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re: Is Billy Strings still the best guitarist on the planet?
Posted on 4/7/25 at 5:05 pm to Crow Pie
Posted on 4/7/25 at 5:05 pm to Crow Pie
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I was never a bluegrass person, but I like putting on a bluegrass playlist and letting it roll all day.
Really intrigued by this comment. The International Bluegrass Music Association’s voting members—including pro and amateur musicians, promoters, educators, broadcasters, and fans—awarded Billy Strings both entertainer and guitar player of the year in 2021. Since then, we’ve shown some disillusionment because his commercial success hasn’t created a tide that lifts all boats. Who are some bluegrass musicians you’d recommend we listen to if we enjoy Billy Strings?
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Posted on 4/7/25 at 7:02 pm to Fiddler crab
Anybody checkout the duet album he dropped with Bryan Sutton today?
Posted on 4/7/25 at 7:39 pm to Crow Pie
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Is Billy Strings still the best electric acoustic bluegrass jam band guitarist on the planet?
Pretty small genre, so, ok?
Posted on 4/8/25 at 6:44 am to Fiddler crab
quote:Just look at any music service playlist similar to Billy Strings and bands like Leftover Salmon, Bluesky Greensky, Infamous Stringdusters. My taste for bluegrass actually started when I started to listen to into Americana playlist on music services.
Who are some bluegrass musicians you’d recommend we listen to if we enjoy Billy Strings?
Posted on 4/8/25 at 9:01 am to Fiddler crab
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Who are some bluegrass musicians you’d recommend we listen to if we enjoy Billy Strings?
Steve Earle "The Mountain"
I'm not a big bluegrass fan, but a do like some specific songs. The Mountain by Steve Earle is one of my favorite songs from any genre.
Posted on 4/8/25 at 12:57 pm to Duckismyspiritanimal
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Anybody checkout the duet album he dropped with Bryan Sutton today?
it's so good
Posted on 4/8/25 at 2:49 pm to Fiddler crab
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Who are some bluegrass musicians you’d recommend we listen to if we enjoy Billy Strings?
Other great flat pickers include Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Doc Watson, Bryan Sutton
I used to know an old guy that lived completely off the grid in NE Oklahoma named Bobby Trapp. He won the Walnut Valley Bluegrass Festival (Winfield, KS - goat bg fest) Flat Picking contest several years in a row. Dude was as good as anyone in the world. Unfortunately he had a bad meth addiction and he just kinda withered away.
His son Thomas is very good too and has some stuff out there. Might look on FB
Posted on 4/10/25 at 4:20 am to Crow Pie
There is no "best". Billy is in a class by himself. As is Tommy Emmanuel, Matuez Kowalowski (classical), etc, etc.
Posted on 4/10/25 at 7:01 am to Crow Pie
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