Billy Strings Confirms Fall Headline Tour 

billy strings tour

Billy Strings is one of the most exciting musicians playing music today. At least in my opinion, and according to the concert recordings I’ve seen. Dude is a hell of a guitar player, a good singer, and quite the performer. He’s got a bit tour coming up and here are the dates. You can buy tickets on his website.

He’s coming to my neck of the woods in May. Things have been tight for me and my family but I’m gonna do my best to find a way to see him.

BILLY STRINGS CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
BOLD on-sale this Friday, April 28 at 10:00am local time

April 29-30—Los Angeles, CA—Hollywood Bowl – Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday (SOLD OUT)

May 11—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)

May 12—Morrison, CO—Red Rocks Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)

May 13—Denver, CO—Mission Ballroom (SOLD OUT)

May 17—Phoenix, AZ—Arizona Financial Theatre (SOLD OUT)

May 19—Los Angeles, CA—Greek Theatre (SOLD OUT)

May 20—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre (SOLD OUT)

May 21—San Diego, CA—Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre

May 24—Las Vegas, NV—Brooklyn Bowl (SOLD OUT)

May 26—Napa, CA—BottleRock Napa Valley 

June 2—Austin, TX—Moody Center

June 3—Austin, TX—Moody Center

June 7—Tulsa, OK—BOK Center

June 9—St. Louis, MO—Chaifetz Arena

June 10—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)

June 11—Indianapolis, IN—TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park (SOLD OUT)

June 13—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)

June 14—Cleveland, OH—Jacobs Pavilion (SOLD OUT)

June 16—Clarkston, MI—Pine Knob Music Theatre (SOLD OUT)

June 17—Chicago, IL—Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island (SOLD OUT)

July 13—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre

July 14—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)

July 15—Cary, NC—Koka Booth Amphitheatre (SOLD OUT)

July 19—Norfolk, VA—Chartway Arena

July 21—Bridgeport, CT—Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater

July 22—Essex Junction, VT—Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)

July 23—Essex Junction, VT—Midway Lawn at Champlain Valley Expo (SOLD OUT)

July 25—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion

July 26—Boston, MA—Leader Bank Pavilion

July 28—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)

July 29—Portland, ME—Thompson’s Point (SOLD OUT)

July 30—Newport, RI—Newport Folk Festival (SOLD OUT)

August 7—Frankfurt, Germany—Batschkapp

August 8—Berlin, Germany—Huxleys

August 9—Hamburg, Germany—Grobe Freiheit 36

August 11—Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County—Way Out West

August 12—Oslo, Norway—Oya Festival

August 24—Knoxville, TN—Knoxville Civic Coliseum (SOLD OUT)

August 25—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater

August 26—Huntsville, AL—Orion Amphitheater

September 14—Louisville, KY—Bourbon & Beyond Festival

September 22—Buena Vista, CO—venue announcing soon

September 23—Buena Vista, CO—venue announcing soon

September 27—Nampa, ID—Ford Idaho Center Arena

September 29—Portland, OR—Moda Center

September 30—Portland, OR—Moda Center

October 1—Seattle, WA—WAMU Theater

October 4—Sacramento, CA—Golden 1 Center

October 6—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater

October 7—Stanford, CA—Frost Amphitheater

October 8—Stateline, NV—Tahoe Event Center

October 10—West Valley City, UT—Maverik Center

October 13—Independence, MO—Cable Dahmer Arena

October 14—Independence, MO—Cable Dahmer Arena

October 31—Grand Rapids, MI—Van Andel Arena

November 6—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso

November 7—Amsterdam, NL—Paradiso

November 8—Antwerp, BE—De Roma

November 10—Cologne, DE—Carlswerk Victoria

November 11—Luxembourg—den Atelier

November 12—Munich, DE—Neue Theaterfabrik

November 14—Paris, FR—La Cigale

November 15—London, UK—Roundhouse

November 17—Manchester, UK—Manchester Academy

November 18—Glasgow, UK—O2 Academy Glasgow

November 19—Birmingham, UK—O2 Academy

December 6—Greensboro, NC—Greensboro Coliseum

December 8—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena

December 9—Baltimore, MD—CFG Bank Arena

December 12—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center

December 13—Pittsburgh, PA—Petersen Events Center

December 15—Wilkes-Barre, PA—Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

December 16—Syracuse, NY— The Oncenter

December 29—New Orleans, LA—Uno Lakefront Arena

December 30—New Orleans, LA— Uno Lakefront Arena

December 31—New Orleans, LA— Uno Lakefront Arena

Billy Strings

My Twitter feed has been going crazy over Billy Strings for a while now and I finally checked him out. Gotta say I’m fast becoming a fan. I guess you’d put his genre as bluegrass or maybe newgrass, but he plays a lot of rock and roll covers (including regularly playing the good ole’ Grateful Dead). Dude is a great performer. He’s got a bunch of shows on the Archive, and I just listened to this one and I highly recommend it. Check out “Dust In a Baggy” for a taste of what he’s capable of.

Various Artists – Telluride, CO (06/21/18)

45th Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Town Park
Telluride, Colorado
June 21, 2018
Day One

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Billy Strings
Run Time 73:40

01 Intro
02 Turmoil and Tinfoil
03 Track 3 > Train Train
04 This Heart Of Mine
05 Dust In A Baggy
06 Track 06
07 In Hiding
08 Southland %
09 Meet Me At The Creek
10 You See It Your Way
11 How Mountain Girls Can Love

Notes
% Sam Bush – mandolin

Billy Strings – guitar, vocals
Royal Masat – bass, vocals
Billy Failing – banjo, vocals
Jarrod Walker – mandolin

Chris Thile
Run Time 59:02

01 Intro
02 Obvious Bicycle
03 Madison Square Park
04 Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground
05 Missy
06 The Squirrel of Possibility
07 The Blacksmith
08 Rest Of My Life
09 track 09
10 Rabbit In Log
11 January 2018
12 Saint Mike

Chris Thile – mandolin, vocals

Del McCoury Band
Run Time 85:54

01 Travelin Teardrop Blues
02 I’m The Bluest Man In Town
03 Quicksburg Rondezvous
04 On The Lonesome Wind
05 track 05
06 Nashville Cats
07 Track 07
08 I’ll Breakout Again Tonight
09 Cornbread and Creekwater
10 BlackJack County Chains
11 Letters Have No Arms
12 That Ol’Train
13 To Make Love More Sweeter For You
14 Eli Renfro
15 Cold Rain and Snow
16 track 16
17 A Good Man Like Me ^
18 Roll on Buddy Roll On $
19 Midnight On The Stormy D $
20 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
21 All Aboard

Notes
^ Derks Bentley – guitar, vocals
$ Sam Bush – mandolin

Del McCoury – guitar, vocals
Ronnie McCoury – mandolin, vocals
Robbie McCoury – banjo
Jason Carter – fiddle, vocals
Alan Bartram – bass, vocals

I’m With Her
Run Time 86:43

01 Love Me Good
02 Crossing Muddy Waters
03 Chicopee Hill
04 Ain’t That Fine
05 Crescent City
06 Pangaea
07 See You Around
08 Wild One
09 Walkin’ Back to Georgia
10 Today Is A Bright New Day
11 I-89
12 Under The Apple Tree
13 track 13
14 Hannah Hunt
15 track 15
16 Lord, Lead Me On
17 track 17
18 Send My Love
19 Hornets
20 Overland
21 call back
22 The Darkest Hour

Sara Watkins – fiddle, guitar, ukelele, vocals
Sarah Jarosz – guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
Aoife O’Donovan – vocals, guitar

The Railsplitters
Run Time 58:28

01 track 01
02 Jump In
03 Boy of Five
04 Boarding Pass
05 To Do
06 track 06
07 Hello Stranger
08 track 08
09 Everyone She Meets
10 Tilt The World
11 track 11

Lauren Stovall – guitar, vocals
Dusty Rider – banjo, vocals
Peter Sharpe – mandolin, vocals
Joe D’Esposito – fiddle, vocals
Jean-Luc Davis – bass, vocals

Tedeschi Trucks Band
Run Time 112:35

01 track 01
02 track 02
03 track 03
04 Color of The Blues ^
05 Don’t Know What It Means
06 Shame
07 Midnight In Harlem
08 track 08
09 track 09
10 Tell The Truth %
11 Leavin’ Trunk #
12 track 12 #
13 Learn To Live Together
14 call back
15 I Wish

Notes
^ Del McCoury – guitar, vocals; Ronnie McCoury – Mandolin
% Sam Bush – mandolin
Jerry Douglas – Dobro

Susan Tedeschi – vocals, guitar
Derek Trucks – guitar
Tyler Greenwell – drums
J.J. Johnson – drums
Kofi Burbridge – keys, flute
Mike Mattison – vocals, guitar
? – bass
Kebbi Williams – saxophone
Maurice Brown – trumpet
Saunders Sermons – trombone

Wood Brothers
Run Time 74:26

01 Postcards From Hell
02 Tried and Tempted
03 Keep Me Alive
04 River Takes The Town
05 Sparkling Wine
06 Chocolate On My Tongue
07 One Drop of Truth
08 Midnight Rider ^
09 Paradise
10 Loaded
11 Shoofly Pie
12 The Muse
13 Luckiest Man
14 Honey Jar

Notes
^ Derek Trucks – guitar

Oliver Wood – guitar, steel guitar, vocals
Chris Wood – bass, harmonica, vocals
Jano Rix – drums, keys, percussion, shuitar, vocals