My New Pickin' Buddy

[Don Julin]

I have been playing gigs this summer with young guitar picker that is sure to have a bright future. He goes by the name Billy Strings and is currently 19 years old. Here is a video clip of us playing last week at the National Cherry Festival. Keep an eye open for this kid!

[mandrian]

Great stuff. Really enjoyed it.

[greg_tsam]

That was fun. Billy already has the "cool" tats. Reminded me of Brian Seltzer. Nice pickin'

[CES]

Great pickin' (by both of you, of course!), and really like his voice, too....thanks for introducing us to him!

[Marty Henrickson]

That was cool. Thanks for sharing, Don!

[wildpikr]

Good stuff!

[pjlama]

Nice, good job and the tats make him even cooler

[Mike Bunting]

Great stuff. What mando is that Don, I'm not hearing the sound too well on my laptop.

[Don Julin]

Mike, I know the sound is not great on this video. The sound is just from the mic on the camera and the P.A. operator was pretty young and inexperienced. Anyway I am playing a Northfield F5 in this video.

[lukmanohnz]

That's some fantastic pickin'!! When is your CD release??

[Billgrass]

Talented guys! I would love to hear a better audio track.

[Don Julin]

Yeah I know. The audio is from the mics on the zoom Q3HD which are very good. The problem is that the under-experienced but over-worked sound guy didn't really understand acoustic music. It did not sound any better on stage than what you are hearing from the video. The next one will have better audio. I promise.

[Steve-o]

Hey Don, nice pickin' and thanks for posting. Do you have any upcoming performances with Billy? Time/place? [Edit - Ok, I see Thursdays at the TC Film Fest... others?] I haven't been around TC enough to catch you. Looks like the Symposium was a lot of fun. Hope your summer is going well. Looking forward to the release of your book!

[mandopete]

Flat Git'n 'Er!

[drbluegrass]

I'm impressed. With both of ya's.


Tom

[Steve Ostrander]

That's some killer bee pickin, right there.