Billy Strings

  William Apostol *03-10-1992 Muir, MI
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka
SESSIONS
2013 unknown – Billy Strings and Don Julin (Producer: Don Julin)
001 DUST IN A BAGGIE
002 SOLDIER'S JOY
003 COCAINE BLUES
004 WATSON BLUES
005 WILD BILL JONES
006 RED HAIRED BOY
007 I'VE JUST SEEN THE ROCK OF AGES
008 KICKIN MULE
009 SUMMERTIME
010 BEAUMONT RAG
011 THE CUCKOO
012 LONG JOURNEY HOME
013 CLUCK OLD HEN
Tracks above issued on album Rock Of Ages
2013-2014 various locations - Billy Strings and Don Julin (Billy Strings [vcl/gt/claw hammer banjo],  Don Julin [vcl/mandolin/ banjo])
014 BEAUMONT RAG
015 WALK ON BOY
016 OPEN UP THEM PEARLY GATES
017 THAT HOME FAR AWAY
018 MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU
019 THE STRING CHANGING TUNE
020 SALT CREEK - OLD JOE CLARK
021 SHARECROPPER'S SON
022 LONESOME MOONLIGHT WALTZ
023 I AM A PILGRIM
024 POOR ELLEN SMITH
025 FIDDLE TUNE X
026 DOS BANJOS
027 I AIN'T GONNA WORK TOMORROW
028 SHADY GROVE
029 LITTLE MAGGIE
Tracks above issued on album Fiddle Tune X, some tracks are live
2014 Third Man Records - Billy Strings and Don Julin
030 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE Fiddle Tunes X
2016 Minutia Studios, Nashville, TN – Billy Strings
031 SLOW TRAIN  BS 001  
032 THIRST MUTILATOR  BS 001  
033 DOS BANJOS  BS 001
034 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG  BS 001  
035 RED ROCKING CHAIR  BS 001  
036 DUST IN A BAGGIE  BS 001  
3-9 January 2017 GBH Studios, East Lansing, MI/11-12 March 2017 Sputnik Sound Nashville, TN – Billy Strings (Billy Strings [vcl/banjo/gt/ buchel], Bryan Sutton [gt], Drew Matulich [mandolin], Billy Failing [banjo/vcl], Brad Tucker [vcl/bass],  Shad Cobb/ John Mailander [fiddle], Peter "Madcat" Ruth [harmonica/Jew's harp], Glenn Brown [harmonium/ theremin],  Miss Tess [vcl],  Terry Barber [vcl], Molly Tuttle [vcl]. Producer: Glenn Brown and Billy Strings)
037 ON THE LINE ARC 0001
038 MEET ME AT THE CREEK ARC 0001  
039 ALL OF TOMORROW ARC 0001
040 WHILE I'M WAITING HERE ARC 0001  
041 LIVING LIKE AN ANIMAL ARC 0001
042 TURMOIL AND TINFOIL ARC 0001  
043 SALTY SHEEP ARC 0001
044 SPINNING ARC 0001  
045 DEALING DESPAIR ARC 0001  
046 PYRAMID COUNTRY ARC 0001  
047 DOIN' THINGS RIGHT ARC 0001  
048 THESE MEMORIES OF YOU ARC 0001  
2018 Starstruck Studios, Nashville, TN – Billy Strings (Billy Strings [vcl/gt],  Billy Failing [banjo], Jarrod Walker [mandolin],  Royal Masat [bass])
049 DUST IN A BAGGIE
050 TURMOIL AND TINFOI
051 WHILE I'M WAITING HERE
052 ON THE LINE
Tracks above issued on EP Our Vinyl Sessions
16 December 2018 [live-Winter Wonder Grass Festival] Stratton, VT – Billy Strings
05201 DUST IN A BAGGIE
05202 THIRST MUTILATOR
05203 SO MANY MILES
05204  BACK ON THE TRAIN
05205 WHILE I’M WAITING HERE
05206 PYRAMID COUNTRY
05207 LITTLE MAGGIE
05208 TEN DEGREES AND COLDER
05209 TURMOIL AND TINFOIL
05210 CHINA DOLL
05211 MIDNIGHT RIDER
05212 MEET ME AT THE CREEK
05213 NELLIE KANE
05214 THIS HEART OF MINE
05215  AIN’T NOTHING TO ME
05216  PAUL AND SILAS
05217 SHACKLES AND CHAINS
05218 NEW CAMPTOWN RACES
05219 ROCKY RACOON
05220 AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING
05221 BIRD SONG
05222 FEATHERS
05223 WHITE DOVE
05224 DEALING DESPAIR
05225 HOME OF THE RED FOX
05226  BLACK CLOUDS
05227 ON THE LINE
05228 ANGEL BAND
Tracks above issued on album WinterWonderGrass, Sunday 2018
January 2019 Blackbird Recording Studio, Nashville, TN – Billy Strings (Billy Strings [vcl/gt/ banjo], Billy Failing [gt/banjo], Jerry Douglas [dobro],  Jarrod Walker [vcl.mandolin],  Royal Masat [vcl/bass],  Glenn Brown [shaker/cymbals],  John Churchville [table], John Mailander [violin], Christian Sedelmyer [violin/viola],  Kaitlyn Raitz [cello], Glenn Brown [harmonium/synthesizer/vibraphone] Megan Campbell, Molly Tuttle [vcl])
053 TAKING WATER Rounder 00638
054 MUST BE SEVEN Rounder 00638
055 RUNNING Rounder 00638
056 AWAY FROM THE MIRE Rounder 00638
057 HOME Rounder 00638
058 WATCH IT FALL Rounder 00638
059 LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM Rounder 00638
060 HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS Rounder 00638
061 ENOUGH TO LEAVE Rounder 00638
062 HOLLOW HEART Rounder 00638
063 LOVE LIKE ME Rounder 00638
064 EVERYTHING'S THE SAME Rounder 00638
065 GUITAR PEACE Rounder 00638
066 FREEDOM Rounder 00638
25-28 July 2019 [live-The Peach Music Festiva] Scranton, PA – Billy Strings
06601 DUST IN A BAGGIE / SO MANY MILES
06602 RUNDOWN
06603 WHILE I'M WAITING HERE
06604 TRAIN, TRAIN
06605 STAGE BANTER
06606 NOBODY'S LOVE IS LIKE MINE
06607 TODAY
06608 ALL FALL DOWN
06609 ON THE LINE
06610 WATCH IT FALL
06611 BLUE MULE
06612 TAKING WATER
06613 SHE MAKES ME LOVE
06614 MEET ME AT THE CREEK
Tracks above issued on album Recorded Live At The Peach Music Festival
2020 unknown – Luke Combs and Billy Strings
067 THE GREAT DIVIDE digital single [rel. Feb. 1, 2021]
2021 Sound Emporium, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN/Fivestar Studios, Los Angeles, CA  – Billy Strings (Billy Strings [vcl/gt/ banjo/ mandolin/ piano/ bass drum/ bells/ chimes],  Billy Failing [vcl/banjo/ piano],  Jarrod Walker [vcl/mandolin/ gt],  Spencer Cullum Jr [steel], Royal Masat [vcl/bass], Jonathan Wilson [celesta/ parsussion/ harpsichord/ vcl], John Mailander [fiddle], Grant Milliken [synthesizer],  Bill Orner [vcl]. Producer: Billy Strings, Jonathan Wilson)
068 SECRETS Rounder 01424
069 LOVE AND REGRET Rounder 01424
070 HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA Rounder 01424
071 IN THE MORNING LIGHT Rounder 01424
072 THIS OLD WORLD Rounder 01424
073 SHOW ME THE DOOR Rounder 01424
074 HELLBENDER Rounder 01424
075 RED DAISY Rounder 01424
076 THE FIRE ON MY TONGUE Rounder 01424
077 NOTHING’S WORKING Rounder 01424
078 HIDE AND SEEK Rounder 01424
079 ICE BRIDGES  Rounder 01424
080 FIRE LINE Rounder 01424
081 RUNNING THE ROUTE Rounder 01424
082 LEADERS Rounder 01424
083 KNOW IT ALL Rounder 01424
2022 Sound Emporium, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Billy Strings (Billy Strings [vcl/gt], Rob McCoury [banjo], Ron McCoury [mandolin], Mike Bub [bass], Michael Cleveland [fiddle] + . Jerry Douglas, Jason Carter)
084 LIFE TO GO Rounder 01889
085 WAY DOWNTOWN Rounder 01889
086 LITTLE BLOSSOM Rounder 01889
087 PEARTREE Rounder 01889
088 STONE WALLS AND STEEL BARS Rounder 01889
089 LITTLE WHITE CHURCH Rounder 01889
090 DIG A LITTLE DEEPER (IN THE WELL) Rounder 01889
091 WANDERING BOY Rounder 01889
092 JOHN DEERE TRACTOR Rounder 01889
093 FROSTY MORN Rounder 01889
094 I HAVEN'T SEEN MARY IN YEARS Rounder 01889
095 LITTLE CABIN HOME ON THE HILL Rounder 01889
096 I HEARD MY MOTHER WEEPING Rounder 01889
097 LONG JOURNEY HOME Rounder 01889
22 June 2022 [live-The Peach Music Festival] Montage Mountain,  Scranton, PA – Billy Strings (Billy Strings [vcl/gt], Billy Failing [vcl/banjo], Jarrod Walker [mandolin], Royal Masat [bass], Alex Hargreaves [fiddle])
09701 INTRO
09702 FIRE ON MY TONGUE
09703 BRONZEBACK
09704 HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA
09705 IN THE MORNING LIGHT
09706 AWAY FROM THE MIRE
09707 LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM
09708 LOVE LIKE ME
09709 HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS
09710 THIS OLD WORLD
09711  INTRO
09712 TAKING WATER
09713 ICE BRIDGES
09714 WHILE I'M WAITING HERE
09715 PYRAMID COUNTRY
09716 KNOW IT ALL
09717 ENOUGH TO LEAVE
09718 HOLLOW HEART
09719 SO MANY MILES
09720 EVERYTHING’S THE SAME
09721 SECRETS
09722 SHOW ME THE DOOR
09723 PEACH PICKING TIME IN GEORGIA
Tracks above issued on album Recorded Live At The Peach Music Festival 06-22-22
2023 unknown – Billy Strings and Willie Nelson
098 CALIFORNIA SOBER digital single [rel. Apr. 28]
4 March 2023 [live] Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston Salem, NC – Billy Strings
09801 MEET ME AT THE CREEK / PYRAMID COUNTRY / MUST BE SEVEN / MEET ME AT THE CREEK (38:02) Reprise 6-726316  
22 April 2023 [live] Live at St. Augustine Amphitheatre, St. Augustine, FL – Billy Strings
09802 HELLBENDER CD 725347
2 June 2023 [live] Moody Center, Austimm, TX – Billy Strings
09803 AWAY FROM THE MIRE CD 725347
16 June 2023 [live] Pine Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston, MI – Billy Strings
09804 HIGHWAY HYPNOSIS CD 725347
22 September 2023 [live] Renewal, Buena Vista, CO – Billy Strings
09805 LONG FORGOTTEN DREAM CD 725347
14 November 2023 [live] La Cigale, Paris, FRA – Billy Strings
09806 DOS BANJOS CD 725347
18 November 2023 [live] O2 Academy Glasgow, 121 Eglinton St, Scotland, UK – Billy Strings
09807 THE FIRE ON MY TONGUE
09808 KNOW IT ALL
09809 SHADY GROVE
09810 A ROBIN BUILT A NEST ON DADDY’S GRAVE
09811 ESCANABA
09812 HOLD THE WOODPILE DOWN
09813 IN THE MORNING LIGHT
09814 MY ALICE
09815 IN CASE YOU EVER CHANGE YOUR MIND
09816 HELLO CITY LIMITS
09817 DONE GONE
09818 NUTSHELL
09819 WARGASM  BEAUMONT RAG
09820 CATCH AND RELEASE
09821 THE TRAIN THAT CARRIED MY GIRL FROM TOWN
09822 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG
09823 FIRE LINE
09824 SO MANY MILES
09825 COLD, COLD WORLD
09826 RED DAISY
09827 WATCH IT FALL
09828 ERNEST T. GRASS
09829 MUST BE SEVEN
09830 THE LIKES OF ME
09831  MEET ME AT THE CREEK
09832 HOW MOUNTAIN GIRLS CAN LOVE
Tracks above issued on album, Nov 18, 2023
15 December 2023 [live] Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Wilkes-Barre, PA– Billy Strings
09823 DUST IN A BAGGIE CD 725347
31 December 2023 [live] Uno Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA– Billy Strings
09824 TURMOIL AND TINFOIL CD 725347
25 February 2024 [live] Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN – Billy Strings
09825 HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA CD 725347
09826 FIRE LINE / REUBEN'S TRAIN CD 725347
1 March 2024 [live] State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA – Billy Strings
09827 RICHARD PETTY CD 725347
2024 unknown – Billy Strings (Producer: Billy Strings and Jon Brion)
099 LEANING ON A TRAVELIN' SONG CD 726466  
100 IN THE CLEAR CD 726466
101 ESCANABA CD 726466  
102 GILD THE LILY CD 726466  
103 SEVEN WEEKS IN COUNTY CD 726466  
104 STRATOSPHERE BLUES / I BELIEVE IN YOU CD 726466  
105 CABIN SONG CD 726466  
106 DON'T BE CALLING ME (AT 4AM) CD 726466  
107 MALFUNCTION JUNCTION CD 726466  
108 CATCH AND RELEASE CD 726466  
109 BE YOUR MAN CD 726466  
110 GONE A LONG TIME CD 726466  
111 IT AIN'T BEFORE CD 726466  
112 MY ALICE CD 726466  
113 SENEY STRETCH CD 726466  
114 MORBUD4ME CD 726466
115 LEADFOOT CD 726466  
116 HAPPY HOLLOW CD 726466
117 THE BEGINNING OF THE END CD 726466  
118 RICHARD PETTY CD 726466   





ALBUMS
Billy Strings + Don Julin ?  Rock Of Ages: 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 – 31-12-13 w. Don Julin
Billy Strings + Don Julin no # Fiddle Tune X: 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 – 01-10-14 w. Don Julin
Apostol ARC 0001-04.Turmoil And Tinfoil: On the Line; Meet Me at the Creek; All of Tomorrow; While I'm Waiting Here; Living Like an Animal; Turmoil and Tinfoil; Salty Sheep; Spinning; Dealing Despair; Pyramid Country; Doin' things Right; These Memories of You – 22-09-17
WinterWonderGrass ? WinterWonderGrass, Sunday 2018: Dust In A Baggie;  Thirst Mutilator; So Many Miles;  Back On The Train;  While I’m Waiting Here;  Pyramid Country;  Little Maggie;  Ten Degrees and Colder;  Turmoil and Tinfoil;  China Doll;  Midnight Rider; Meet Me at the Creek;  Nellie Kane;  This Heart Of Mine;  Ain’t Nothing to Me;  Paul and Silas;  Shackles and Chains;  New Camptown Races;  Rocky Racoon; And Your Bird Can Sing;  Bird Song;  Feathers;  White Dove;  Dealing Despair;  Home Of The Red Fox;  Black Clouds;  On The Line;  Angel Band – 19 (3CD)
MunckMix no # Recorded Live At The Peach Music Festival July 25-28 2019 Scranton, Pennsylvania: Dust In A Baggie / So Many Miles; Rundown; While I'm Waiting Here; Train, Train; Stage Banter; Nobody's Love Is Like Mine; Today; All Fall Down; On The Line; Watch It Fall; Blue Mule; Taking Water; She Makes Me Love; Meet Me At The Creek – 19 (double)
Rounder 11661-00637[lp]/00638  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 - 27-09-19
Rounder 11661-01424[lp]/01423 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 – 24-09-21
Rounder 11661-01889 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 – 18-11-22
MunckMix (?) no # Recorded Live At The Peach Music Festival 06-22--22: Intro; Fire On My Tongue; Bronzeback; Heartbeat of America; In the Morning Light ; Away From the Mire;  Long Forgotten Dream; Love Like Me; Highway Hypnosis; This Old World;  Intro; Taking Water;  Ice Bridges; While I'm Waiting Here; Pyramid Country; Know It All; Enough to Leave; Hollow Heart; So Many Miles; Everything’s the Same; Secrets; Show Me the Door; Peach Picking Time in Georgia – 22 (double)
Nugs-net no #  O2 Academy Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Nov 18, 2023:  The Fire On My Tongue;  Know It All;  Shady Grove;  A Robin Built A Nest On Daddy’s Grave;  Escanaba; Hold the Woodpile Down;  In The Morning Light;  My Alice;  In Case You Ever Change Your Mind;  Hello City Limits;  Done Gone;  Nutshell;  Wargasm  Beaumont Rag;  Catch and Release;  The Train That Carried My Girl From Town;  Black Mountain Rag;  Fire Line;  So Many Miles;  Cold, Cold World;  Red Daisy;  Watch It Fall;  Ernest T. Grass;  Must Be Seven;  The Likes of Me;  Meet Me at the Creek;  How Mountain Girls Can Love – 24-11-23 (digital)

Reprise 6-726316 Live March 4, 2023 Winston Salem, NC: Meet Me At The Creek / Pyramid Country / Must Be Seven / Meet Me At The Creek (38:02) – 08-12-23

Reprise CD 725347 Live, vol. 1: Dust in a Baggie; Away From The Mire;  Long Forgotten Dream; Heartbeat of America;  Dos Banjos; Fire Line > Reuben's Train;  Turmoil and Tinfoil; Richard Petty; Hellbender;  Highway Hypnosis– 12-07-24 (double)

Reprise CD 726466 Highway Prayers: Leaning on a Travelin' Song; In the Clear; Escanaba; Gild the Lily; Seven Weeks in County; Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You; Cabin Song; Don't Be Calling Me (At 4AM); Malfunction Junction; Catch and Release; Be Your Man; Gone a Long Time; It Ain't Before; My Alice; Seney Stretch; Morbud4me; Leadfoot; Happy Hollow; The Beginning of the End; Richard Petty – 27-09-24

EPs
Billy Strings BS 001 Billy Strings EP: Slow Train; Thirst Mutilator; Dos Banjos; Black Mountain Rag; Red Rocking Chair; Dust in a Baggie -  10-06-16
Our VinylTV ? Our Vinyl Sessions: Dust In A Baggie; Turmoil and Tinfoil; While I'm Waiting Here; On The Line – 15-10-18