Billy Strings The Making of ME/AND/DADWatch at the source

Take a look inside the Making of ME/AND/DAD, Billy Strings' new record with his dad, Terry Barber.

Reflecting on the project, Strings shares, “As long as I can remember, I wanted to make a record with my dad. I’ve been burning up and down the highways the last 12 years, and as time slips away, you start thinking, ‘I need to make time.’ It’s been a bucket list thing for me, something I’ve been afraid I wouldn’t find the time to do. And that scared me; not doing this record scared me.”

1. Long Journey Home (bluegrass traditional) 6. Stone Walls and Steel Bars (written by Ray Pennington, Roy Eugene Marcum) 8. Dig A Little Deeper (In The Well) (written by Jody Emerson, Roger Bowling) 11. Frosty Morn (bluegrass traditional) 12. I Haven’t Seen Mary In Years (written by Damon Black) 13. Little Cabin Home On The Hill (written by Lester Flatt, Bill Monroe)

Produced by Strings and Gary Paczosa and recorded at Nashville’s Sound Emporium Studio, the record finds Strings and Barber playing with familiar ease, naturally trading off leads both vocally and on guitar. In addition to Strings and Barber, the album features an all-star band including bassist Mike Bub, mandolinist Ron McCoury, banjo player Rob McCoury and fiddler Michael Cleveland as well as special guest appearances by Jerry Douglas, Jason Carter and Strings’ mother, Debra Barber, who sings on the final track, “I Heard My Mother Weeping.”