Complete List Of Billy Strings Songs From A to Z

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Billy Strings, born William Lee Apostol in Lansing, Michigan, on October 3, 1992, developed his musical foundation through his stepfather, Terry Barber. Barber introduced him to traditional bluegrass guitar and the recordings of artists including Doc Watson, Bill Monroe, and Del McCoury. Strings combined that early training with influences from rock, metal, psychedelic music, and the improvisational energy of jam bands.

His professional career gained momentum through several years of performances and recordings with mandolinist Don Julin. After releasing the six-song Billy Strings EP in 2016, he issued his first full-length solo album, Turmoil & Tinfoil, in 2017. “Meet Me at the Creek,” “On the Line,” “While I’m Waiting Here,” and the title track became central parts of a rapidly expanding live repertoire.

Home followed in 2019 and brought a wider audience through “Taking Water,” “Away from the Mire,” “Must Be Seven,” and “Watch It Fall.” The album won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. Strings expanded the range of his writing and arrangements on Renewal in 2021, which included “Know It All,” “Secrets,” “Love and Regret,” “Hide and Seek,” and “In the Morning Light.”

In 2022, Strings recorded Me/And/Dad with Terry Barber. The album revisited fourteen traditional bluegrass, country, and gospel songs that the two musicians had played together since Strings was a child. His mother, Debra Apostol, joined them on the closing performance of “I Heard My Mother Weeping.”

Strings released his first full-length concert collection, Live Vol. 1, in 2024. Later that year, Highway Prayers joined bluegrass instrumentation with expanded studio production across twenty tracks, including “Seven Weeks in County,” “Gild the Lily,” “Leadfoot,” “My Alice,” and “Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You.” The album won the 2026 Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album, following the Grammy received by Live Vol. 1 one year earlier.

The 2025 release Live at the Legion documented an acoustic performance by Strings and guitarist Bryan Sutton at Nashville’s American Legion Post 82. The same year also brought Apple Music Nashville Sessions, guest recordings across bluegrass, country, and extreme metal, and a new version of “Yahoos and Triangles” for the revived television series King of the Hill.

Strings remained active through 2026 with “The Devil Went Down to Deep Gap,” “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough,” and collaborations with Tony Trischka, Kacey Musgraves, and Full Cord. He also released “Burn the Other End” and “Mill Town Flood” ahead of the studio album So Much for Goodbyes, scheduled for August 28, 2026.

Across studio albums, live releases, traditional recordings, soundtrack appearances, and collaborations, Strings has connected the precision of bluegrass playing with the scale and spontaneity of modern arena concerts. His five-piece touring band features Billy Failing on banjo, Royal Masat on bass, Jarrod Walker on mandolin, and Alex Hargreaves on fiddle.

Complete List Of Billy Strings Songs From A to Z

A–E

“107” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“All of Tomorrow” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“All the Luck in the World (with Circles Around the Sun)” – Highway Butterfly: The Songs of Neal Casal – 2020
“Away from the Mire” – Home – 2019
“Away from the Mire (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Be Your Man” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Be Your Man (Apple Music Sessions featuring Cory Henry)” – Apple Music Nashville Sessions – 2025
“The Beginning of the End” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Black Mountain Rag” – Billy Strings EP – 2016
“Blasphemy Made Fresh (Cryptopsy featuring Billy Strings and others)” – Non-album single – 2025
“Burn the Other End” – So Much for Goodbyes – 2026
“Cabin Song” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“California Sober (featuring Willie Nelson)” – Non-Album Single – 2023
“Catch and Release” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Cold, Cold World (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Darling Corey (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Dealing Despair” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“The Devil Went Down to Deep Gap (with Bryan Sutton)” – Non-album single – 2026
“Dig a Little Deeper (In the Well) (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Doin’ Things Right” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Don’t Be Calling Me (At 4AM)” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Dos Banjos” – Billy Strings EP – 2016
“Dos Banjos (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Dust in a Baggie” – Billy Strings EP – 2016
“Dust in a Baggie (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Enough to Leave” – Home – 2019
“Escanaba” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy (Kacey Musgraves featuring Billy Strings)” – Middle of Nowhere – 2026
“Everything’s the Same” – Home – 2019

F–J

“Fire Line” – Renewal – 2021
“Fire Line > Reuben’s Train (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“The Fire on My Tongue” – Renewal – 2021
“Freedom” – Home – 2019
“Frosty Morn (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Gentle on My Mind (Tony Trischka featuring Billy Strings)” – Earl Jam 2 – 2026
“Gild the Lily” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Gild the Lily (Apple Music Sessions)” – Apple Music Nashville Sessions – 2025
“Give Me Back My Fifteen Cents (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Give the Fiddler a Dram > Whistling Rufus > Ragtime Annie (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Globe (with Fences)” – Non-Album Single – 2021
“Gone a Long Time” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“The Great Divide (with Luke Combs)” – Non-Album Single – 2021
“Groundhog (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Guitar Peace” – Home – 2019
“Happy Hollow” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Heard My Mother Weeping (with Terry Barber and Debra Apostol)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Heartbeat of America” – Renewal – 2021
“Heartbeat of America (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Hellbender” – Renewal – 2021
“Hellbender (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Hide and Seek” – Renewal – 2021
“High Note (Dierks Bentley featuring Billy Strings)” – Gravel & Gold – 2023
“Highway Hypnosis” – Home – 2019
“Highway Hypnosis (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Hollow Heart” – Home – 2019
“Home” – Home – 2019
“Hubris Came to Town (Full Cord featuring Billy Strings)” – Non-album single – 2026
“I Haven’t Seen Mary in Years (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Ice Bridges” – Renewal – 2021
“If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” – Jackass: Best and Last – 2026
“In the Clear” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“In the Morning Light” – Renewal – 2021
“It Ain’t Before” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“John Deere Tractor (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022

K–O

“Know It All” – Renewal – 2021
“Last Day at Gettysburg (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Leaders” – Renewal – 2021
“Leadfoot” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Leaning on a Travelin’ Song” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Leaning on a Travelin’ Song (Apple Music Sessions featuring Jason Carter)” – Apple Music Nashville Sessions – 2025
“Life to Go (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Listen to the Radio (with Molly Tuttle)” – More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith – 2023
“Little Blossom (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Little Cabin Home on the Hill (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Little Darling Pal of Mine (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Little White Church (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Living Like an Animal” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Long Forgotten Dream” – Home – 2019
“Long Forgotten Dream (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Long Journey Home (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Love and Regret” – Renewal – 2021
“Love Like Me” – Home – 2019
“M-E-X-I-C-O (Post Malone featuring Billy Strings)” – F-1 Trillion: Long Bed – 2024
“Malfunction Junction” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Malfunction Junction (Apple Music Sessions featuring Sam Bush)” – Apple Music Nashville Sessions – 2025
“Mary of the Wild Moor (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Meet Me at the Creek” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Midnight on the Stormy Deep (with Del McCoury)” – Non-Album Single – 2021
“Mill Town Flood” – So Much for Goodbyes – 2026
“MORBUD4ME” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Must Be Seven” – Home – 2019
“My Alice” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Namaste Paciencia” – Ticking Clocks – 2025
“Nashville Blues (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Nothing’s Working” – Renewal – 2021
“On the Line” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Open Up Them Pearly Gates (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025

P–T

“Peartree (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Pyramid Country” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Randall Collins > Done Gone (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Red Daisy” – Renewal – 2021
“Red Rocking Chair” – Billy Strings EP – 2016
“Richard Petty” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Richard Petty (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Running” – Home – 2019
“Running the Route” – Renewal – 2021
“Salt Creek > Big Sandy River (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Salty Sheep” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Secrets” – Renewal – 2021
“Seney Stretch” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Seven Weeks in County” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Show Me the Door” – Renewal – 2021
“Slow Train” – Billy Strings EP – 2016
“Spinning” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Stone Walls and Steel Bars (with Terry Barber)” – Me/And/Dad – 2022
“Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You” – Highway Prayers – 2024
“Taking Water” – Home – 2019
“Texas Gales (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“These Memories of You” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Things to Do (Zach Top featuring Billy Strings) (Apple Music Sessions)” – Apple Music Nashville Sessions – 2024
“Thirst Mutilator” – Billy Strings EP – 2016
“This Old World” – Renewal – 2021
“Tom Dooley (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Travelin’ Man (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025
“Turmoil & Tinfoil” – Turmoil & Tinfoil – 2017
“Turmoil & Tinfoil (Live Vol. 1)” – Live Vol. 1 – 2024
“Two Soldiers (Live at the Legion)” – Live at the Legion – 2025