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Chanteur et
multi instrumentiste US né William Apostol, le 3 Octobre 1992 à Lansing (Michigan).
A master
of the guitar, banjo, and mandolin, Billy Strings is a singer and
instrumentalist whose music starts with the sound and speed of bluegrass and
folds in elements of rock, jazz, and psychedelia. Billy Strings was born William
Apostol in Lansing, Michigan in 1992; his family relocated to Morehead,
Kentucky for a spell before later settling in Muir, a small town in Michigan. Billy's
father and uncle were both accomplished musicians, and the youngster was
surrounded by acoustic music practically from birth. At the age of four, Billy asked
his father for a guitar, and he was soon learning to play a second-hand
instrument that cost twenty-five dollars. By the time he was was six, Billy was
good enough to join his dad for bluegrass picking parties, and his aunt
nicknamed him Billy
Strings. By the time he was in middle school, Strings had
picked up an electric guitar and was playing in a heavy metal band. However, it
led him into a circle of friends who were abusing drugs, and Strings believed
it was leading him into a dark place.
Determined to find a better path, Strings returned
to playing bluegrass, and after completing high school, he moved to Traverse
City, a city in Northern Michigan with a lively music and art scene. When Strings performed
at an open-mike night at a club called the Hayloft, local pickers were impressed
with his skills, and he soon found a mentor and picking partner in mandolinist Don
Julian, who recorded a duo album with Strings titled Rock
of Ages. (Strings also
independently released a home-brewed solo album in 2014, Fiddle
Tune X.) Strings also
played with a bluegrass combo called M-23
Strings, and earned a reputation as one of the most promising talents in the
Mitten State. In early 2016, Strings left
Traverse City for Nashville, where the talented newcomer did not go unnoticed.
In September 2017, Strings released Turmoil
& Tinfoil, an effort that found him adding a wider variety of sounds and
influences to his music; the album was produced by Glenn
Brown, who had previously worked with Greensky
Bluegrass and Luke
Winslow-King.
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin
Style musical : Bluegrass, Jam Bands
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
EP
| 006/2016 | CD SELF-RELASED (US) |
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Billy Strings EP - Slow Train / Thirst Mutilator / Dos Banjos / Black Mountain Rag / Red Rocking Chair / Dust In A Baggie |
Albums
| 12/2013 | CD SELF-RELASED (US) |
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Rock Of Ages - Billy Strings / Don Julin - Dust In A Baggie / Soldier's Joy / Cocaine Blues / Watson Blues / Wild Bill Jones / Red Haired Boy / I've Just Seen The Rock Of Ages / Kickin' Mule / Summertime / Beaumont Rag / The Cuckoo / Long Journey Home / Cluck Old Hen |
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| 10/2014 | CD SELF-RELASED (US) |
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Fiddle Tune X - Billy Strings & Don Julin - Beaumont Rag / Walk On Boy / Open Up Them Pearly Gates / That Home Far Away / Miss The Mississippi And You / The String Changing Tune / Salt Creek/Old Joe Clark / Sharecropper's Son / Lonesome Moonlight Waltz / I Am A Pilgrim / Poor Ellen Smith / Fiddle Tune X / Dos Banjos / I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow / Shady Grove / Little Maggie / How Mountain Girls Can Love |
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| 09/2017 | CD Apostol ARC 0001 04 (US) |
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Turmoil & Tinfoil - On The Line / Meet Me At The Creek / All Of Tomorrow / While I’m Waiting Here / Living Like An Animal / Turmoil & Tinfoil / Salty Sheep / Spinning / Dealing Despair / Pyramid Country / Doin’ Things Right / These Memories Of You |
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| 09/2017 | LP 12" Apostol ARC-0001 (US) (limited edition) (pink vinyl) |
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Turmoil & Tinfoil - On The Line / Meet Me At The Creek / All Of Tomorrow / These Memories Of You / While I'm Waiting Here / Living Like An Animal / Salty Sheep / Turmoil & Tinfoil | ||
| 09/2019 | CD ROUNDER 610063 (US) |
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HOME - Taking Water / Must Be Seven / Running / Away From The Mire / Home / Watch It Fall / Long Forgotten Dream / Highway Hypnosis / Enough To Leave / Hollow Heart / Love Like Me / Everything's The Same / Guitar Peace / Freedom | ||
| 2019 | 2 CD MunckMix ? (US) |
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Recorded Live At The Peach Music Festival July 25-28
2019 Scranton, Pennsylvania :
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| 09/2021 | CD ROUNDER 1166101423 (US) |
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Renewal - Know It All / Secrets / Love And Regret / Heartbeat Of America / In The Morning Light / This Old World / Show Me The Door / Hellbender / Red Daisy / The Fire On My Tongue / Nothing’s Working / Hide And Seek / Ice Bridges / Fire Line / Running The Route / Leaders |
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| 11/2022 | CD ROUNDER 7244851 (US) |
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Me/and/Dad - Long Journey Home / Life To Go / Way Downtown / Little Blossom / Peartree / Stone Walls And Steel Bars / Little White Church / Dig A Little Deeper (In The Well) / Wandering Boy / John Deere Tractor / Frosty Morn / I Haven't Seen Mary In Years / Little Cabin Home On The Hill / I Heard My Mother Weeping |
© Rocky Productions 18/11/2022
