24 Jun 2025

Music feature - Billy Strings

From Afternoons, 2:30 pm on 24 June 2025

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Billy Strings is an award winning American guitarist, singer, songwriter and bluegrass musician. After a pretty tough upbringing, Billy left home to try to get sober and focus on a music career. His song "Dust in a Baggie" garnered over 30 million views on YouTube and he has won multiple Grammys. Marty Jones joins Jesse to celebrate the talent of Billy String.

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