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Billy Strings Shows Off His Impressive Bluegrass Education During Two-Night Kentucky Run [Videos]

Billy Strings Shows Off His Impressive Bluegrass Education During Two-Night Kentucky Run [Videos]  Live for Live Music

Billy Strings and his whip-crack sharp band brought their spring tour to Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky for a two-night weekend stand in the Bluegrass State. Strings and his fellow players Jarrod Walker on mandolin, Alex Hargreaves on fiddle, Billy Failing on banjo, and Royal Masat on bass are all remarkably well steeped in bluegrass music, its history, traditions and the hallmarks of this American art form for folks their relatively youthful age. Truth be told this was clearly something they were not taking lightly.

Therehavebeenmany,manypeople,bands,stations,andmorewhoeachcontributedtoKentuckybecomingsuchameccafortheartformandgenre,startingofcoursewithmandolinistBillMonroe.FavoritesonandnativeKentuckianMonroenamedhisbackingband“TheBluegrassBoys”andisrightlycreditedwithpopularizingthenameforgenerationstocome.Ofhiscreation,Monroesaid“Scottishbagpipesandole-timefiddlin’.It’sMethodistandHolinessandBaptist.It’sbluesandjazz,andithasahighlonesomes