I’ll do my best to bring out both of them for you. I hope by the end of this piece, you’ll have “spoken” to both of them as well. I felt as if I talked to both of these people on the phone. At least that’s the feeling I got from speaking with him. He’s quite different from many musicians, in that he loves what he does and he excels at it, but he also seems to love being “just Billy”. You ask him a question and he doesn’t give you philosophic answers that require you to dissect what he said and rearrange it so you “might” understand it. He knows music and he’s highly intelligent. I do not mean that in a disrespectful way at all. He’s one of the easiest people I’ve ever talked to, because he’s rather two-dimensional. I wish you could see it.” The phone calls did begin to drop toward the end of our conversation, but we managed to make it through an entire interview despite those pesky mountains, and to say he’s an interesting guy would be selling him short. Somewhere “that looked like something out of ‘The Planet of the Apes’, but it’s beautiful. Improve? I know everyone can continue to improve and grow, but by the end of the show, my head was spinning thinking about what “improvement” will look like when it comes to Billy Strings and his abilities on the guitar.Ī few stepping stones down the industry path and I found myself chatting with Billy Strings on the phone as he drove through the mountains of Colorado from Ridgway to Denver. There were a lot of years left for this guy to continue to make more music and “improve”. What?! I thought he looked rather young, but this was not only incredibly young to have this much talent, but it was also amazing news for bluegrass fans. What sealed my decision to go a step further and request an interview was when I heard Billy Strings was only 25 years old. The musicianship in this four-piece band, consisting of guitarist Billy Strings, banjo player, Billy Failing, mandolin player, Jarrod Walker and upright bassist, Royal Masat was jaw dropping. It took about two songs before I lost all composure and had to follow this band on every form of social media and I had to make a lame attempt at one crummy phone photo. I was completely unfamiliar with Billy Strings. There was a slight complication to my plan. Just sitting back and being in the moment. No photos, no video, no live tweeting, nothing. Unlike many shows, I had zero intentions of ever picking up my phone that night. I wasn’t there to review it, I was there just to watch it and enjoy it with my family. When it comes to legendary bluegrass bands, The Del McCoury Band is right at the top of the heap and rightfully so. I attended a show at The Ryman Auditorium where The Del McCoury Band was headlining. That very thing happened to me back on June 28 th of this year. 839 (arr.One of the greatest things that can happen to someone who writes for a country music website is tripping across something new that is so exciting it instantly makes you want to learn everything about it. Allaga): Ellen's Gesang III (Ave Maria!), Op. Quando a Tempestade Passar (Atrás do Vidro)