Billy Strings - Highway Prayers

Reprise Records – 093624849438

Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
Country: United States
Released: Sep 27, 2024
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Leaning On A Travelin' Song (3:58)
A2 In The Clear (2:57)
A3 Escanaba (4:34)
A4 Gild The Lily (5:06)
A5 Seven Weeks In County (4:16)
B1 Stratosphere Blues / I Believe In You (5:51)
B2 Cabin Song (3:15)
B3 Don't Be Calling Me (3:15)
B4 Malfunction Junction (4:52)
C1 Catch And Release (2:14)
C2 Be Your Man (4:01)
C3 Gone A Long Time (3:02)
C4 It Ain't Before (3:46)
C5 My Alice (4:06)
D1 Seney Stretch (4:34)
D2 MORBUD4ME (2:55)
D3 Leadfoot (2:46)
D4 Happy Hollow (2:46)
D5 The Beginning Of The End (3:57)
D6 Richard Petty (1:57)
[Credits]
Billy Strings (guitar/percussion/vocals) Billy Failing (banjo/vocals) Victor Furtado (banjo) Jarrod Walker (mandolin/mandocello/vocals) Jerry Douglas (dpbro) Lindsay Lou (vocals) Alex Hargreaves (fiddle/mandolin) Jason Carter (fiddle) Peter "Madcat" Ruth (harmonica/jew's harp) Royal Masat (bass/vocals) Cory Henry (piano) Matt Chamberlain (drums) Jon Brion (percussion)
Producer: Billy Strings, Jon Brion and Brandon Bell, Photographer: Dana Trippe, Designer: Bill Orner, Engineer: Brandon Bell, Gary Paczosa, Greg Koller, Chaz Sexton, Jason Tobias, Joe Caldwell, Sklyer Chuckry, Patricia Sullivan, Greg Koller
[Notes]
Highway Prayers, the major-label studio debut from Billy Strings, is a coming out party for the bluegrass wunderkind. Not that Strings necessarily needs an introduction. Over years of touring punctuated by a handful of acclaimed records on the legendary Americana imprint Rounder, the Michigan native has developed a quicksilver style that has earned him widespread appeal and industry recognition: Home, his second record, won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album in 2021, right around the time his fleet flat-picking found an enthusiastic reception among jam band freaks. Without ever abandoning his roots in traditional bluegrass, Strings ventured into other musical styles, demonstrating his facility with rock, metal, and blues, sounding equally at ease with bluegrass legends Béla Fleck and David Grisman as he is with rapper Post Malone or jam titans Phish.