Song Review: Billy Strings - “If Your Hair’s too Long (There’s Sin in Your Heart)” (Live, July 30, 2024)
Crazy thing about Billy Strings and his band - those boys sing as well as they play. And arranging the nearly a cappella “If Your Hair’s too Long (There’s Sin in Your Heart)” with barbershop harmonies proves they have a sense of humor to boot.
Gathered around a single mic July 30 in Massachusetts, Strings and fiddler Alex Hargreaves provided light accompaniment as the guitarist, Jarrod Walker, Royal Masat and Billy Failing sung their warning:
You’ll live a life of fear and dread if you listen to the Grateful Dead/if your hair's too long, there's sin in your heart
And the crowd went apeshi … Sound Bites means crazy.
Grade card: Billy Strings - “If Your Hair’s too Long (There’s Sin in Your Heart)” (Live - 7/30/24) - A+
9/6/24
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Billy Strings' wedding reception band had a helluva front line.
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danspencermetal Damn this new Highwaymen album is gonna suck
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posted june 15, 2024
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He is the moment. He is everything to me.
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painted my own billy strings poster 🍄
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Billy Strings Posters by Pedro Correa
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the kid can play most definitely Billy Strings Worcester Centrum 7-31-2024 making my night with covering “Fearless” for an encore
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Billy Strings, without the strings, performing “Am I Born to Die”, a hymn written by Charles Wesley sometime in the 1700’s.
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Am I Born to Die
Songwriter: Charles Wesley
And am I born to die?
To lay this body down?
And must my trembling spirit fly
Into a world unknown?
A land of deepest shade,
unpierced by human thought,
The dreary regions of the dead,
Where all things are forgot?
Soon as from earth I go,
What will become of me?
Eternal happiness or woe
Must then my portion be:
Waked by the trumpet’s sound,
I from my grave shall rise,
And see the Judge, with glory crowned,
And see the flaming skies!
Who can resolve the doubt
That tears my anxious breast?
Shall I be with the damned cast out,
or numbered with the blest?
I must from God be driven,
Or with my Saviour dwell:
Must come at His command to heaven,
Or else depart to hell?
O, Those who wouldst not have
One wretched sinner die:
Who didst Thyself my soul to save
From endless misery
Show me the way to shun
Thy dreadful wrath severe;
That when Thou comest on Thy throne
I may with joy repent.
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Billy Strings and Chris Thile Blow Minds on “CBS Saturday Morning”
- Two players, three songs and one duo that should play together more often
Their second time playing together also represented Billy Strings and Chris Thile’s national-television debut as a duo.
And while some music lovers might’ve expected more from their Feb. 3 appearance on “CBS Saturday Morning” that’d been insane. For Strings and Thile, arguably the greatest guitarist and mandolinist their generation has produced, blew not only Sound Bites’ mind - but their own minds as well.
Thile couldn’t help but chuckle when Strings hit on a particularly splendid riff during their up-tempo rendition of “I’ve Been All around this World.” And the laughter continued as the song progressed, causing Strings to call for an extra bar.
The intricate interplay continued on the instrumental “I am a New Pilgrim,” during which they wrapped their instruments into a double helix of their respective musical DNA. This number was subdued in its delivery but Strings and Thile’s facial expressions betrayed the intensity that went in to making this music.
There was one mic - and no amplifier - for the pair to play and sing into as they performed and they offered “Wild Bill Jones” as a vocal duet - their very different voices blending into one glorious sound of joy. Each watched the other for silent cues and responded appropriately as the music cascaded from their brains to their hands to viewers’ ears.
They ended it with a high-five. If only Strings and Thile had been given more time - that’s the one thing sane folks could’ve wish for because the duo deserved the entire broadcast. For even with the sky-high expectations that accompany such a pairing, Strings and Thile exceeded them.
2/3/24
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8/6/24: Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, MI
The Phish From Vermont feat. Billy Motherfucking Strings
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Billy Strings - "Dust In A Baggie" | Live at the Opry | Opry
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Listen To The Radio ~Molly Tuttle & Billy Strings
Billy Strings
Mary Gauthier in Salvation South. THANK YOU KINDLY
More about the tribute at Concord.com. Rounder Records and Craft Recordings celebrate 70th birthday of the late Nanci Griffith With two brand-new releases
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Dust in a Baggie - Billy Strings
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