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Out of the mist and carried straight through to the next track laced with Borderlines. It must have been a challenge to rise up to Joni’s pure passion poured onto a page. Every word, every lyric is so luscious with devout meaning. It leaps off the grooves of the vinyl from John Mailander and the Forecast. The tender violin chugs away from the battle onto the sunset of peaceful obscurity. But It Did Happen. The 3rd track is like the conductor tapping the music stand. The work is in process. On air. Keep time. Speed up. Do more. Growth for the sake of growth is cancer’s motive. This is growth for the sake of growing, blooming, fulfillment. The music rises and falls, builds and destroys, and almost completes the circle until it devolves into madness. No one is built for this box. Percussion is the prescription for presumption. It’s broken with passion, fashion, redemption, and asymmetry. Anarchy protesting the plastic genetically modified, not meant for
Billy Strings' Friday night show at The Bonnaroo Farm in Manchester, Tennessee which will feature special guest John Mailander will be broadcast via a Veeps livestream.
The Grammy winner on the highs and lows of his career including his new custom Fender guitar, working with the Drive-By Truckers, songwriting and sobriety, penning love songs for his wife Amanda Shires, and friendship with the late John Prine.
WIN: 4 Weekend Passes to 2021 Beartrap Summer Festival
The Beartrap Summer Festival marks 25 years+ of music on the mountain this summer with everything that’s kept crowds growing for a quarter-century: sunshine, mountain air, vendors, food and drink … and a great roster of musicians for this milestone celebration, August 7 and 8 in Beartrap Meadow on Casper Mountain. Fill out the form below for you chance at 4 weekend passes!
This year brings a wide-ranging line-up of national and regional musicians to the Hilltop Bank Mountaintop Stage, from traditional roots styles to genre-bending acts that aren’t afraid to mix bluegrass with grunge. And we top it off with headliners, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers on Saturday and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on Sunday.