Chris Thile/Billy Strings NYC
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This was sweet! And a long time coming, IMO.
More later. Meanwhile, Relix was there. I haven't seen any of the videos yet. Don't know if they're worthwhile or will give you motion sickness.
Lily remarked that she'd never seen musicians having a better time on stage.
https://jambands.com/news/2024/02/02/watch-billy-strings-and-chris-thile...
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glued to the tv tomorrow
glued to the tv tomorrow morning
CBS
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Thanks Mikey Minerals for
Thanks Mikey Minerals for sharing this link! It's an audience recording so not pristine sound by any measure, but still nice if you want to give a listen
https://archive.org/details/billystrings2024-02-01
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From CBS Saturday Morning:
From CBS Saturday Morning:
I've Been All Around This World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSLOwSdGcng
I Am A New Pilgrim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eonb_SjYem8
Wild Bill Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6WDdJClvhg
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That was fun. Did they do an
That was fun. Did they do an interview too or just the three musical numbers?
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I didn't catch the broadcast,
I didn't catch the broadcast, Ken. Just found the links on Reddit.
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Someone needs to tell Chris
Someone needs to tell Chris Bill Cosby is out of style.
Otherwise, very good fun.
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Audience shot video up on the
Audience shot video up on the youtubes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3tMbvd7M8&list=PLWEp1a0AT2pnEzVPgmKNF5...
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Billy Strings, Chris Thile,
Billy Strings, Chris Thile, Cory Henry - Sittin On Top Of The World, I Am A Pilgrim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VFx78mhkRQ
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Billy Strings, Chris Thile,
Billy Strings, Chris Thile, Cory Henry - Molly & Tenbrooks - Stewball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LclLKCGqG5I
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I never did circle back here.
I never did circle back here...
What a fun night. We didn't know about Cory until the previous day's "Info about your show" email. Changed expectations a bit, as I'd only seen Cory in some Snarky Puppy videos. The whole Billy/Chris section mirrored my initial expectations in the end. The rest was gravy. Good gravy.
FIRST TIME: Seeing Billy or Cory in person.
FIRST TIME, LONG TIME:
1. Being on an NYC bus. If memory serves, 1998, on my way to the first film junket I worked (Ronin).
2. Being in that hall. Last time being '83 for a double bill of The Jazz Messengers and The David Sanborn Band (Letterman band minus Paul). When it was Avery Fisher Hall. With Lily. So early on it wasn't even a "date." It was the first time I'd seen a wireless guitar set-up. At one point, Hiram Bullock jumped off the stage and soloed his way up the aisle and out into the lobby. Came down the other aisle quite a while later. Never paused.
3. Post-show, deciding cab or bus, we headed south and stopped at the next bus stop. Lily looks around and says, "I spent half my life a this bus stop." (She earned her Master's at Fordham Lincoln Center/Rose Hill after her day job w/NYC BoE).
HILLBILLY OR HIPSTER? Booklyn? 'Bama? Some serious beards.
WTF? MOMENT: This may not speak well of my powers of observation. Checking out the stage after settling in. Shared mic center stage. Individual mics farther out. B3/Leslie stage-left. Piano stage-right. The keys being separated made me think there might be another guest (maybe Brad Mehldau, with whom Thile has performed/recorded). Cut to Cory's solo section. A few latecomers arrive in front of us as my pregame (gummy/lager/one-hits) comes together. My view is temporarily blocked as Cory shifts into Love's In Need Of Love Today. I close my eyes and and absentmindedly start dropping my heel on the "one". Heel-droppin'. Head-boppin'. Then the "one" comes back at me through the PA. Wait...what? That's when I noticed Cory's kick-drum under the piano.
VERY LINCOLN CENTER: From the outside balcony at theater level, watching a blinged-out octogenarian in a full-length, fur-trimmed coat gingerly make her way across the plaza.
NOT SO MUCH: Post show, 10-12 balloon dealers outside.