More like shut the fuck up

7/14/2023 6:24:15 PM

Is he related to Billy Sticks?

7/14/2023 6:47:34 PM

And if I die in Raleigh, at least I die freeeee

7/15/2023 12:01:30 PM

deadheads can absolutely kill a scene

fuck deadheads and fuck you

7/20/2023 12:33:50 PM

He and his band are extremely talented musicans

7/20/2023 12:42:40 PM

Quote :

"deadheads can absolutely kill a scene"

100% this. God damn smelly wooks screaming “play Cumberland Blues” at a random bluegrass show like it’s some old folk song that every band should know. The entire genre is being overrun by these people.

Billy Strings ruined Bluegrass. And that’s coming from someone that thinks Billy Strings is actually a pretty solid artist.

7/20/2023 1:54:44 PM

did he ruin it or did his fans?

slightly big difference

7/20/2023 2:07:25 PM

He’s the one that covered Dead songs. Covering those songs and not expecting to be inundated by wooks is like leaving your porch light on all night and not expecting the entire porch to be covered in moths in the morning.

7/20/2023 2:17:42 PM

^^^I mean, I guess you could say that Jerry Garcia ruined bluegrass then

[Edited on July 20, 2023 at 2:17 PM. Reason : ]

7/20/2023 2:17:46 PM

If the shoe fits. God damn Californians trying to appropriate muh culture.

7/20/2023 2:20:44 PM

Well, I'm gonna allow it

7/20/2023 2:35:32 PM

lol wtf is happening here

are the deadheads showing up to Del McCoury shows and screaming for him to play Terrapin Station?

[Edited on July 20, 2023 at 4:15 PM. Reason : "ruined" lol]

[Edited on July 20, 2023 at 4:16 PM. Reason : IBMA thinks otherwise but I could see how your self-importance could supersede them ]

7/20/2023 4:12:35 PM

Del Mccoury gets a haircut every few weeks and wears a jacket on stage. Only the bravest deadheads go to his shows because Del reminds them of their fathers too much. Imagine getting spun at a show and feeling the fatherly disappointment vibes emanating from the lead singer. Total buzzkill.

[Edited on July 20, 2023 at 4:43 PM. Reason : IBMA just a bunch of Californians trying to commodify authentic Americana. They can suck a dick.]

7/20/2023 4:40:21 PM

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Edited on July 20, 2023 at 4:45 PM. Reason : when's your next set?]

7/20/2023 4:45:24 PM

fuck billytalent

7/20/2023 4:47:43 PM

Terd is on a fucking roll

i love it

7/20/2023 5:37:21 PM

on a soft, buttered roll?

a tootsie roll?

ok sorry I was just trying to fit in

7/20/2023 5:42:45 PM

Quote :

"Total buzzkill."

Ok, I thought more about it and I may have been suffering from some bad causality. It’s not the Dead covers, or dissonant jams, or decent song writing that attracts the wooks to Billy. It’s the fact that the availability of good LSD SKYROCKETS when his tour is in town. It’s really only Billy’s fault depending on how you view his embrace of drug culture. Jam culture is complicated though with all of those elements playing off each other. So it’s like a chicken or egg first kinda thing.

[Edited on July 20, 2023 at 6:36 PM. Reason : ^def soft. Def buttered.]

7/20/2023 6:34:20 PM

pretty hilarious that you envoked, “get a haircut, hippie” in an earnest way

7/20/2023 8:02:20 PM

You’re free to offer your analysis of the Billy Strings experience, these are just my observations. Like I said I think he’s talented and I’m actually a fan.

7/20/2023 8:19:43 PM

not even a fan, just find your way of gatekeeping humorous

7/20/2023 9:17:38 PM

There is nothing earnest ITT

7/21/2023 12:01:07 AM

Yeah i enjoy what songs i have heard of him, but i don't think I'd ever in a million years go to one of his shows. No desire to deal with that crowd.

7/21/2023 1:01:07 AM

his fans are objectively terrible

7/21/2023 10:12:59 AM

eh, they're not all bad (but yes, some are).

I don't think I'd heard the term "wook" before.

[Edited on July 21, 2023 at 10:51 AM. Reason : so i guess a liberal hippie is a "woke wook"]

7/21/2023 10:48:50 AM

Smh how have you not heard the term wook before

7/21/2023 10:57:02 AM

I'm not sure.

7/21/2023 10:58:09 AM

What's so bad about his fans?

7/21/2023 12:56:27 PM

Buncha fuckin wooks

7/21/2023 1:02:27 PM

His IBMA show in 2015 didn't have a lot of wooks that I saw, but that was almost 8 years ago. Maybe they hadn't attached themselves to him back then. He had a really good set though and I enjoyed it quite a bit. Haven't seen him live since though.

7/21/2023 8:18:41 PM

full blown infestation

7/23/2023 6:18:39 PM

Quote :

"He’s the one that covered Dead songs. Covering those songs and not expecting to be inundated by wooks is like leaving your porch light on all night and not expecting the entire porch to be covered in moths in the morning."

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/covers/billy-strings-73c3fe21.html

7/24/2023 2:58:01 PM

I heard him cover Black Sabbath (Plant Caravan) last summer and Alice in Chains (Nutshell) this summer

[Edited on July 24, 2023 at 3:20 PM. Reason : ]

7/24/2023 3:15:40 PM

rate the wookness

Marcus King Band fans vs Billy Strings fans

7/24/2023 3:40:47 PM

the link to the setlists just confirms this is billy’s own fault

there’s no coming back

7/24/2023 5:52:08 PM

I hope Cory Wong pays attention to this cautionary tale

https://www.setlist.fm/stats/covers/cory-wong-1bc1f9b8.html

7/24/2023 5:57:40 PM

^^ Show your math armpit lover. He covers bluegrass bands. I mean I get that this is all a joke but at least make it convincible.

7/25/2023 12:09:03 AM

Bobby Badfingers > Billy Strings

7/25/2023 12:19:03 AM

synapse being intentionally dumb itt

[Edited on July 25, 2023 at 12:45 PM. Reason : i love armpits]

7/25/2023 12:45:13 PM

The poor guy flew all the way to Europe trying to run from the wooks, but somehow they, the same people that bum multiple cigarettes in line before the show opens, always have the cash for a flight and concert tickets.

Billy is now having to address the front row culture in his Insta comments:
https://www.reddit.com/r/BillyStrings/s/BqiIsVWq4O

I think the lesson for artists is simple. Don’t mention, cover, or pay homage to anything related to mainstream Jam culture, or these wooks will find you and haunt you for the rest of your career.

11/17/2023 6:10:29 AM

I've reached the age where I get like a cocktail table with service if I'm gonna see a show. Fuck "rubbing elbows" with people.

11/17/2023 9:50:17 AM

^I went to the Polyphia show at the Ritz a few weeks ago and paid for the VIP front row balcony seats upgrade to avoid the sold out crowd below. It was really nice as I could leave to go to the bathroom and come back to have my seat waiting for me. I hit the merch tables after the first artist, go to the bar during the show, etc. and was able to get out right after the last encore song. I parked near the front of the Ritz so I was able to beat the entire crowd getting to their cars and was home back in Chapel Hill thirty minutes after my last photo walking out. It was great.

11/18/2023 5:39:42 AM