out of 5 based on 2490 reviews
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  • Great show

    by Creek on 11/2/19Bijou Theatre - KnoxvilleRating: 5 out of 5

    Music was great as well as the performance. Saw Billy at French Broad River Festeval in 2017 and knew he would be selling out shows soon.

  • Lovely

    by Carol Dawn on 11/2/19Bijou Theatre - KnoxvilleRating: 5 out of 5

    The Venue is such a amazing place. So much history in that building! This is the 3rd time my husband and I have attended a Billy Strings concert but this one had to be the best. They’re get better each time and I didn’t think they could get better! Concerts are our thing and we go to many. This one ranks in the top 3. So glad that I found tickets. Thanks!!

  • not a bad seat in the house

    by gus on 11/2/19Bijou Theatre - KnoxvilleRating: 5 out of 5

    great event and awesome show.......too bad the front of the house was so understaffed........food and beverage lines were SLOW!!!

  • Emotional doesn't even come close

    by thethomashouser on 11/2/19Bijou Theatre - KnoxvilleRating: 5 out of 5

    1000% the best concert experience ive ever had in my life. The sound was immaculate, the energy in the room, even the company i shared this experience with.. I'll never forget it as long as I live.

  • Sublime!

    by TC on 9/24/19Rating: 5 out of 5

    The boys kicked into another gear. This was a good one!!

  • Billy Strings @ Crystal Bay

    by Trex on 9/22/19Crystal Bay Club Casino Crown Room - Crystal BayRating: 5 out of 5

    Strings & Band were a shockwave professional Americana...a super mix of traditional, and innovative/creative music. The whole band turns in a performance at the highest professional level, while BillyS simply radiates the music as frontman extrordinare [sic]!! RockIt. Also the Crystal Bay club did a great job handling a sellout audiance...cudos to their concert management...made it a great venue.

  • Yasss kween

    by G on 9/22/19Crystal Bay Club Casino Crown Room - Crystal BayRating: 5 out of 5

    The best Michigan beau! Thank you CBC for keeping water jugs out for free consumption!!!!

  • As good as it gets!

    by T Bot on 9/22/19Crystal Bay Club Casino Crown Room - Crystal BayRating: 5 out of 5

    The band sounded great which means the venue sounded great. The performance was outstanding and the bad was approachable and I even got my album signed. What a night!!!

  • βœŒπŸ’œBS

    by J.M.Magoo on 1/4/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

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  • Billy Strings for New Year's Eve

    by Ann on 1/3/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

    Billy- fabulous (as always) opening act- a real "downer" with his lyrics and demeanor Venue- very nice ! Book some more acts here !

  • Spectacular

    by Vincent Brady on 1/3/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

    Billy Strings' lifelong devotion to music brings huge joy to every audience he and his band play for. His picking is fast, technical, and unique and surrounds himself with other unique musicians. Bluegrass meets heavy rock. He tears up traditional songs you've heard many times, covers music from Dead/Phish/SCI and other jambands in an amazing way. His songwriting and compositions are what really standout at the shows. His song 'Meet Me At The Creek' has turned into a headbanging anthem like 'Turmoil & Tinfoil.' Another song 'Dust in a Baggie' is a really fun singalong. He's also one of the nicest people you'd ever meet and has lots of energy. You get the feeling everyone in the audience has met him at some point in life and had a positive conversation. You'll find him hanging out with everyone before and after the show and you get the feeling he truly appreciates everyone coming to his show. I was fortunate to see him play in Michigan 6 sets over 3 days for New Years Eve, 4 sets 2 days over Thanksgiving at the end of 2018, and several shows before those and still craving a lot more of his music. You won't want to miss a single note at his shows. I'll be a fan for life! BMFS

  • Love love love

    by R. K. on 1/3/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

    He did amazing, his facial expressions, his voice, everything about him and his band was great. It was a great way to spend my birthday and New Years.

  • Amazing night

    by Digger on 1/2/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

    Billy and his band are superb musicians worthy of a much bigger stage. They take the term jamgrass to a whole new level. Original songs, old bluegrass, new bluegrass, southern rock jams & Grateful Dead all included in their set. If you have a chance to see Billy Strings in person, it'll be a night you'll never forget.

  • Awesome

    by Cheri on 1/2/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

    Billy Strings, awesome! Loved the Flagstar Strand. Employees were very friendly

  • Phenomenal shows from a phenom

    by Dma Nikolai on 1/2/19Flagstar Strand Theatre for the Performing Arts - PontiacRating: 5 out of 5

    Billy always brings it with his unique high energy approach to bluegrass and he really spiced up this shows with diverse song choices including Little Feat and the Grateful Dead. Loved it!

  • Billy Strings at the Wonder Bar

    by Tim Weber on 12/22/18The Wonder Bar - Asbury ParkRating: 5 out of 5

    Incredible performance, every song was rip-roaring, and finale worthy. Sound seems difficult to do with a bluegrass group, but in this case, the soundman did an admirable job, and last but not least, kudos to the Wonder Bar. Well staffed, great food, and very attentive service! A 5 star evening for sure!

  • Amazing musicians!

    by D. M. on 12/21/18F.M. Kirby Center - Wilkes-BarreRating: 5 out of 5

    Enjoyed everything about the slow, they got us moving.

  • Amazing !!!

    by SeanPa on 7/16/17F. M. Kirby Center - Wilkes-BarreRating: 5 out of 5

    If you havent seen billy strings Go trout steak revival is good too :)

  • I Knew Him When!

    by Patrizio43 on 4/3/17Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts - RaleighRating: 5 out of 5

    Seen him many times and it's always fantastic. This is the first time I saw him with the new band and they were very talented musicians. They really enhanced the show because the level of virtuosity was not so great between Billy and them as to have that as a distraction. In other words, they were fantastic too. Just good energy!

  • Billy strings is a guitar God! Bow down to him

    by Madframer on 4/3/17Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts - RaleighRating: 5 out of 5

    The best show you will ever see. If you don't see him your are so missing out! Best in the world at what he does!