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Billy Strings Debuts ‘Hickory Wind’ Cover At Columbia Speedway Finale Apr 5, 2021 Billy Strings concluded a four-night stand at Columbia Speedway in Cayce, South Carolina on Sunday. Strings, bassist Royal Masat, mandolinist Jarrod Walker and banjoist Billy Failing keep growing their repertoire as yesterday’s concert featured the debut of “Hickory Wind,” a song originally released on The Byrds’ iconic 1968 studio album, Sweetheart Of The Rodeo. The quartet opened with Tony Rice’s “Tipper” and followed with “Hollow Heart” from Strings’ Grammy-winning 2019 studio alb...

/ Lucas Pasley. More than a few families with strong musical traditions call Appalachia home. West Virginia alone has the Hammons and the Kessingers, talented kin known worldwide as bearers of musical traditions. But, for Lucas Pasley, a fiddler, banjo player and singer-songwriter from Alleghany County, North Carolina, family musical traditions were not some flowing stream to draw from. They were more of a deep spring, hidden in plain sight. Lucas grew up in a family with more than its fair share of musical talent. "They would sing for weddings, for churches, and for revivals," Lucas recalle...