The Preacher and the Bear - Billy Strings

In a quiet room at a loud party.

William Apostol also known as Billy Strings before his rise to fame. This was originally filmed on 9/16/2012 around 3am in front of a small group of friends at a house party.

#billystrings #bluegrass #guitar

[LowerStandards]

Check out Billy String's channel and take their new album "Renewal" for a spin!

[BlackRose]

Looks like green shirt dude finally went to smoke that cig. Good for him.

[austenrobinson]

This guy is one of the cleanest pickers I have heard in my 65 years.

[SixStringSicario]

It was evident at this time that this kid had an otherworldly talent. Sure enough a handful of years later he has a Grammy, #1 albums, introduced bluegrass to a whole legion of people and will most certainly will go down as the greatest to ever to do it.

[iamgriff]

Billy Strings is a natural. I am a bluegrass fan after listening to these homemade videos. Real music doesn’t need big production. All it needs is to be heard.

[browser]

For those of you who apparently don't realize how far Billy has come here's a true story: I saw him last month at Carnegie Hall at Bela Fleck's concert and just about all the living legends were there: Sam Bush, Tony Trischka, Chris Thile, Molly, Sierra, Byan Sutton, Jerry Douglas and on and on. Billy was like the tenth player to come onstage about 20 minutes into the concert, with Stuart Duncan, and the whole audience spontaneously leapt to their feet and there was this huge roar 10 times louder than for even when Bela walked out. Billy was so embarrassed, he went to the mic and said, "That's right folks, it's Stuart Duncan!" And he pretty much dominated the night. What a class act too.

[consciousdaily]

“In. A quiet room at a loud party.” That’s always where the best memories happen!

[benostiguy]

Imagine being in that room just chilling and then some kid starts playing guitar at the highest level.

[terrylewis]

Still Doin time for dust in the baggie. Luv this Guy Rock on G

[white_devil]

Billy Strings is up there with Jimi, Stevie, Jimmy Page, Clapton, Vai, etc. There are people who learn to play well, and there are people who were born to play.

[TheLuxuriusHippy]

Something makes me think you've got some more gems to release, so I'll just go ahead and subscribe to your channel now. Thx for posting!

[ericcannon]

The 1st video I ever watched of his was dust in a bag and I have watched ever since this man is going to be a legend

[coyotehunter]

This song reminded me of a childhood event. Sitting in church on a Sunday morning and my grandpa was the preacher and there wasn’t no back wall up on the church yet in West Virginia Three black bears just walking around outside looking in. Grandpa keep a preaching and we just sat there and listen. Bears just wandered up the mountain side.

[TylerCassidyMusic]

Love this dude man once in a generation talent

[matthewmorgan]

I wanna dislike this because my hype man in the background ain't there.

[sharonbeaulieu]

This was my favorite song that my Dad (born 1911) played when we were kids. He passed in 1977. Thank you Billy for bringing back this old fun song and the great memories that go with it. You played and sang it perfectly!

[midwestmaniack]

This ain't my normal type of music but I enjoy this guy.

[pizzadude]

Been rocking billy for years now if only several. Can't believe the ol algorithm has been hiding this one from me.

[tristynhosford]

Crazy to see how billy has evolved with his talent, from the couch to the opry and a grammy! And well deserved at that, stoked to see him next month in Richmond! And thanks for putting this video out there, it's awesome man!

[danielpoffenberger]

Danny: And you guys got that concert for free. I'm pretty sure there are more videos of that basement concert yet to come...This young man is a phenom