Viral troubadour Jesse Welles pens ode to buying guitars – and catches the ears of Joe Bonamassa and Billy Strings

The singer-songwriter, who has gone viral for tackling controversial topics and taking on the role of a modern-day voice of ...
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Get Into The Halloween Spirit With Billy Strings Shredding On Guitar Dressed As The Late, Great Hulk Hogan

Back in 2023, Billy Strings and his band had a show on Hallow’s Eve in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was basically a hometown show (he’s from Lansing), which makes sense as to why he felt so comfortable ...
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Billy Strings Entices Over Three Nights in Huntsville, Sets Flight for Baltimore

Photo: Stevo Rood On Friday and Saturday nights, Billy Strings performed at The Orion Amphitheater in Huntsville, Ala. The ...
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Billy Strings Returns From European Fall Tour with Bust Outs on Night One in Huntsville and a Tease of “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”

On October 23, Billy Strings played his first stateside gig since submitting six performances, which took him and his band ...

The ZZ Top song Mark Knopfler said was what music was “all about”

During the peak of the commercial powers, Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler looked to ZZ Top's boogie rock numbers for ...
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The Class of 1970: The Mothers of Invention — ‘Burnt Weeny Sandwich’

Burnt Weeny Sandwich’ 1970 was a red-letter year for Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. After five albums on the Verve ...