I'd never heard of Billy Strings until yesterday when I came across a mention of him and a recommendation to Away From The Mire. This is an extraordinary song and performance. Billy's lyrics and voice are wonderful but it is his guitar playing that takes this over the top (even when he hits the wrong note about 8 minutes in). Am now listening to more from him. It's always exciting to find someone new to me that I enjoy so much. Also featured are the members of his touring band, Billy Failing (banjo), Royal Masat (bass), and Jarrod Walker (mandolin).
In his introduction to the song (not on the video) Billy explains he wrote it after a big argument with his brother and meant it as a message to others. Several weeks after starting to play the song in concerts he realized, while singing the tune, that it was really a message to himself.
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