Billy Strings Debuts ‘The Race Is On’ Cover At Columbia Speedway
Apr 3, 2021
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Billy Strings continued his four-night run at the Columbia Speedway in Cayce, South Carolina on Friday. Strings and his band unveiled a cover of the George Jones-popularized “The Race Is On.”
Billy and the band mandolinist
Jarrod Walker, bassist
Billy Failing kicked off the show with “Must Be Seven” from the Grammy-winning 2019 album,
Home. Strings and company then headed into The Stanley Brothers’ “Clinch Mountain Backstep” which kicked off a covers segment that also included the Grateful Dead’s “Dire Wolf” and Jeff Austin’s “Run Down.” Billy returned to newer original material with, “Morning Light,” which he debuted during the first night of his