Billy Strings Floydfest 19 Hill Holler Stage Floydfest, VA 2021-07-22 Billy Strings - Guitar, vocals Billy Failing - Banjo Royal Massat - Bass Jarrod Walker - Mandolin Aud Mics: Beyerdynamic MC930 (card) FOB ORTF Record: Aud > Tascam DR680II [24-48] Edit: Samplitude Pro X5 [24-48] > Sound Forge 13.0 Plug ins: EQ116, Ozone Pro (EQ, Compression) Recorded and mastered by Chris Cantwell A Riverbend Music Production Set List 01 Intro 02 Ernest T. Grass 03 Little Maggie (Bob Dylan) 04 Shenandoah Waltz 05 Thirst Mutilator > 06 Thunder 07 Wargasm 08 Show Me The Door 09 Blue Virginia Blues 10 Dust in a Baggie 11 Wild Bill Jones (Stanley Brothers) 12 Ground Hog (Doc Watson) 13 Brown's Ferry Blues (Doc Watson) 14 China Doll (Grateful Dead) 15 Pyramid Country 16 Angel Band (Jefferson Hascall) == Encore == 17 Hide and Seek 18 Doin' My Time (Johnny Cash) > 19 Train 45 Lyrics = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 03 Little Maggie (Bob Dylan) Over yonder she stands, Rifle on her shoulder, Six-shooter in her hand. Just to see them two blue eyes, Shinin' like some diamonds, Like some diamonds in the sky. Where the sun don't ever shine, Than to see you be another man's darling, And to know that you'll never be mine. With my suitcase in my hand, Yes, march me away to the station, I'm off to some far-distant land. And sometimes I have a dime, Sometimes I have ten dollars, Just to pay for little Maggie's wine. Pretty stars are made to shine, Pretty girls are made for boy's love, Little Maggie was made for mine. Well, yonder stands little Maggie With a dram glass in her hand, She's a drinkin' down her troubles Over courtin' some other man. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 04 Shenandoah Waltz In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia Lives a girl who is waiting there for me Many times we have waltzed in the moonlight And in her lovely arms I long to be I miss her smile in the moonlight But I know she misses me too In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia I know that her love for me is true = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 05 Thunder There is thunder in the morning Thunder through the night Thunder, thunder, thunder In the failing of the light There is thunder at the border And thunder on the plain Thunder on the mountains Without a hint of rain Thunder, thunder, thunder My God but it's so loud Just like a hundred cannons Firing right above the crowd There is thunder in the battlefield Thunder in the rain Thunder in the whiskey jar As we race to give our pain Therе is thunder in the gazes Of thе soft and bluest eyes Thunder in the phrases Of the politics and lies Thunder, thunder, thunder My God but it's so loud Just like a thousand cannons Firing right above the crowd Thunder, thunder, thunder My God but it's so loud Just like a thousand cannons Firing right into the crowd There is thunder in the marketplace Where goods are bought and sold Thunder, thunder, in the mining pits And in the hills of gold Thunder in the government And in the courts of law Thunder in the hall of mirrors That shatter like a jaw = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 06 Wargasm I see it comin' everywhere I look It's falling down like rain Kill a man over a sentence in a book And collect a reward for his pain It's such a failing situation and I'm sick of looking at it anywhere I go We let them talk us into hate and stick to war again like it's the only thing we know So what's the reason for this again? Right back where we've always been These excuses are wearing thin What's the reason for this again? What's the reason for this again? You can't decide but you've got to win We're all the same but you're not my friend So what's the reason for this again? Same shit different century Here we go again It's no parade seeing tanks on your street What's the mission, when's it gonna end How many stones do we have to line up before we understand We're caught up drawing lines on paper At the price of the blood in the sand So what's the reason for this again? Right back where we've always been These excuses are wearing thin What's the reason for this again? So what's the reason for this again? You can't decide but you've got to win We're all the same but you're not my friend So what's the reason for this again? So step into the grinder with your brother tomorrow And kiss your mother goodbye She'll wipe her tears with your ribbons and then they'll replace you in the blink of an eye So bite the bullet and boots on the ground These ain't sticks and stones Flicking matches at a powderkeg while you're standing on a pile of bones So what's the reason for this again? Can't decide but you've got to win We're all the same but you're not my friend What's the reason for this again? You are the reason I've been going psycho It's too ugly still can't keep my eyes close You're cold I still need your touch though Probably wake up and still hate you tomorrow What's the reason you never wanna conversate What's the reason you never want to stay and wait Fumbling all your words like you're afraid of me But I'm the one with the knife stuck in my back again Call my phone I decline, you're the reason why We don't love in sequence you're not even mine Show another display count how many times You can't have it your way, sacrifice my pride! So what's the reason for this again? Right back where we've always been But these excuses are wearing thin What's the reason for this again? So what's the reason for this again? You can't decide but you've got to win We're all the same but you're not my friend So what's the reason for this again? What's the reason for this again? What's the reason for this again? What's the reason for this? = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 07 Show Me The Door She ebbs and flows like water And she feels just like wine She loved the things I bought her When I did not have a dime There were times I felt like hiding She could almost read my mind In her yard the trees are dying And there's nothing growing on the vine I'll be here if you need me I'll be here, even if you don't Show me the door Or show me something more Take me in or shove me out to sea She lit me up like powder And she scattered me like dust A broken bell in a crooked tower Born to fall and built to rust I'll be here if you need me I'll be here, even if you don't Show me the door Or show me something more Take me in or shove me out to sea Couldn't see much deeper Than a penny on the ground We looked as far as flesh and bone So that was all we found She told me there's no way of knowing When the last time had come and gone We can't reap what we've been sowing Waiting for answers farther along I'll be here if you need me I'll be here, even if you don't Show me the door Or show me something more Take me in or shove me out to sea Show me the door Or show me something more Take me in or shove me out to sea = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 08 Blue Virginia Blues Have you ever been to Richmond in November When the cold Virginia rain is coming down Friends I’m here to tell you it’s no pleasure When you’re all alone and a stranger to this town. Don’t take me wrong I do like East Virginia And Richmond’s full of hospitality Except for one Virginia girl I know of Who made a perfect love wreck out of me. Blue blue Virginia blue There’s no blue like blue Virginia blue No other girls in the whole wide world Will break your heart like Virginia girls There’s no blue like blue Virginia blue She called me up in St Paul Minnisota Said I need you here in Richmond right away Take the bus I’ll meet you at the station Bring your clothes ’cause I want you to stay. My bus pulled in the station late this evening And there’s no one around this place but me She must have changed her mind or she’s forgotten And her name’s not in the phone directory. I wish I had the money for a taxi And a warm and cozy place to go lie down Instead of standin’ all alone in Richmond While the cold Virginia rain is comin’ down. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 09 Dust in a Baggie [Verse 1] I ain't slept in seven days, haven't ate in three Methamphetamine has got a damn good hold of me My tweaker friends have got me to the point of no return I just took the lighter to the bulb and watched it burn [Chorus] This life of sin has got me in Well it's got me back in prison once again I used my only phone call to contact my daddy I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie [Verse 2] Well if I would have listened to what Mom and Papa said I wouldn't be locked up in prison, troubled in the head I took that little pop and sucked until my mind was spun I got twenty years to sit and think of what I've done [Chorus] This life of sin has got me in Well it's got me back in prison once again I used my only phone call to contact my daddy I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie [Verse 3] Sometimes I sit and wonder where my little life went wrong These old jailhouse blues have got me singing this old song My life is a disaster, Lord and I feel so ashamed In here where they call by a number, not a name [Chorus] This life of sin has got me in Well it's got me back in prison once again I used my only phone call to contact my daddy I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie I used my only phone call to contact my daddy I got twenty long years for some dust in a baggie = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 10 Wild Bill Jones (Stanley Brothers) As I went down for to take a little walk I came upon that Wild Bill Jones He was a walking and a talking by my true lover's side And I bid him to leave her alone He said my age is twenty-one Too old to be controlled I pulled my revolver from my side And I destroyed that poor boy's soul He reeled and he staggered, and he fell to the ground And then he gave one dying moan He wrapped his arms around my little girl's neck Saying honey won't you take me home So put them handcuffs on me boys And lead me to that freight car gate I have no friends or relations there No-one for to go my bail So pass around that old long necked bottle And we'll all go on a spree For today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones And tomorrow will be the last of me They sent me to prison for twenty long years This poor boy longs to be free But Wild Bill Jones and that long-necked bottle Have been the ruin of me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 11 Groundhog (Doc watson) Shoulder up your gun, and whistle up your dog Shoulder up your gun, and whistle up your dog Off to the woods for to catch a groundhog Oh, groundhog! Run here, Sally, with a ten-foot pole Run here, Sally, with a ten-foot pole To twist this whistle-pig out of his hole Oh, groundhog! Here comes Sal with a snigger and a grin Here comes Sal with a snigger and a grin The groundhog gravy all over her chin Oh, groundhog! Now, look out, fellas, I done gone wild Look out, fellas, I'm a-goin' wild Gonna eat that hog before he strikes a boil Oh, groundhog! Ya eat up the meat and save the hide Eat up the meat and ya save the hide The best durn shoestring that ever was tied Oh, groundhog! There's meat in the cupboard and butter in the churn Meat's in the cupboard and the butter's in the churn If that ain't groundhog, I'll be durned Oh, groundhog! Look out. boys, they're about to fall Watch them fellas, they're about to fall They eat till their britches won't button at all Oh, groundhog! There's a little piece of cornbread a-layin' on the shelf Little piece of cornbread a-layin' on the shelf If you want any more, you can sing it yourself Oh, groundhog! = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 12 Brown's Ferry Blues (Doc Watson) Hard luck poppa counting his toes You can smell his feet wherever he goes Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues Hard luck poppa don't do his stiff Trouble with him he's been too rough Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues Two old maids a-sitting in the sand Each one wishing that the other was a man Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues Two old maids done lost their style If you want to be lucky, you got to smile Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues Early to bed and early to rise And your girl goes out with other guys Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues If you don't bvelieve me, try it yourself Well, I tried it and I got left Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues Hard luck poppa standing in the rain If the world was corn, he couldn't buy grain Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues His knees knock together but he's raing to go Lord, lord, got those Brown's Ferry Blues = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 13 China Doll (Grateful Dead) A pistol shot at five o'clock The bells of heaven ring Tell me what you done it for No I won't tell you a thing Yesterday I begged you Before I hit the ground All I leave behind me Is only what I found If you can abide it Let the hurdy gurdy play Stranger ones have come by here Before they flew away I will not condemn you Nor yet would I deny I would ask the same of you But failing, will not die Take up your china doll It's only fractured And a little nervous from the fall La la la la la la la = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 14 Ride Me High (JJ Cale) Low-down way you're feeling, the sexy things you do Baby, baby, baby, let me talk to you I just love to whisper in your sexy ear Tell you that I love you, take away your fear Destroy your inhibitions, ridin' back the day Low-down, slow down, keeping low down in that funky way Higher, higher, higher, how high can you go Ride me high this morning, ride me high some more The way you move your body, it is a crying shame I won't tell nobody if you will do the same If you leave tomorrow, one thing that's for sure The more you get, the more you've got, the more you want some more Higher, higher, higher, how high can you go Ride me high this morning, ride me high some more Higher, higher, higher, how high can you go Ride me high this morning, ride me high some more = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 15 Oh Come, Angel Band (Jefferson Hascall) My latest sun is sinking fast, My race is nearly run; My strongest trials now are past, My triumph is begun. Refrain: Oh, come, angel band, Come and around me stand Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings To my eternal home Oh, bear me away on your snowy wings To my eternal home I know I’m near the holy ranks Of friends and kindred dear I hear the waves on Jordan’s banks The crossing must be near I’ve almost reached my heav’nly home My spirit loudly sings Thy holy ones, behold, they come! I hear the noise of wings Oh, bear my longing heart to Him Who bled and died for me Whose blood now cleanses from all sin, And gives me victory = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 16 Hide and Seek A twisted game of hide and seek The stench of darkness and defeat Another day without relief Leaves me broken Curtains falling all around Echoes up from underground Screaming out without a sound Leaves me breathless Well it’s a dark time I do believe A cold winds a blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don’t have to worry anymore A feast for eyes deprived of peace Internal pressure no release Pain eternal my disease Neverending Paralyzed and drowned in thought All the things that I have lost My salvation can't be bought Drains me empty Well it’s a dark time I do believe A cold winds a blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don’t have to worry anymore I wasn’t ready to believe Constant failure to achieve Nothing hidden up my sleeve I remember Well it’s a dark time I do believe A cold winds a blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don’t have to worry anymore It’s a dark time I do believe A cold winds a blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don’t have to worry anymore = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 17 Doin' My Time (Johnny Cash) On this old rock pile with a ball and chain They call me by a number, not a name Lord, Lord Gotta do my time, I gotta do my time With an achin' heart and a worried mind When that old judge looked down and smiled Said I put you up that river for a while Lord, Lord Gotta do my time, I gotta do my time With an achin' heart and a worried mind You can hear my hammer, you can hear my saw Gonna swing it like John Henry all day long Lord, Lord Gotta do my time, I gotta do my time With an achin' heart and a worried mind Well now it won't be long just a few more days I'll settle down and quit my rowdy ways Lord, Lord With that gal of mine, with that gal of mine She's waited for me while I've done my time = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =