Posted on Nov 27, 2022
Bluegrass icon Billy Strings brings it back home on new album with his dad
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel first time hearing his dad.
"Even as a toddler, Billy Strings seemed to understand bluegrass.
"When he was in his highchair, and I had a friend over and we were playing one day, I looked over and he's right in rhythm with his little wrists," says Terry Barber, Strings' stepdad. "And I said, 'Wow.' It just projected from there."
Barber had stepped in to raise Strings after his biological father died of a heroin overdose.
"It's such a tender thing, this man stepping in and raising me and my brother, because he loved my mother and us," Strings told NPR.
Barber taught Strings how to play bluegrass guitar, introducing him to the music of legends like Doc Watson, Bill Monroe and David Grisman."...
"Even as a toddler, Billy Strings seemed to understand bluegrass.
"When he was in his highchair, and I had a friend over and we were playing one day, I looked over and he's right in rhythm with his little wrists," says Terry Barber, Strings' stepdad. "And I said, 'Wow.' It just projected from there."
Barber had stepped in to raise Strings after his biological father died of a heroin overdose.
"It's such a tender thing, this man stepping in and raising me and my brother, because he loved my mother and us," Strings told NPR.
Barber taught Strings how to play bluegrass guitar, introducing him to the music of legends like Doc Watson, Bill Monroe and David Grisman."...
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