Billy Strings Red Rocks Amphitheater Morrison, CO 2022-05-13 Billy Strings - Guitar, lead vocals Billy Failing - Banjo, vocals, piano Royal Masat - Bass, vocals Jarrod Walker Mandolin, vocals, guitar Source: AKG C460B + CK63 (hypercard) with Nbob actives Location: DFC clamped to sbd rail Lineage: Aud mics > Naiant pfa > SD MixPre-10ii [24-48] Recorded and edited by: HealthCov Chris @ InsideOut Recording Note: Second source Neumann TLM102 was incomplete Additional edit: Samplitude Pro X5 with Ozone Pro 9 plugin > Sound Forge 13.0 [24-48] (high pass EQ, compression) Retracked using CD Wave 1.98 Additional editing by Chris Cantwell 2022-06-07 Notes: Sets were combined together by cross fades Very nice source from @HealthCov Chris's AKG CK63 actives, the TLM102's were not needed at all. Set 1 01 Taking Water 02 Ice Bridges 03 Hellbender 04 Last Train From Poor Valley (Trad.) 05 Dust In A Baggie 06 Psycho 07 Heartbeat of America 08 Along The Road 09 Streamline Cannonball (Roy Acuff) 10 Love and Regret 11 Doing My Time 12 Hide and Seek Set 2 13 Red Daisy 14 Thirst Mutilator 15 Running 16 Show Me The Door (Flatt and Scruggs) 17 Black Clouds (String Cheese Incident) 18 Home 19 One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste) 20 Everything's The Same 21 This Old World 22 Freeborn Man (Trad.) 23 Meet Me at the Creek Encore: 24 Wild Horses (Rolling Stones) 25 How Mountain Girls Can Love (Ricky Skaggs) Thanks to BMFS and Crew for the tapers hospitality! Thanks to Red Rocks for being so cool! Lyrics = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 01 Taking Water [Verse 1] Cold cold ashes on the ground Nothing lost and nothing's found Friends and loved ones falling down Can't you hear that mournful sound? Nothing left but memories Of things I still can't stand to see There's an empty spot in me Where my hometown used to be [Chorus] This old boat is taking water It won't be long 'til it goes down We've had enough to push us over Time to turn the wheel around [Verse 2] Neighborhoods left to decay People died or walked away Nowhere left for them to stay While we just look the other way [Chorus] This old boat is taking water It won't be long 'til it goes down Had enough to push us over Time to turn the wheel around [Verse 3] Waves keep pounding through the night Lost without a ray of light Going down without a fight Is there still time to make it right? [Chorus] This old boat is taking water It won't be long 'til it goes down Had enough to push us over Time to turn the wheel around = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 03 Hellbender In the cold early morning in the hills of Kentucky I woke to the sound of the rain And the girl from last evening laid silently sleeping Though I couldn't remember her name My head was a pounding and the sweat poured Around me like the faucet that she left on high With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older And I swear I could break down and cry I Never once made a dollar, which I didn't gamble Or scramble to burn at both ends I've raged all night long, in the hour before dawn On spirits and bitters and blends What's left of my day might be crimson or Grey but never again black and white With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older And I swear I could break down and cry I'm a fool with my money and I'm a fool with My drinking I'm sinking to bottom of the well Adding fuel to the fire like my wildest desire Is to spend the next lifetime in hell I could cruise down to Hades, in a Snow white Mercedes and a devilish look in my eye With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older And I swear I could break down and cry There's a hard place on one side and a Rock on the other, no corners to cut in this maze Only one way to do it, just to grin and bear through it I've been drinking up the courage for days So I'll drain every cup and keep stacking them up Till the sun stumbles out of the sky With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older And I swear I could break down and cry I'll keep on this way till my last dying day It's a blessing I've tried to disguise With a chip on my shoulder I'm another day older And I swear I could break down and cry [Two verses only performed live once] There's a worm in the bottle, and I'm racin' full throttle He'll only go down when it's dry With a chip on my shoulder, I'm another day older And I swear I could break down and cry And the weeks like this, I drink like a fish And occasionally eat like a bird And I'm not well done [?], just a shootin' my second And I'm already shootin' the third = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 04 Last Train From Poor Valley (Trad.) Well it was good one time everything was mighty fine The coal tipples roared day and night But things they got slow for no reason that I know And ill winds they hove into sight The mines all closed down everybody laid around There wasn’t very much that you could do Except stand in that line to get your ration script on time And woman I could see it killin’ you Now the soft new snows of December Lightly fall my cabin ’round So that last train from Poor Valley Takin’ brown haired Becky Richmond bound It’s been a comin’ on I knew soon you would be gone Leavin’ crossed your mind every day Then you said to me things are bad at home you see I guess I’d better be on my way I should blame you now but I never could somehow A miner’s wife you weren’t cut out to be It wasn’t what you thought just some dreams Lord that you’d bought When you left your home and ran away with me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 05 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 07 Heartbeat Of America Well I was walking down the street just the other day I had a double headed nickel and a bill to pay There was bubblegum a'blistered on the hot cement And I was waiting like patience on a monument Well I rolled a little spliff and tightened up my shoes And I went to the corner where I lit the fuse Disgusted by the loneliness I couldn't lose I sat and wrote a little verse to the 'rona blues I said I always wanna do the things I used to do But everybody got a job and works enough for two We could have a little party at the end of the day But everybody had a family and moved away So I'm sitting with a paper soakin' on my tongue And feeling better than I did back when I was young Now I'm seeing music that nobody else can see With all the colors like a symphony surrounding me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 09 Streamline Cannonball (Roy Acuff) It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie. I'm on my way back home. I'm on that train, the king of them all, That Streamline Cannonball. Chorus: She moves along like a cannonball, Like a star in it's heavenly flight. The lonesome sound of the whistle you love As she travels through the night. I can see a smile on the engineer's face, And although he's old and gray, A contented heart, he waits for his call On the Streamline Cannonball. Chorus The headlight beams out in the night, And the firebox flash you can see. I ride the blinds. It's the life that I love. Lord, it's home sweet home to me. Notes: Arrangement above attributed to Doc Watson. Alternate 1st and 3rd verses attributed to Lester Flatt and the Nashville Grass: 1st: It's a long steel rail and a short cross tie. I'm on my way back home. Riding the rails on the trail that I love, She's the Streamline Cannonball. 3rd: The headlight beam shines through the night, The firebox flash can be seen. I ride the blinds. It's the life that I love. For it seems like home to me. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 10 Love And Regret Down by the river The water’s cold Used to have a girl but that’s alright She came to me in a dream And slipped away like a running stream The hours of silence In the light of the moon Brings to me a sense of ease There’s nothing else that I could do For that woman won't be pleased I see her running But I’m not the same I’ve chased after pleasure To bury my pain But it’s resurrected When I say her name My love and regret are one in the same The scream of a raven The screech of an owl A heartbroke and lonesome coyote howl Those old Hartford records that we used to play And the silence when she went away A flower illustrated in bloom Floating on a wisp of consciousness She rides innocently down the river to The place where the light lives And shrugs off enchantment with a sigh Dreaming from the first moment of her life Unheard songs bathed in silver ring out as Morning rolls into the endless I see her running But I’m not the same I’ve chased after pleasure To bury my pain But it’s resurrected When I say her name My love and regret are one in the same I keep wandering back To a place in my mind Where moonlight reflections return to her eyes To gaze at the water once more Before turning again to the sky Down by the river The water’s cold Used to have a girl but that’s alright She came to me in a dream And slipped away like a running stream = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 11 Doin' My Time (Flatt and Scruggs) 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, gotta do my time With an aching heart and a worried mind When that old judge looked down and smiled Said I'll put you on that good road for a while, Lord, Lord Gotta do my time, gotta do my time With an aching heart and a worried mind You can hear my hammer, you can hear my song I'm gonna swing it like John Henry all day long, Lord, Lord Gotta do my time, gotta do my time With an aching heart and a worried mind 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'll be waitin' for me when I've done my time = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 12 Hide And Seek [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Well, it's a dark time, I do believe A cold wind's a-blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don't have to worry anymore [Verse 2] A feast for eyes deprived of peace Internal pressure, no release Pain eternal, my disease Never-ending Paralyzed and drowned in thought All the things that I have lost My salvation can't be bought Drains me empty [Chorus] Well, it's a dark time, I do believe A cold wind's a-blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don't have to worry anymore [Verse 3] I wasn't ready to believe Constant failure to achieve Nothing hidden up my sleeve I remember [Chorus] Well, it's a dark time, I do believe A cold wind's 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 wind's a-blowin' at my door Incredible light I'm gonna find Where I don't have to worry anymore = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 13 Red Daisy Daisy red daisy growin’ on a hill Sunshine fallin’ on her petals so fine At first when I found you all covered in the dew The stars had all faded the day was brand new Daisy red daisy growin’ on a hill Sunshine fallin’ on her petals so fine When the skies are gloomy And you’re covered in the frost Daisy red daisy I fear my soul is lost Daisy red daisy growin’ on a hill Sunshine fallin’ on her petals so fine Queen of the springtime My body’s getting old Winter winds might bind me but I’ll keep you from the cold Daisy red daisy growin’ on a hill Sunshine fallin’ on her petals so fine One day a passing traveler plucked You from the ground Oh how I'll miss you and your crimson crow = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 15 Running [Verse 1] I am running and running as fast as I can go I am running and running from all the things I know Well I had to leave it somewhere so I left it far behind I had to get away from all the trouble I might find [Chorus] Run to the river, run to the sea Run from the evil that's been calling you and me If we keep rolling right out of town We’ll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down [Verse 2] Well I am running and running just like a fast mail train Running and running and I won't be back again Nobody ever told me I'd be ridin’ on the blind Well the rumble and the rattle seems to ease my worried mind [Chorus] Run to the river‚ run to the sea Run from the evil that's been calling you and me If we keep rolling right out of town We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down [Chorus] Run to the river‚ run to the sea Run from the evil that's been calling you and me If we keep rolling right out of town We'll reach the Promised Land before they tear it down = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 16 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 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 17 Black Clouds (String Cheese incident) Black clouds rollin' up the valley. Black clouds cover up the sun, Black clouds rollin' up the valley, How can I be sure that you're the one? Rivers rushin' through the canyons, Rivers rollin' through the hills, Rivers rushin' through the canyons, I've got a restless heart I can't keep still. See this path we're on coming to a fork now, The forest blocks the light of day On this pathway we must make a choice now, Stay together or go our separate ways. Thunder clappin' in the treetops Sparks shoot out in the night, Thunder clappin' in the treetops It's hard to say who's wrong and who is right. Fire ragin' in the woodlands, Smoke blows across the fields Fire ragin' in the woodlands, You don't really know the way I feel. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 18 Home Alone for a while with myself I feel so at home in the shade Alone for the first time in my head I feel so at ease there instead Maybe I should leave my home Maybe I could slip away A home is a heartache, they tell me Come in, leave your shoes at the door The phone never rings quite on time here The paint is a dried pool on the floor Maybe I could finish this Turn my back and walk away Maybe I could slip away At home there's a fire you've left burning The frosted designs outline the pane And the cold winter nights keep on turning Stealing memories of sunshine and of rain Maybe I could break this down Turn around and face the day Maybe I could slip away Alone for a while with myself I feel so at home in the shade Alone for the first time in my head I feel so at ease there instead Maybe I should leave my home Maybe I could slip away = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 19 One Tin Soldier (The Original Caste) One tin soldier Listen people to a story That was written long ago, 'bout a kingdom on a mountain And the valley folks below. On the mountain was a treasure Hidden deep beneath a stone, And the valley people swore They'd have it for their very own. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat a friend. Do it in the name of heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing, Come the judgment day, On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away. So the people of the valley Sent a message up the hill, Asking for the buried treasure Tons of gold for which they'd kill. Came the answer from the kingdom, With our brothers we will share, All the riches of the mountain, All the treasure buried there. Now the valley cried with anger, Mount your horses, draw your swords And they killed the mountain people, So they won their just rewards Now they stood before the treasure On the mountain dark and red Turned the stone and looked beneath it Peace on earth, was all it said. Go ahead and hate your neighbor, Go ahead and cheat and friend, Do it in the name of heaven, You can justify it in the end. There won't be any trumpets blowing Come the judgment day, On the bloody morning after One tin soldier rides away. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 20 Everything’s the Same [Verse 1] I'm goin' to Florida I'm goin' to Maine No matter where I roam, everything's the same I can sketch out a plan Change my name No matter where I roam, everything's the same [Verse 2] I've been a lock-pick I've been a thief I'll lie to your face and make you believe I'll tear through town like a hurricane No matter where I roam, everything's the same [Verse 3] I killed a rounder I killed a priest I stole the gold right out of their teeth I've sold my soul for fortune and fame No matter where I roam, everything's the same [Verse 4] I'll drink your whiskey I'll drink your beer By this time tomorrow, I'll be anywhere but here Burn down your orchard and dance in the flame No matter where I roam, everything's the same [Verse 5] It's always "goodbye" It's always "farewell" The day I slow down be a cold day in hell I'm on the run; it's a crying shame No matter where I roam, everything's the same [Outro] Well, I'm on the run; it's a crying shame No matter where I roam, everything's the same = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 21 This Old World Well there’s nothing worse than feeling Like you’re first in line for losing I thought my life was cruising then it crumbled all away I had a lot to give but what I gave should be forgotten Unnoticed like a stranger I’ll surrender for the day Well this night was an illusion It came down like an intrusion I stay up through the night though I can’t stand it sinking low I’m a witness to the fight between The darkness and the light You’re a mean old world I’m leaving though I have no place to go You’re a mean old world I’m leaving though I have no place to go This old world took me for a ride I lost everything I had and then my pride So much that I don’t know, but I guess I’m set to go And this old world she took me for a ride I was raised when I saw ugliness To try to make some beauty Found purpose in the duty when I couldn’t find the shore What beauty couldn’t lift just simply floated on adrift Rolling on directionless and lost forevermore It goes from bad to worse sometimes Before it can get better I string some words together and Just try to speak the truth I have a lot to get, I hope my lot will be forgiven Pardon me for living for the time I’m here with you Pardon me for living for the time I’m here with you This old world took me for a ride I lost everything I had and then my pride So much that I don’t know, but I guess I’m set to go And this old world she took me for a ride When I lay my body down I’d like to Feel the dirt beneath me And the howling wind could sheath me and I’d finally be set free For a moment you can yawn and Throw my things into a pile My dawn is finally here and Yours might come in just a while My dawn is finally here and Yours might come in just a while = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 22 Freeborn Man I was born in southland twenty some odd years ago I ran away for the first time when I was four years old I'm a freeborn man my home is on my back I know every inch of highway every foot of backroad every mile of railroad track I got a gal Cincinnati I got a woman in San Antone I've always loved the girl next door but any place is home I'm a freeborn man... Got me a worn out guitar I carry in an old coal sack I've hocked it bout two hundred times but I always get it back I'm a freeborn man... [Guitar] You may not like my appearance may not like my song May not like the way I talk but you'll like me when I'm gone I'm a freeborn man... I'm a freeborn man.. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 23 Meet Me at the Creek [Verse 1] Well I'm standin' all alone By the river of my home Thinkin' 'bout the days I've left behind All the years I rode Not a nickel can I show And the river helps to ease my worried mind [Verse 2] Well the river run all night Lord, the river runs all day I can't run no more 'cause I'm here to stay I had an eye for trouble And I've lived a life of pain I sit back and let that water heal my brain [Chorus] I'm letting go of all my trouble I think I'll be right here to stay Well the water keeps a-churnin' while my poor heart is burnin' Muddy water, take my pain away [Verse 3] Well one thing I want to know Lord, is where we people go When everything comes crashin' to the ground Meet me at the creek Grab a beer and tap your feet See that muddy water flowin' down [Chorus] I'm letting go of all my trouble I think I'll be right here to stay Well the water keeps a-churnin' while my poor heart is burnin' Muddy water, take my pain away [Verse 1] Well I'm standin' all alone By the river of my home Thinkin' 'bout the days I've left behind All the years I rode Not a nickel can I show And the river helps to ease my worried mind = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 24 Wild Horses (Rolling Stones) Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you Graceless lady you know who I am You know I can't let you slide through my hands Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away I watched you suffer a dull aching pain Now you decided to show me the same No sweeping exits or offstage lines Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away I know I dreamed you a sin and a lie I have my freedom but I don't have much time Faith has been broken, tears must be cried Let's do some living after we die Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, we'll ride them some day = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 25 How Mountain Girls Can Love (Ricky Skaggs) Get down boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right never wrong How mountain gals can love. Ridin' the night in the high cold wind On the trail of the old lonesome pine Thinkin' of you,baby, feelin' so blue Wonderin' why I left you behind. Get down boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right never wrong How mountain gals can love. Remember the night we strolled down the lane Our hearts were gay and happy then You whispered to me as I held you close We hoped the night would never end. Get down boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right never wrong How mountain gals can love. Get down boys, go back home Back to the girl you love Treat her right never wrong How mountain gals can love.. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = App\Http\Controllers\Api\FileDownloadController::download(): Return value must be of type string, none returned