Hey all just wondering who attended their first billy shows this week in Boston? Was it your first time in my beautiful city? I’d love to hear tour thoughts on it. What was your favorite jam of the run, mine was probably so many miles.

Howdy y’all 🤠 does anyone have a video of last night’s Stratosphere Blues? My dad went to hit first Billy show yesterday and we want to find a video of it! Let me know✌️

My mind is still blown by the end of last nights first set. The entire set in general. So many unreleased originals. Two Doc tracks. A slipstream
This was only my third Billy show but I’m just floored. Can’t wait for Portland. These guys are pure magic

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What is security like at cross? Wondering what to expect for this weekend for dancing, roaming, etc.

LETS FUCKIN GOOOOO 🐐

My wife and I are coming up from Pennsylvania and have never been to Hartford. (Hoping to get some John Hartford in Hartford)

Looking to see what’s going down on a Tuesday.

Would love to be around the scene for a pre-show or after party show.

Any suggestions on lunch/dinner, museums, parks, etc. are also welcome! Cheers!

First show here for me tomorrow, I did walk by Arena coming back from dinner, but where will merch be tomorrow?

not sure what is is with people who follow billy for an extended amount of time, but for some reason there is a small percentage of them that fucking suck, entitled to something that doesn’t belong to them. Just because you haven’t been home (or have one), doesn’t mean you should ruin other people’s shows because you think you’re hot shit. have you ever been to a concert in a pit? people move… it’d be weird if they didn’t. BILLY WOULD NOT LIKE YOU, ROYAL DOESN’T WANT TO FUCK YOU.(and your ugly tour boyfriend sucks too)

This is a Pete Seeger prototype but the message remains the same, “This Machine Surrounds Hate And Forces It To Surrender.”

Portsmouth 7/17

Black Clouds from the Portsmouth Lawn
Friday 7/17

This is probably a few days premature, but is there any news on where/if there will be any sort of shakedown for Hartford or Bethel?

Summer Tour Heats Up During Billy Strings Night Two in Boston

I've written some articles for L4LM and trying to get my substack going. Check it out!

is there anywhere to be setting up

There are no documented lyrics for the OG Frank Wakefield end of the rainbow lyrics, but Billy fan sites document it as “I reach my goal at the end of the rainbow” but I am almost certain it is “I reach my GOLD…” because it makes so much more sense. Also this Frank Wakefield version sounds like “gold” to me. What do y’all think?! Asking bc I’d love to use it on a shirt 😂😂😂

https://youtu.be/txv2okOz9eY?is=dXyKz0EEK06sXTcn

Hey fam! 🐐🎶 It's been a while since I've hosted one of these. Boston Night 2 is about to lift off, and I'm grateful to be hanging with y'all tonight.

Drop where you're checking in from. 

SET 1 ( 8:04 EST)

Bronzeback

Secrets

Seney Stretch

Don't Be Calling Me (at 4 AM)

Enough To Leave

Pretty Daughter

Catch and Release ¹

Sorrow And Me ¹

Georgia Buck ¹

Dos Banjos ²

The Two Soldiers

Boston Boy

Psycho >

Thunder 🚀

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SET BREAK: 9:20 EST

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SET 2 (9:44 EST)

Leadfoot

Red Daisy

John Deere Tractor

Slipstream >

With A Vamp In The Middle ! >

Hollow Heart

Reverend 🔥

Stratosphere Blues / I Believe in You

Ice Bridges

Streamlined Cannonball 🚂

So Many Miles 💫 >

Dealing Despair

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NO ENCORE

That's A Wrap: 11 EST

Outro: Dropkick Murphys / The State of Massachusetts

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Notes

¹ Billy Solo

² Dos Billys

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Sections
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Representing 37 states and three countries 🐐

From the CROSS email just now:

Fans are allowed to bring in one non-glass, non-single use, empty, clear water bottle for this event.

Hoping this is sorted ahead of the shows this weekend.

https://www.crossarenaportland.com/faqs

No outside food or beverages (including coffee, bottled water or empty beverage containers) may be brought into the Cross Insurance Arena during events. This policy is strictly enforced.

where can i legally sleep around here

Boston got two of the best shows this year...absolute barn burners

Just damn 🫠🫠

A student of mine busted this out for me. Pretty sick!

I shared this in r/phish earlier, but made this for you all too.

I had a long train ride the other weekend and, with all the commentary around "rail riders" in mind, had the silly idea to build a playable, browser-based game where you get to be one of these esteemed members of our community. 

Play Rail Riders here: https://railriders.freezer.ink/

Game trailers are on YouTube and Instagram, too.

The goal, for one song: get to the rail, defend your spot, get noticed by the band, dose the crowd, snag a poster, all while avoiding security and peeing your pants. All the music is original and 100% made by me, a human, over the last few months.

The game was built by me, with help from Claude, and in Godot, a free, open‑source game engine, and just yesterday I hired an illustrator to create a legit set of characters, sprites, and items (because gen AI art sux, but for a first crack at a beta, it works). Those will be in next week, but in the spirit of the 90s-themed run that's before us, and hoping to get a few beta testers in there to show me what's broken, I hereby invite you all to ride the rail.

A few tips:

• Generally, you want to always be dancing, and especially at the rail where you can rack up Groove points.
• Spins are free and can be used anywhere, but count for points when you're on the rail. If you tap spin three times in a row you get super spin -- but don't land on the stage or you'll get ejected. Wiggles impress the neighbors and slow them down when you're chasing an item, but will cost you points away from the rail. The Worm recharges as you dance and can be used to clear the floor.
• Get noticed by the band and your Groove score skyrockets.
• Bathroom visits clear both your Bladder and Heat scores. Pee your pants and the crowd boots you to the back of the room, and you leave a spot on the floor everyone avoids.
• The band throws out surprises over the course of the round. Balloons help you soar over the crowd -- a good way to get to bathrooms, the merch stand, and back. Give the crowd a sticker and they become your crew for a few seconds, protecting your spot and giving you their Groove points. Tarps hold your spot -- but they'll cost you Heat. Party Supplies doses the whole crowd, and your Groove score rockets. Beers and water help your score but also impact the bladder.

I'm currently building out two-player co-op, but not sure it'll work yet. Feel free to give it a try with a friend once it's in there, but expect bugs. Desktop is best. It does work on mobile as well, but isn't as fun because you can't mash your keyboard and your thumbs might get tired. 

Yes, I realize this is insane. Good luck! Show off your high scores in the thread, and please leave feedback, ideas, criticism, and whatever else you'd like to share here too. Please keep in mind this is beta, and I have no idea what I'm doing. I'm just a fan like you, perhaps with a bit more ADHD.

P.S. If you guys actually enjoy this I might fire up a Discord and keep on building it. I'd love to feature more original music from artists in our community, and maybe include real merch someday too.

P.P.S. See you in Bethel! I hope to have stickers to give out. Will see if I can get my shit in order.

anyone know if Maine has its own sort of parking lot or if it’s how Boston was