Soirée: Billy Strings at Dakota Jazz Club

Soirée: Billy Strings at Dakota Jazz Club

Billy Strings bio

“Thanks to my buddies Melody Walker and Jacob Groopman for recommending I check out Billy Strings, because WOW. He was incredible. Imagine taking a hardcore heavy metal band like Pantera and cramming all that energy into the body of a 23-year-old bluegrass guitarist. That’s basically Billy Strings. He TORE across the stage during his set, grimacing, growling, swearing, head-banging and tearing the holy shit out of a set of utterly-straight-ahead traditional bluegrass. Kid can pick! DAMN can he pick! “ – D.L. “THE BLUEGRASS SITUATION”

Billy Strings is a 23 yr old, tattoo covered guitar picker/singer that you surely will be hearing about for years to come. “Blessed with the voice of an old soul from the mountains, a gentlemanly air, and the ability to sling hundreds of notes with razor-crisp precision at the speed of a machine gun, Strings’ flat-picking talent seems almost beyond comprehension to veterans of the local bluegrass scene, especially given his youth.” – Northern Express Publications.