California Sober (feat. Willie Nelson)

02 Walk On Boy

When the power grid falters and the world’s servers thirst for more, engineers turn skyward — not for inspiration, but for fuel. Engines on the Ground tells the story of old jet turbines reborn beneath the glow of A.I. racks, a haunting blend of nostalgia and invention. It’s about how progress feeds on the past, and how even the machines that once carried us through the clouds still have work to do — keeping the future alive, one spin at a time. 


Verse 1
In a hangar of the past, where silver wings once soared,
A jet sits still in silence, its flying days ignored.
But someone saw a spark there, a power still to find -
They lit the flame again and left the runway far behind.

Pre-Chorus
When the grid grows weak, when the lights burn thin,
They lift a turbine from the sky and plug the future in.

Chorus
Engines on the ground, turning air to light,
From runway dust to data bays, they fire through the night.
Old wings feed the hunger of A.I.'s rise,
Engines on the ground, powering the wired skies.

Verse 2
There's a shortage on the circuit, a hunger in the code,
And every bit and byte now needs a stronger load.
So we wake the ghosts of thunder, and give them one more spin,
Old engines breathe again to keep the network's pulse within.

Pre-Chorus
No more waiting on the grid, no more slowing down,
The turbines hum their second life beneath the data town.

Chorus
Engines on the ground, turning air to light,
From runway dust to data bays, they fire through the night.
Old wings feed the hunger of A.I.'s rise,
Engines on the ground, powering the wired skies.

Bridge
They once carried human hearts across the endless blue,
Now they power up the minds that dream what we once flew.
From the roar above the clouds to the hum below the floor,
The flight goes on forever, just in a different war.

Chorus (final)
Engines on the ground, turning air to light,
Where once they chased the morning, now they chase the byte.
Old wings feed the hunger of A.I.'s rise,
Engines on the ground, powering the wired skies.

Outro
The jet age never ended, it just changed its sound -
Still flying through the future, engines on the ground.

Engines on the Ground

Billy Strings
Wonder Ballroom
Portland, Oregon
2015-11-05

RECORDIST: Mark Burgin tapermarkATyahooDOTcom
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set 1: [49:47]

01 Intro [0:32]
02 My Rag~>Black Mountain Rag [4:28]
03 Nashville Blues [2:54]
04 Wild Bill Jones~> [4:02]
05 Shady Grove [3:37]
06 Cocaine Blues [3:40]
07 You Won't Be Satisfied That Way [2:40]
08 I'm Alabama Bound [4:20]
09 Way Down The River Road~>Salty Dog [4:48]
10 Rose Of Old Kentucky [3:18] *
11 Oh The Wind And Rain [6:26] *
12 Dust In A Baggie [4:15] *
13 Little Maggie [4:42] *

William Apostol: guitar and vocals

* With Paul Hoffman on mandolin, Michael Arlen Bont on banjo, Anders Beck on dobro & Mike Devol on bass

Setlist courtesy of Lucas White

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Cocaine Blues

Little Circles

White Lines and Neon Signs

Atlantic City

From Billy Strings' self titled debut EP.

Dust In A Baggie

Source: Gefell M20>NBob Colette>Naiant PFA NOS Right side of SNB>AETA 4MinX
Linage: SD>Audacity (levels-paralle compression)

Freeborn Man - Billy Strings with Bryan Sutton - Delfest 2017

Meet Me At The Creek

Trampled by Turtles - Whiskey

I Hope I'm Stoned (When Jesus Takes Me Home) [feat. Old Crow Medicine Show]

Highway Prayers, the latest album from Billy Strings, is out now on Reprise records and CDs.

Recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville, the album features Strings and his longtime band—Billy Failing (banjo, vocals), Royal Masat (bass, vocals), Jarrod Walker (mandolin, vocals) and Alex Hargraves (fiddle)—as well as additional contributions from Jon Brion (bass, drums, percussion), Matt Chamberlain (drums), Jerry Douglas (dobro), Jason Carter (fiddle), Lindsay Lou (backing vocals), Nathaniel Smith (cello), Taneka Samone (backing vocals), Cory Henry (piano), Peter “Madcat” Ruth (harmonica, jaw harp) and Victor Furtado (clawhammer banjo).

Including fan favorites like “Seven Weeks In County,” “Cabin Song,” and “Leadfoot.” Plus treasures in the making “Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You,” “Gild the Lily,” “Don't Be Calling Me (at 4AM),” and many more.

Twenty songs total! Get your copy today.

Produced by Billy Strings & Jon Brion.