Billy Strings - Photo by Chad Cochran
The best way to experience Billy Strings, as hordes of fans filling arenas will attest, is live and in person. But if he’s not playing your city, or if you didn’t snap up tickets quickly enough, you can get a taste with a new live recording released today.
Technically a single, “Meet Me at the Creek / Pyramid Country / Must Be Seven / Meet Me at the Creek (Live at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, NC 3/4/23)” clocks in at just over 38 minutes, capturing a jam that joins songs from two of Strings’ albums.
Strings, of course is no stranger to live recordings, partnering with nugs.net for paid livestreams for each of his shows. But this is his first release of a live recording on a label, in this case Reprise Records, part of Warner Music Group. Strings’ last few albums, including last year’s Me / And / Dad (ND review), were released via Rounder Records. In an instagram post Friday morning, Strings said a full live record “is in the works,” and today’s release is just a first taste.
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A video for “Meet Me at the Creek,” etc., was scheduled to premiere at noon ET on YouTube.
Strings made a splash in the roots music world this year by selling out two nights at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, plus a bonus show at the Ryman Auditorium, playing his brand of bluegrass to thousands of people. He was named Artist of the Year at this year’s Americana Music Honors & Awards and Entertainer of the Year by the International Bluegrass Music Association.
At the end of the newly released “Meet Me at the Creek” jam, he wraps by thanking his fans. “You all make my dreams come true,” he says, and it sure sounds like he means it. “For real.”
Cover image for Billy Strings’ “Meet Me at the Creek / Pyramid Country / Must Be Seven / Meet Me at the Creek”
