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Related: About this forumBilly Strings & band - Ramble On (live in NC, in Lord Of The Rings costumes for Halloween 2022)
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Billy Strings & band - Ramble On (live in NC, in Lord Of The Rings costumes for Halloween 2022) (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
OP
You're very welcome, Sarge! I nearly fell off my chair when I found this on
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
#2
Btw, I ran across a Setlist.fm page last night that said this Halloween show was the only
highplainsdem
Nov 2022
#6
The Polack MSgt
(13,192 posts)1. This is the shit right here
Thank you highplainsdem. Holy hell
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)2. You're very welcome, Sarge! I nearly fell off my chair when I found this on
YouTube tonight. Did you hear that guy shouting "You kidding me?" near the start of the video? That was my reaction, too.
Love this...
happybird
(4,623 posts)3. They did The Battle of Evermore, too
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)4. Found video of that and "War Pigs":
highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)5. Rolling Stone article:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/billy-strings-lord-of-the-rings-halloween-tour-dates-1234622145/
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Halloween night capped off an unforgettable three-night run for Strings & Co. at the Harrahs Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Dressed as characters from The Lord of the Rings (the shows were dubbed Away from the Shire), the band blasted through a collage of acoustic and electric melodies a rollercoaster Middle-earth soundtrack seamlessly fusing bluegrass and rock-n-roll.
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For Strings, Asheville has been his Halloween home base for several years now, graduating from small clubs around town like the Grey Eagle and Asheville Music Hall to the Orange Peel, and now to the 7,600-plus seat Harrahs Cherokee Center. In recent Halloween outings, Strings has paid tribute to films like The Wizard of Oz and A Clockwork Orange.
And yet, even the massive Harrahs space felt too small to contain the pure energy and raw emotion of what Strings, who turned 30 less than a month ago, has created. While he served up his usual dose of high-octane bluegrass gems, it was the back-and-forth between his acoustic and electric guitars that threw gas on the fire. The first set opened with an electric take on Led Zeppelins Ramble On, while the second included a musical spider web of Zeps Battle of Evermore into Black Sabbaths War Pigs into Pink Floyds Fearless.
Cellist Rushad Eggleston and flutist Anh Phung fleshed out Strings band for the Halloween weekend shows, with Phung re-creating the chilling harmony vocals of Sandy Denny on Battle of Evermore. Widespread Panic drummer Duane Trucks, fresh from Panics own Halloween run in New Orleans, also backed up Strings and his band for the Monday night showcase.
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Halloween night capped off an unforgettable three-night run for Strings & Co. at the Harrahs Cherokee Center in downtown Asheville, North Carolina. Dressed as characters from The Lord of the Rings (the shows were dubbed Away from the Shire), the band blasted through a collage of acoustic and electric melodies a rollercoaster Middle-earth soundtrack seamlessly fusing bluegrass and rock-n-roll.
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For Strings, Asheville has been his Halloween home base for several years now, graduating from small clubs around town like the Grey Eagle and Asheville Music Hall to the Orange Peel, and now to the 7,600-plus seat Harrahs Cherokee Center. In recent Halloween outings, Strings has paid tribute to films like The Wizard of Oz and A Clockwork Orange.
And yet, even the massive Harrahs space felt too small to contain the pure energy and raw emotion of what Strings, who turned 30 less than a month ago, has created. While he served up his usual dose of high-octane bluegrass gems, it was the back-and-forth between his acoustic and electric guitars that threw gas on the fire. The first set opened with an electric take on Led Zeppelins Ramble On, while the second included a musical spider web of Zeps Battle of Evermore into Black Sabbaths War Pigs into Pink Floyds Fearless.
Cellist Rushad Eggleston and flutist Anh Phung fleshed out Strings band for the Halloween weekend shows, with Phung re-creating the chilling harmony vocals of Sandy Denny on Battle of Evermore. Widespread Panic drummer Duane Trucks, fresh from Panics own Halloween run in New Orleans, also backed up Strings and his band for the Monday night showcase.
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highplainsdem
(49,034 posts)6. Btw, I ran across a Setlist.fm page last night that said this Halloween show was the only
time Billy Strings has performed "Ramble On" in concert.