Who influenced Billy Strings?

Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Phish, Bill Monroe, The Infamous Stringdusters, Doc Watson, Flatt & Scruggs, Del McCoury, Leftover Salmon, Ralph Stanley, Tony Rice

Billy Strings

Billy Strings introduced a new generation of fans to bluegrass. He has deep respect and knowledge of bluegrass, and has been influenced by giants of the genre including Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley, and Del McCoury. His innovative style of bluegrass is also influenced by iconic jam bands such as The Grateful Dead and Phish.

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Albums

Fiddle Tune X

1. Beaumont Rag (2:39)
2. Walk On Boy (3:41)
3. Open Up Them Pearly Gates (2:30)
4. That Home Far Away (2:24)
5. Miss the Mississippi and You (4:36)
6. The String Changing Tune (1:16)
7. Salt Creek - Old Joe Clark (4:44)
8. Sharecropper's Son (2:30)
9. Lonesome Moonlight Waltz (4:29)
10. I Am a Pilgrim (3:25)
11. Poor Ellen Smith (1:56)
12. Fiddle Tune X (2:41)
13. Dos Banjos (2:43)
14. I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (3:17)
15. Shady Grove (6:58)
16. Little Maggie (6:16)
17. How Mountain Girls Can Love (2:12)

Turmoil & Tinfoil

1. On the Line (3:49)
2. Meet Me at the Creek (9:33)
3. All of Tomorrow (3:58)
4. While I'm Waiting Here (4:36)
5. Living Like an Animal (4:24)
6. Turmoil & Tinfoil (6:22)
7. Salty Sheep (4:40)
8. Spinning (2:36)
9. Dealing Despair (2:58)
10. Pyramid Country (4:39)
11. Doin' things Right (4:13)
12. These Memories of You (3:35)

Home

1. Taking Water (4:08)
2. Must Be Seven (3:28)
3. Running (2:58)
4. Away From The Mire (7:43)
5. Home (7:35)
6. Watch It Fall (4:36)
7. Long Forgotten Dream (4:27)
8. Highway Hypnosis (5:07)
9. Enough To Leave (3:44)
10. Hollow Heart (2:35)
11. Love Like Me (2:51)
12. Everything's The Same (2:54)
13. Guitar Peace (4:06)
14. Freedom (2:35)

Renewal

1. Know It All (3:25)
2. Secrets (4:43)
3. Love And Regret (4:15)
4. Heartbeat Of America (6:21)
5. In The Morning Light (4:42)
6. This Old World (3:54)
7. Show Me The Door (4:59)
8. Hellbender (3:24)
9. Red Daisy (2:40)
10. The Fire On My Tongue (2:44)
11. Nothing’s Working (3:15)
12. Hide And Seek (9:25)
13. Ice Bridges (4:00)
14. Fire Line (4:34)
15. Running The Route (3:35)
16. Leaders (4:17)

Me / And / Dad

1. Long Journey Home (2:57)
2. Life To Go (3:06)
3. Way Downtown (3:07)
4. Little Blossom (3:11)
5. Peartree (3:32)
6. Stone Walls And Steel Bars (2:08)
7. Little White Church (3:21)
8. Dig A Little Deeper (In The Well) (3:13)
9. Wandering Boy (3:40)
10. John Deere Tractor (4:31)
11. Frosty Morn (2:48)
12. I Haven't Seen Mary In Years (2:49)
13. Little Cabin Home On The Hill (3:23)
14. I Heard My Mother Weeping (3:04)

Live Vol. 1

1. Dust in a Baggie - Live at Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA 12/15/23 (3:41)
2. Away From The Mire - Live at Moody Center, Austin, TX 6/2/23 (13:08)
3. Long Forgotten Dream - Live at Renewal, Buena Vista, CO 9/22/23 (4:36)
4. Fire Line > Reuben's Train - Live at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN 2/25/24 (19:02)
5. Hellbender - Live at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL 4/22/23 (3:36)
6. Highway Hypnosis - Live at Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI 6/16/23 (15:51)
7. Heartbeat of America - Live at Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN 2/25/24 (10:16)
8. Dos Banjos - Live at La Cigale, Paris, FR 11/14/23 (3:24)
9. Turmoil & Tinfoil - Live at UNO Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA 12/31/23 (21:12)
10. Richard Petty - Live at State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA 3/1/24 (2:11)

Highway Prayers

1. Leaning on a Travelin' Song (3:57)
2. In the Clear (2:56)
3. Escanaba (4:34)
4. Gild the Lily (5:05)
5. Seven Weeks In County (4:16)
6. Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You (5:50)
7. Cabin Song (3:15)
8. Don't Be Calling Me (at 4AM) (3:14)
9. Malfunction Junction (4:51)
10. Catch and Release (2:14)
11. Be Your Man (4:01)
12. Gone a Long Time (3:01)
13. It Ain't Before (3:46)
14. My Alice (4:05)
15. Seney Stretch (4:34)
16. MORBUD4ME (2:54)
17. Leadfoot (2:45)
18. Happy Hollow (2:45)
19. The Beginning of the End (3:57)
20. Richard Petty (1:57)

Live At The Legion

1. Nashville Blues - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (4:00)
2. Tom Dooley - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (4:22)
3. Little Darling Pal of Mine - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:25)
4. Walk On Boy - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (4:21)
5. Texas Gales - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:25)
6. Cold, Cold World - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (4:33)
7. Way Downtown - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:51)
8. Randall Collins / Done Gone - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (5:00)
9. Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:44)
10. Groundhog - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (6:54)
11. Open Up Them Pearly Gates - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:30)
12. Two Soldiers - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (5:54)
13. Last Day At Gettysburg - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (4:15)
14. Salt Creek / Big Sandy River - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (6:13)
15. Travelin' Man - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:17)
16. Don't Think Twice, It's Alright - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:46)
17. Darling Corey - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (5:11)
18. Mary Of The Wild Moor - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:46)
19. Give The Fiddler A Dram / Whistling Rufus / Ragtime Annie - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (5:15)
20. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Live At The American Legion Post 82 (3:52)