Billy Strings
{{Short description|American bluegrass musician (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Billy Strings
| image = Billy Strings Taken By Christopher Morley.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Strings in 2023
| alias =
| birth_name = William Lee Apostol
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1992|10|03}}
| birth_place = Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Singer
- songwriter
- musician
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Ally Dale|2023}}
| origin = Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.
| genre = {{hlist|Bluegrass|progressive bluegrass|Americana|roots rock|outlaw country|jam band|psychedelia}}
| instrument = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|banjo}}
| years_active = 2013–present
| label = {{hlist|Rounder|Reprise}}
| website = https://www.billystrings.com
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Don Julin
- Billy Failing
- Royal Masat
- Jarrod Walker
- John Mailander
- Brad Tucker
- Drew Mautlich
- Molly Tuttle
- Sierra Ferrell
- Brendino Schlongergan
- Lindsay Lou
- Green Shirt Guy
- Billy and the Kids
- Béla Fleck
- Jonah Calvo
| website = {{official website|http://www.billystrings.com}}
}}
}}
Billy Strings (born William Lee Apostol, October 3, 1992) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bluegrass musician.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/lists/10-new-country-artists-you-need-to-know-august-2017-w496530/billy-strings-w496534|title=10 New Country Artists You Need to Know: August 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 8, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2018}} He has released four studio albums, with his album Home winning the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2021, an award he won again in 2025 for Live Vol. 1.https://www.grammy.com/artists/billy-strings/287520
Early life
Billy Strings was born William Lee Apostol on October 3, 1992, in Lansing, Michigan. His father died of a heroin overdose when he was two, and his mother remarried Terry Barber, an accomplished amateur bluegrass musician, whom Strings regards as his father. The family later moved to Morehead, Kentucky, and then to Muir, Michigan. While he was still a preteen, his parents became addicted to methamphetamine. He left the family home at the age of 13 and went through a period of hard drug usage. His family eventually achieved sobriety; Billy stopped using hard drugs and drinking alcohol, becoming "California sober" and consuming only cannabis and similar "light drugs" (i.e., psychedelics).{{cite news |last1=Hudak |first1=Joseph |title=Drugs, Bluegrass, and Bass Fishing: How Billy Strings Outran His Past and Infiltrated the Mainstream |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/billy-strings-bluegrass-fishing-concert-1369241/ |access-date=25 August 2022 |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=June 22, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/article-5963-the-amazing-billy-strings/|title=The Amazing Billy Strings|publisher=Northern Express}}
Barber was a heavy influence on his stepson, introducing him to traditional bluegrass artists at a young age, including Doc Watson, Del McCoury, David Grisman,{{cite web|url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/billy-strings-garcia-grisman/|title=Watch Billy Strings Crush Garcia & Grisman's "Dreadful Wind & Rain"|website=Liveforlivemusic.com|date=March 23, 2018}} Bill Monroe, John Hartford, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs, and Larry Sparks.{{cite web|url=http://www.midwesterngentleman.com/music/keep-stringin-the-billy-strings-interview/|title=Midwestern Gentleman - Keep Stringin': The Billy Strings Interview|date=December 8, 2019 |publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://wglt.org/post/billy-strings-just-beginning-already-wild-ride#stream/0|title=Billy Strings: Just Beginning An Already Wild Ride|publisher=NPR|access-date=November 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519173408/http://http/|archive-date=May 19, 2011|url-status=dead}} Strings is also a rock and metal fan, influenced by Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Widespread Panic, Phish, the Grateful Dead, Def Leppard, Between the Buried and Me, and Black Sabbath, and played in hard rock and indie rock bands in his teens.{{cite web|url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/jumping-into-the-deep-end-a-conversation-with-billy-strings|title=JUMPING INTO THE DEEP END: A CONVERSATION WITH BILLY STRINGS|date=October 18, 2017 |publisher=The Bluegrass Situation}}
Apostol got his stage name, Billy Strings, from his aunt, who saw his ability on multiple traditional bluegrass instruments.{{cite web|url=https://greenvillejournal.com/2017/05/04/billy-strings-fascinatingly-unpredictable-performer/ |title=Billy Strings Is A Fascinatingly Unpredictable Performer|date=May 4, 2017 |publisher=Greenville Journal}}
Career
=Beginnings, ''Turmoil'' and ''Tinfoil'' (2012–2019)=
In 2012, Don Julin, a mandolin player from Traverse City, Michigan, and author of Mandolin for Dummies, asked Strings to join him on a paying gig. The partnership lasted for the next four years.
Rolling Stone named Strings one of the Top Ten New Country Artists to Know in 2017. On February 12, 2018, Rolling Stone published an article titled "Bluegrass Prodigy Billy Strings Plots 2018 Spring Tour", saying: "Billy Strings doesn't have any trouble living up to his name. [He is] one of the latest breakneck guitar pickers to emerge in the bluegrass world."{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/bluegrass-prodigy-billy-strings-plots-2018-spring-tour-w516633/|title=Bluegrass Prodigy Billy Strings Plots 2018 Spring Tour|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 12, 2018 }} The International Bluegrass Music Association awarded him with the Momentum Instrumentalist of the Year award in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://crossovertouring.com/billy-strings/|title=Crossover Touring|website=Crossovertouring.com}} Bluegrass Situation named him a scene tastemaker in 2016. Lisa Snedeker of HuffPost proclaimed Turmoil & Tinfoil as one of the best albums of 2017, writing: "In September it charted at No. 3 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts. 'Nuff said."{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/year-in-review-favorite-musical-picks-for-2017_us_5a49b486e4b0d86c803c7835/|title=Year in Review: Favorite musical picks for 2017|date=January 2018 |publisher=Huffington Post}} In March 2018, Rolling Stone released Strings' debut music video for his song "Dealing Despair" from his album Turmoil & Tinfoil.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/billy-strings-dealing-despair-see-intense-new-video-w517819/|title=See Bluegrass Shredder Billy Strings Call Out Violent Culture in 'Dealing Despair' Video |date=March 13, 2018 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} He planned to play over 200 shows in 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/steeped-in-versatility-billy-strings-keeps-returning-to-his-bluegrass/article_5abb6646-4e32-11e8-a8d8-1fa4895a60c8.html/|title=Steeped in versatility, Billy Strings Keeps Returning to His Bluegrass Roots|date=May 2, 2018 |publisher=Daily Progress}}
He has been invited to play on stage with artists including Phish, Dierks Bentley,{{cite web|url=http://wmot.org/post/wmot-fundraiser-evening-dierks-bentley#stream/0|title=WMOT Fundraiser: An Evening with Dierks Bentley|website=Wmot.org|date=March 6, 2018 }} Del McCoury, Bill Kreutzmann, Bob Weir, David Grisman, Tommy Emmanuel, Larry Keel, Sam Bush,{{cite web|url=http://www.jambands.com/news/2018/01/21/greensky-bluegrass-collaborate-with-sam-bush-and-billy-strings-in-nashville|title=Greensky Bluegrass Collaborate with Sam Bush and Billy Strings in Nashville|website=Jambands.com|date=January 21, 2018 }} The Marcus King Band,{{cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/marcus-king-billy-strings-team-kings-strings-set-rooster-walk|title=Marcus King & Billy Strings To Team For 'King & Strings' Set At Rooster Walk|publisher=Jambase.com}} Greensky Bluegrass, The Infamous Stringdusters,{{cite web |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/features/aiken-bluegrass-festival-2017/|title=The Infamous Stringdusters, Fruition, & More To Bring The Pickin' To Aiken Bluegrass Festival |website=Liveforlivemusic.com|date=April 13, 2017 }} The String Cheese Incident, Leftover Salmon, Widespread Panic, Tool, and more. He has performed at festivals including Frankfort Bluegrass Festival (Frankfort, IL), Hookahville, Blue Ox, Pickathon, Merlefest, DelFest, High Sierra Music Festival, Lollapalooza, Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, John Hartford Memorial Festival,{{cite web|title = John Hartford Memorial Festival - Previous Lineup History| url = https://hartfordfest.com/previous-lineup-history| website = hartfordfest.com| access-date = June 2, 2018 }} Aiken Bluegrass Festival, Appaloosa Music Festival, Wheatland Music Festival, Red Wing Roots Music Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots, Rooster Walk, French Broad River Festival, Makers Trail Festival, Under the Big Sky Festival and the All Good Presents 4848 Festival. At Grey Fox, he served as their very first artist in residence in 2017 and 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.Delfest.com/lineup/|title=Lineup|website=Delfest.com|date=November 15, 2021 }}{{cite web|url=https://greyfoxbluegrass.com/festival/2018-lineup/|title=2018 Lineup|website=Greyfoxbluegrass.com}} Strings has appeared on famous PBS musical TV programs Austin City Limits and Bluegrass Underground.{{cite web|url=https://nypost.com/2018/03/21/cave-concert-venue-gives-new-meaning-to-underground-music-scene/|title=Cave Concert Venue Gives New Meaning to Underground Music Scene|date=March 21, 2018 |publisher=NY Post}} He has toured with Greensky Bluegrass, The Infamous Stringdusters, Leftover Salmon, {{proper name|I'm With Her}}, Cabinet and others.{{cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/greensky-bluegrass-billy-strings-take-manhattan-recap-photos-videos/|title=Greensky Bluegrass & Billy Strings Take Manhattan|publisher=Jambase}} Of those bands he played with early in his career, he has cited Greensky Bluegrass specifically as a major influence and his "favorite band."{{cite web|url=http://marqueemag.com/2018/02/billy-strings/|title=Billy Strings breaks away from his mentor and is set to take his new band to the 'stratosphere'| date=February 1, 2018 | publisher=Marquee Magazine}}
In February 2017, Strings was named one of the six new rising stars of bluegrass by Acoustic Guitar.{{cite web|url=http://acousticguitar.com/next-gen-pickers-6-rising-stars-are-carrying-on-the-bluegrass-tradition-by-making-it-their-own/|title=Next-Gen Pickers: 6 Rising Stars are Carrying on the Bluegrass Tradition by Making It Their Own|date=February 16, 2017 |publisher=Acoustic Guitar}} He also collaborated with Molly Tuttle on the songs "Sittin' on Top of the World" and "Billy in the Lowground".
In March 2018, PBS announced that Strings was to be the inaugural performer at the new cave for the renowned series Bluegrass Underground in the caverns of Pelham, Tennessee.{{cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/03/23/bluegrass-undergrounds-new-home-caverns/432558002/|title=First Look: Bluegrass Underground's New Home The Caverns|publisher=The Tennessean}}{{cite web|url=http://www.grundycountyherald.com/music-and-magic-in-the-pelham-valley/|title=Music and Magic in the Pelham Valley|date=October 6, 2023 |publisher=The Grundy County Herald}}
=''Home'' and ''Renewal'' (2019–2021)=
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In January 2019, Rolling Stone wrote an article titled "Why Guitarist Billy Strings Is the Bluegrass Star You Don't Want to Miss."{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-bluegrass-must-see-774144/|title=Why Guitarist Billy Strings Is the Bluegrass Star You Don't Want to Miss|date=January 2, 2019 |magazine=Rolling Stone}} He was signed to Rounder Records in June 2019.{{cite web |url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/billy-strings-to-rounder-records/ |title=Billy Strings to Rounder Records |date= June 25, 2019 |first= John |last=Lawless |publisher=Bluegrass Today}} Strings released his album Home (produced and engineered by Glenn Brown) under the label on September 27, 2019. It became his most successful release yet, reaching No. 1 on the Heatseekers Albums and Bluegrass Albums charts, as well as debuting at No. 11 on the Emerging Artists Chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8532537/billy-strings-no-11-emerging-artists-chart |title=Billy Strings, Dayseeker and Temples Debut On Emerging Artists Chart |date=October 9, 2019 |first= Xander|last= Zellne |magazine=Billboard}} On September 26, 2019, Billy Strings was voted the International Bluegrass Music Association Guitar Player of the Year in Raleigh, North Carolina.
His album Home won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
In 2021, he joined Bill Kreutzmann's Billy & the Kids for a number of shows, along with James Casey (saxophone).
As a solo artist, he was part of the Newport Folk Festival in July 2021.{{Cite web |title=Newport Folk Festival stage schedule 2021 |url=https://newportfolk.org/2021-schedule/ |access-date=September 21, 2021 |publisher=Newport Folk}} On September 24, 2021, he released his third studio album, Renewal.{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BillyStrings/status/1420957420990435333|title=X.com|website=Twitter.com|access-date=October 3, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/09/25/1040669089/grammy-winning-bluegrass-artist-billy-strings-has-a-new-album|title=Grammy Winning Bluegrass Artist Billy Strings Has A New Album|website=Npr.org |access-date=September 28, 2021}}
=''Me/And/Dad'' and live releases (2022–2024)=
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Billy Strings' touring band was expanded from a quartet to a five piece when frequent guest fiddler Alex Hargreaves was asked to become a permanent member during a show in Baltimore on July 3, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.jambase.com/article/billy-strings-alex-hargreaves-band-member|title=Billy Strings Makes Alex Hargreaves Official Band Member|website=Jambase.com |access-date=September 21, 2023}} The band consists of Billy Failing (banjo), Royal Masat (bass), Jarrod Walker (mandolin) and Alex Hargreaves (fiddle).
At the 2022 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Strings was nominated for six awards, winning Entertainer of the Year for the second consecutive year, while "Red Daisy" won Song of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2022-ibma-bluegrass-music-awards-winners-list-1235148100/|title=Billy Strings, Béla Fleck, Dolly Parton Win Big at 2022 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards: Winners List|last=Grein|first=Paul|date=September 30, 2022|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 5, 2022}}
On October 3, 2022, Strings announced the album Me/And/Dad, a project with his father Terry Barber.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-me-and-dad-new-album-1234604449/|title=Billy Strings Picks and Sings With His Father on New Album 'Me/And/Dad'|date=October 3, 2022|last=Freeman|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 5, 2022}} While Barber is not his biological father, Strings said about Barber, "Terry raised me and taught me how to wipe my ass, tie my shoes, and play guitar. That's my fucking dad."
The album, released in November 2022, is a collection of traditional, country and bluegrass music from George Jones, Doc Watson, Hank Thompson, A.P. Carter and others. The same day the album was announced, "Long Journey Home" / "Life to Go" was released as a two-song single. Barber takes the lead vocal on the Jones-written song "Life to Go".
On December 8, 2023, Strings released his first official live recording.{{Cite web |last=Broerman |first=Michael |date=2023-12-08 |title=Billy Strings Releases 38-Minute Live Track [Listen] |url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/billy-strings-38-minute-live-track/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=L4LM |language=en-US}} The 38-minute long single, recorded on March 4, 2023, at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, contained a three-song medley of "Meet Me At The Creek" > "Pyramid Country" > "Must Be Seven" > "Meet Me At The Creek."{{Cite web |last=Hudak |first=Joseph |date=2023-12-08 |title=Billy Strings Shows Why He's a Live Boss with an Epic New Concert Recording |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-meet-me-at-the-creek-live-jam-1234920034/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}
On July 12, 2024, Strings released his first full-length live album, Live Vol. 1.{{Cite web |last=Crabtree |first=Mary Claire |date=2024-05-28 |title=Billy Strings Announces Live Album, 'Billy Strings – Live Vol. 1' |url=https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/05/28/billy-strings-announces-live-album-billy-strings-live-vol-1/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=Whiskey Riff |language=en-US}} Announced on May 28, the album contained live recordings of eight tracks from 2023 and 2024. The album would go on to win the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |last=Gibbs |first=Audrey |title=Did Billy Strings win a Grammy? What to know about the bluegrass guitarist's 'Live Vol. 1' |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/02/02/did-billy-strings-win-a-grammy-live-vol-1-gives-him-second-win/78029669007/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}
= ''Highway Prayers'' (2024-present) =
Strings's 4th studio album (and first for Reprise Records) Highway Prayers was released on September 27, 2024. The album reached the first No. 1 on Billboard's all-genre Top Album Sales survey dated Oct. 12, 2024 (the first bluegrass album to do so in over 20 years)
On November 1, 2024, during a fall tour stop in Baltimore Maryland in support of the album Strings performed the album in its entirety for the first set of the concert https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/billy-strings-plays-bong-showcases-album-halloween-finale-11-1-24/ On January 24, 2025, Strings launched his Winter Tour in continued support of the album with three shows at Denver's Ball Arena. The 21,000-seat arena featured the biggest crowd he'd ever played for indoors on Friday night, only to top that crowd with a new personal best on Saturday night. As pre-planned weeks in advance, Strings played Sunday's show for a reduced capacity configuration at Ball Arena.{{Cite web |last=Perkins |first=Owen |title=A Billy Strings Weekend: Telluride Favorite Billy Strings plays three-night Colorado stand |url=https://www.telluridenews.com/special/article_f516fe34-e44a-11ef-91ef-8f8c5743a196.html |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=The Telluride Daily Planet |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Perkins |first=Owen |title=Billy Strings, 'Doing Things Right:' Bluegrass star volunteers at rescue mission then serves tasty licks to 21,000 |url=https://www.telluridenews.com/special/article_42e102c6-e44c-11ef-bdc7-233880a570e5.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=The Telluride Daily Planet |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Perkins |first=Owen |title=Billy Strings, Greensky: Rocky Mtn. Reunion: Billy Strings closes three-night stand with Greensky guests |url=https://www.telluridenews.com/special/article_f9fd25bc-e446-11ef-a08c-e3afe2e7922a.html |access-date=2025-02-01 |website=The Telluride Daily Planet |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Strings began dating yoga instructor Ally Dale in 2014 after meeting at the Ore Dock Brewing Co. in Marquette, Michigan.{{cite web |title=Who Is Bluegrass Musician Billy Strings' Wife? All About Ally Dale |url=https://people.com/who-is-ally-dale-billy-strings-wife-8727214 |last=Kershaw|first=Emma|date=October 22, 2024|publisher=People}} Dale also worked as his tour manager during the beginnings of his career.{{cite web |title=Meet the crew!! We're spending each day this week checking in on a different member of our road family. Tour manager: ALLY DALE |url=https://www.instagram.com/billystrings/p/B_z61XGDXec/?img_index=1 |website=instagram}} They married on September 9, 2023, in a private ceremony, after nine years of dating, at the Hoxeyville Music Festival venue in Wellston, Michigan. Musicians Trey Anastasio, Les Claypool, and Bob Weir performed at the ceremony.
On June 22, 2024, they announced they were expecting their first child together.{{cite web |title=The love grows ❤️ We can't wait to meet baby boy this fall 📷 @ceciliaproskauerphoto |url=https://www.instagram.com/billystrings/p/C8hWdl9O3Ge/?img_index=1 |website=instagram.com}} Their son was born on September 29, 2024.{{cite web |title=After a long delivery, he's here! Mommy and baby are both doing great ❤️ I'm a dad. |url=https://www.instagram.com/billystrings/p/DAikV2GRZKF/?hl=en |website=instagram.com}}{{cite web |title=Introducing River Roy Apostol 💫 Our strong, resilient, beautiful boy, born 9/29/24 We are beyond blessed this sweet soul chose us to be his parents 🩵 @billystrings |url=https://www.instagram.com/ally_flows/p/DBOy9yEuDvi/ |website=instagram.com}}{{cite web |title=Billy Strings' Wife Ally Dale Gives Birth to Their First Child |url=https://popculture.com/country-music/news/billy-strings-wife-ally-dale-gives-birth-to-their-first-child/ |website=popculture.com}}
Discography
{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Billy Strings
| Image =
| Caption =
| Studio = 4
| Live = 1
| Compilation =
| Music videos = 10
| EP = 2
| Singles = 10
| Option name = As featured artist
| Option = 7
| 1Option name = Collaboration albums
| 1Option = 3
| 2Option name = Other appearances
| 2Option = 8
}}
=Albums=
==Studio albums==
==Collaborations==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart position |
|---|
| style="width:4em; font-size:85%"| US |
| scope="row"|Rock of Ages {{small|(with Don Julin)}} |
| — |
| scope="row"|Fiddle Tune X{{cite web |url= https://www.amazon.com/Fiddle-Tune-Billy-Strings-Julin/dp/B00PJUQ2PS|title=Fiddle Tune X |work=Amazon}} {{small|(with Don Julin)}} |
| — |
| scope="row"| Me/And/Dad {{small|(with Terry Barber)}} |
| 37 |
==Live albums==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:4em; font-size:85%"| US |
| scope="row"|Live Vol. 1{{cite web|url=https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/billy-strings-first-live-album-2024-fall-tour/|title=Billy Strings Drops First-Ever Live Album|last=Broerman|first=Michael|date=July 12, 2024|publisher=Live for Live Music|access-date=July 13, 2024}}
|
|
=Extended plays=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:19em;"| EP details ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart position |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:4em; font-size:85%"| US Grass |
| scope="row"| Billy Strings
|
| — |
| scope="row"| Billy Strings {{!}} An OurVinyl Sessions
|
| 10 |
| colspan="8" style="font-size:85%" | "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Singles=
==As lead artist==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Album |
| scope="row"| "All the Luck in the World" {{small|(with Circles Around the Sun)}} | 2020 | Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal |
|---|
| scope="row"| "The Great Divide {{small|(with Luke Combs)}} | rowspan=6|2021 | rowspan=4 {{Non-album singles}} |
| scope="row"| "Wargasm" {{small|(featuring RMR)}} |
| scope="row"| "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" {{small|(with Del McCoury)}} |
| scope="row"| "Globe" {{small|(with Fences)}} |
| scope="row"| "Fire Line"
| rowspan=2| Renewal |
| scope="row"| "In the Morning Light" |
| scope="row"| "Long Journey Home" {{small|(with Terry Barber)}} | rowspan=2| 2022 | rowspan=2| Me/And/Dad |
| scope="row"| "Life to Go" {{small|(with Terry Barber)}} |
| scope="row"| "California Sober" {{small|(featuring Willie Nelson)}}{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/music/news/billy-strings-willie-nelson-california-sober-collaboration-birthday-1235597716/|title=Billy Strings and Willie Nelson Commit to Going 'California Sober' in Duet Released for Willie's Birthday|last=Willman|first=Chris|date=April 27, 2023|publisher=Variety|access-date=June 12, 2023}} | 2023 | {{Non-album single}} |
| scope="row"| "Gild the Lily"
| 2024 |
==As featured artist==
=Other charted songs=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of other charted songs, showing year released, selected chart positions, and originating album ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| US {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/billy-strings/chart-history/hsi/|title=Billy Strings Chart History: Billboard Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 27, 2024}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| "M-E-X-I-C-O" {{small|(Post Malone featuring Billy Strings)}} | 2024 |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable" |
| Year
!Title !Album |
|---|
| rowspan=2| 2019
| "Away From the Mire" | rowspan=4| Home |
| "Must Be Seven" |
| rowspan=2| 2020
| "Home" |
| "Watch It Fall" |
| rowspan=2| 2021
| "In the Morning Light" | rowspan=3| Renewal |
| "Heartbeat of America" |
| rowspan=3| 2022
| "Love and Regret" |
| "Long Journey Home" {{small|(with Terry Barber)}} | Me/And/Dad |
| "Catch & Release"
| {{N/A}} |
| 2023
| "California Sober" | {{n/a}} |
| rowspan="2" |2024
|"Leadfoot" | rowspan="2" |Highway Prayers |
| "Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You" |
=Other appearances=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" style="width:18em;" |Title ! scope="col" style="width:3em;" |Year ! scope="col" style="width:26em;" |Credited artist(s) ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" |Album |
| scope="row" | "Slippery Eel"
| rowspan="3" | 2021 | Béla Fleck | rowspan="3" | My Bluegrass Heart |
|---|
| scope="row" | "This Old Road"
| Béla Fleck |
| scope="row" | "Tentacle Dragon (Revenge of the)"
| Béla Fleck |
| scope="row" | "Road Trip" | 2022 | Cory Wong | Power Station |
| scope="row" | "M-E-X-I-C-O" | 2024 | Post Malone |
| scope="row" | "Breathless" | rowspan=3| 2025 | Ringo Starr | rowspan=3| Look Up |
| scope="row" | "Never Let Me Go"
| Ringo Starr |
| scope="row" | "Rosetta"
| Ringo Starr |
Awards and nominations
{{Infobox musician awards
| name = Billy Strings
| image =
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| wins = 11
| nominations = 26
| award1 = Americana Music Honors & Awards
| award1W = 2
| award1N = 4
| award2 = Grammy Awards
| award2W = 2
| award2N = 6
| award3 = International Bluegrass Music Awards
| award3W = 6
| award3N = 16
}}
=Americana Music Awards=
The Americana Music Honors & Awards are awarded annually by the Americana Music Association to honor the best in Americana and American roots music. Strings has two wins from four nominations.{{cite web | url=https://americanamusic.org/awards | title=Awards|website=Americanamusic.org}}
{{awards table}}
|-
|2020
|rowspan=4|Billy Strings
|Emerging Artist of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|2021
|rowspan=3|Artist of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|2022
|{{Won}}
|-
|2023
|{{Won}}
{{end}}
=Grammy Awards=
The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Strings has two wins from seven nominations.{{cite web|title=Billy Strings|url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/billy-strings/287520}}
{{awards table}}
|-
|2021
|Home
|rowspan=2|Best Bluegrass Album
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2022
|{{nominated}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|Best American Roots Performance
|{{nominated}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2024
|"California Sober"
{{small|(featuring Willie Nelson)}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|Me/And/Dad
|{{nom}}
|-
|"High Note"
{{small|(Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings)}}
|Best Country Duo/Group Performance
|{{nom}}
|-
|2025
|rowspan=1|Best Bluegrass Album
|{{won}}
|-
{{end}}
=International Bluegrass Music Awards=
The International Bluegrass Music Awards are awarded annually by the International Bluegrass Music Association to honor the best in bluegrass. Strings has won seven{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://americanamusic.org/awards |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=AmericanaMusic.org |language=en}} awards from 16 nominations.{{cite web | url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/ibma-awards-2019-see-the-winners/ | title=IBMA Awards 2019: See the Winners |publisher=The Bluegrass Situation| date=September 27, 2019 }}{{cite web | url=https://thebluegrasssituation.com/read/ibma-awards-2021-see-the-full-list-of-winners/ | title=IBMA Awards 2021: See the Full List of Winners |publisher=The Bluegrass Situation| date=October 2021 }}{{cite web | url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/marty-raybon-back-to-bluegrass-signs-with-billy-blue-records-2/ | title=2022 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards nominees announced|publisher=Bluegrass Today| date=July 26, 2022 }}
{{awards table}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=4|Billy Strings
|New Artist of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Guitar Player of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=4|2020
|{{nominated}}
|-
|Entertainer of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|Home
|Album of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|"Guitar Peace"
|Instrumental Recording of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|rowspan=3|2021
|rowspan=6|Billy Strings
|Guitar Player of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|Instrumental Group of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|rowspan=2|Entertainer of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|rowspan=6|2022
|{{won}}
|-
|Guitar Player of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|Instrumental Group of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|Album of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|"Red Daisy"
|Song of the Year
|{{won}}
|-
|"Ice Bridges"
|Instrumental Recording of the Year
|{{nominated}}
|-
|2023
|Billy Strings
|Entertainer of the Year
|{{won}}
{{end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.billystrings.com/ Official website]
- {{IMDb name|9787365}}
- {{discogs artist|Billy Strings}}
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