This is easily one of the best albums I’ve ever heard

15 Shady Grove

04 That Home Far Away

Highway Prayers

Be Your Man

Don't Be Calling Me (at 4AM)

MORBUD4ME

Catch and Release

Live song, this came out of observations years ago, but it seems we keep finding the same patterns. This is a bit of a journal of a moment. And a nob to those that feel stuck in the middle. 

Mr. Newsman (Lyrics):

It takes me a bit
to get my courage going.  It’s night time in D.C., crowd gathers  on the streets and monuments There’s a talking head, talking everywhere  Yeah – hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? Yeah, the world seems pretty rough and the weather, it’s a changing


We got the poor knocking on the door of D.C, tonight . 
Hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? Hey there Mr. Newsman, how’s that change?  ‘Cause the people –  we all got out questions
And you just 
Talk on,
Talk on,
Talk on…
And divide us

Yeah, but the people want our change
We want our change.

So we got the poor,  knocking on the door,  of D.C. tonight.
And are you talk, talk, talking about it? I don’t think so.

The greatest weapon is division. 
Hey there Mr. Newsman,  what you say? You talk about they, them,  the other side

The greatest weapon is division.

We got the people We got the people  Yeah – the greatest weapon is division

We wanna talk about,  our differences
‘Cause we need a label for everyone 
Are you a him?
Are you a her?
Are you a left?
Are you a gone?
Are you a rich?
Are you poor?
Are your poor-er?
Are you the poorest?
Are you thin poorest of the poor?
 Oh what hue,  what color,  what tint,  is on your skin? 
And if you like a guy, 
But you don’t know what side,
And you live in the middle – Well what do we call you? 
Well we don’t have a label,
so you can’t have a place.

Yeah, you gotta choose your side.
Yeah, you gotta pick you label, if you wanna voice. 
You gotta pick your side,  if you wanna be a part of the words -
The words that we speak about,  If you wanna be a part of the change, 
Pick a label,  Pick a label and walk on by 
The greatest weapon is division.

Mr. Newsman

MIFFY

DEMONCLIQUE4L

lifeisacarrideandimwaitingtocrash-comingsoon

i wonder whats it like to be someone

Rock Of Ages

Summertime

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

Brand New Good Old Days

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.

Catch and Release

Billy Strings

Recent comments

Deidre Santella

Dj Poppentunes

behz

Brandon Runner

Related tracks