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Billy Strings (born William Lee Apostol, October 3, 1992) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bluegrass musician. [1] He has released four studio albums, with his album Home winning the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album in 2021, an award he won again in 2025 for Live Vol. 1 .
They started manufacturing steel strings. Thomastik-Infeld's workshops were completely destroyed in World War Two. In 1970, the Dominant strings were launched. In those years, the conventional gut string was challenged by perlon strings; Thomastik-Infeld offered this type of string, making the brand very popular for virtuosi across the world.
In the late 1950s, he recorded Latin-flavoured albums as Nino Rico, and then as Chaquito. In 1960, he began to make his own records, with The Cascading Strings, as part of the Philips record label’s easy listening albums. More unusual was Melodies of Japan (1963), a reworking of the traditional folk music of the far east. [4]
Nuttin' But Stringz performed after a classical string quartet. General Motors executives used the two performances as an analogy, to demonstrate that what used to be good enough (the quartet) needs to be reinvigorated (N.B.S). A video for "Thunder" is also featured on the website for Jack's Big Music Show on Noggin (now called Nick Jr.).
Turmoil & Tinfoil is the first full length studio album by American bluegrass musician Billy Strings.Its release follows two collaborations with Don Julin, Rock of Ages and Fiddle Tune X and precedes his second studio album Home.
Home is the fourth studio album by American bluegrass musician Billy Strings, released on September 27, 2019, through Rounder Records.The album charted on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart for 77 weeks, peaking at number one and being the first studio album by Billy Strings to do so. [1]
Upon returning from Europe Junior began recording what would become the first Chamber Strings album Gospel Morning. The recording process was challenging [4] and the resulting album was released in an initial run of 1000 copies by Idiot Savant Music in 1997. [5] The album was well received [6] and was picked up by Bobsled Records for wider release.
Robert William Gary Moore (4 April 1952 – 6 February 2011) was a Northern Irish musician. Over the course of his career, he played in various groups and performed a range of music including blues, blues rock, hard rock, heavy metal and jazz fusion.