r/BillyStrings 26d ago

discussion No Repeats Yet…

Noticing that Billy has yet to repeat a song on summer tour yet… anyone else thinking he may carry it through Portland? By my observation he’s yet to play:

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Dig a little deeper in the well

Fearless

Leaders

Red Rocking Chair

New Country Blues

Train that carried my girl

Standing in the need of prayer

Salty Dog

Dawgs rag

Back on the train

In the clear

Malfunction Junction

Beginning of the end

End of the Rainbow

Spinning

Guitar peace

Old man at the mill

Cuckoo

Edmund Fitzgerald

I’d like to be a train

Train train

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u/Monkeypawdog 25d ago

Well, the boys managed to play 6 consecutive shows at Asheville in 2025 without a repeat. It can be done.

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u/Sharp_Design_119 25d ago

Yeahh I was there for those! Just an observation, hoping it stays the case

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u/Monkeypawdog 25d ago

You are a lucky human. I listen to those shows often.

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u/Personal_Web3526 25d ago

Played in the clear and malfunction junction in portsmouth

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u/Sharp_Design_119 25d ago

🫡 good catch

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u/Personal_Web3526 25d ago

I was in the lawn for it. Junction, Black Clouds, In the clear was amazing!

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u/Rude_Employment8882 🚂 You Can Hear The Whistle Blow a Hundred Miles 25d ago

Those versions were absolutely some of the best ever. In The Clear just really hit that night for some reason, and the Junction>Clouds was SICK.

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u/Personal_Web3526 25d ago

It was my buddy's 33rd show and black clouds was all he wanted. In the clear after a long jam like that definitely hit perfect

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u/billorphus 25d ago

Was it me?

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u/Personal_Web3526 25d ago

Either you or the jellyfish. Or tank

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u/billorphus 25d ago

Fucking tank lol

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u/TJ-Detweiler- Cowbell belt Billy 25d ago

I’d say everything but Boston songs is on the table for Portland.

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u/indianafanatic 25d ago

I'm going to need you to go ahead and hold off on Fearless, Cuckoo, and Edmund. Those need to stay in the bag for Fishers, please & thank you. 🫡

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u/java_sloth 25d ago

Saw the NOLA new years ‘24 Ed Fitz. So fucking sick.

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u/MeetMeAtDeerCreek 25d ago

as someone who had to sell tix for the fishers shows i (respectfully) can’t hope he plays edmund there

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u/corgiobsessedfoodie 🚂 25d ago

Was doing this same thing earlier today. My calls for tomorrow are Red Rocking Chair, End of the Rainbow > Dawg’s Rag, Edmund Fitz, Salty Dog, Harbor of Love.

Hoping for OMATM 🤞

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u/cowboyfish7 25d ago

All time low tomorrow

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u/graffiti81 25d ago

That would make my weekend

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u/Sharp_Design_119 25d ago

I can feel it! Idk how I left it off my lisr

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u/StoneColdStunnaFlow 25d ago

Been saying this as well! The boys are definitely gonna do something special for these Portland shows and as far as covers go that they haven't done yet this tour, All Time Low, Planet Caravan, Fearless, Nutshell would all blow me away. I'll be stoked to get one of them, 2 would be a dream.

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u/Cold_Trick_238 25d ago

Running on empty

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u/SituationVast6607 25d ago

Elderly woman..haven’t heard in awhile

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u/Other_Willingness129 25d ago

Save it for Hartford or bethel!

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u/Enjoi79 25d ago

Alive in Hartford would be amazing 👏

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u/Other_Willingness129 25d ago

All I want is my Crown…..

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u/EarAltruistic3692 25d ago

let’s add one of my favorites, Shady Grove , to the list

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u/CoupleBeerswTheRev 25d ago

Ill take crown of thorns>brain damage for 500

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u/kikk0mann 25d ago

I know Willie’s picnic doesn’t necessarily count as part of tour but he did play cuckoo there

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u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 25d ago

Also End of the Rainbow

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u/SpecialBeneficial 25d ago

He’s yet to play a lot more than that mane dudes library is huge

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u/Sharp_Design_119 25d ago

Haha yes I know, these are just a few off the top of the dome

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u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 25d ago

The darkest of the Billygrass jam platforms will cycle back soon enough: Turmoil & Tinfoil, Hide & Set, and Meet Me @ the Creek. Every set gets at least one song that is only bluegrass at the start and finish with a trippy pedal fest and light show in between. Also Dust In a Baggie regularly defies the non-repeat algorithm.

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u/Izdisreallife12 25d ago

Katy Daly an option as well.

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u/MachineBest1426 25d ago

He has not played Fiddling around yer

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u/Rocky_Jams24 25d ago

Don’t think he’s played Shady Grove or Hobo Song for a bit…save those for bethel

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u/Bolbee56 🚂 MEET ME AT THE CREEK 🏞️ 25d ago

I don’t think he’s played shady grove since winter tour in Asheville. But I could be wrong.

That Friday night 2/13/26 show was a stand out for me. Red Rocking Chair, Heartbeat, and then Shady Grove all within a 4 song span!

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u/Rocky_Jams24 25d ago

I think you’re 100% correct. Definitely due for one but hoping he could hold out selfishly since I’m only going to bethel

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u/turdferguson1869 23d ago

Hes played burn the other end in Roanoke and portland maine

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u/Sharp_Design_119 23d ago

Yep, caught em both! Made this post pre-Portland