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254 - Billy Strings: Bluegrass Riffs, Death Metal, Knocked Loose & Mom’s Passing
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Garza sits down in-person with Billy Strings. Grammy Award-winning guitarist, singer, songwriter & bluegrass musician. New album “So Much For Goodbyes” out now! https://billystrings.com Find your next favorite artist at https://Tidal.com/GARZA 00:00 - Jammin’ 02:09 - Discovering Suicide Silence 07:28 - First Guitar 10:56 - Getting Into Bluegrass 13:53 - What Do People Call Billy? 15:29 - 1st Gig as Billy Strings 17:53 - Cryptopsy 22:33 - Curating Early Metal & Hardcore Shows 29:05 - Early Metalcore Bands 34:32 - Riffs: Bluegrass vs Metal 44:03 - Bluegrass Rhythm 47:40 - Quitting Day Job for Music 50:57 - Writing Dust in a Baggie 54:25 - Riff: Billy’s First Song Ever 1:01:30 - Escaping…