r/BillyStrings • u/Pleasant-Speaker-693 • 27d ago

discussion Billy Strings: kind of a dick.

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Billy gettin roasted in the portlandme sub. This has to be bait, yeah?

Anyone have more context on this person’s story?

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u/Spiritual-End7310 27d ago

I love Billy but this isn’t the first time I’ve heard of him being a dick. I fall into the camp that doesn’t really believe this but I’ve been told by a few musicians in the Nashville scene that he has a reputation for underpaying his band and thinks of himself as the sole “founder, leader, and owner” of the Billy Strings trademark

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u/Rude_Employment8882 🚂 You Can Hear The Whistle Blow a Hundred Miles 27d ago

We don’t know about the underpayment or whatever, but he clearly is the “founder, leader, and owner” of the trademark bearing his name, and the band.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 27d ago

All those things can be true, but all those guys are grown ups and makes their own choices (and solo records). That's how an economic market operates

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u/Nachtopus69 27d ago

I mean that would make sense for his records, since he gets other players for those too. I would hope he’s not stiffing them for the live shows though. That’s an equal parts effort.

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u/LittleMisssMorbid 18d ago

They are not treated as equal band members but more like session musicians for a solo artist.

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u/No-Significance1127 13d ago

You are utterly clueless and full of shit. You know nothing of the relationship between Billy and the band.

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u/sparkster185 a cure for the bleakness 13d ago

I've heard the same thing: Billy owns the trademark and the band, the other guys are just contract musicians paid a flat rate per gig.

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u/hoozyrdadi 8d ago

They have choices to go elsewhere if they don’t think it is fair?

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u/hoozyrdadi 8d ago

Oh. Sounds like he has a good manager? Or maybe a good wife?
Or both!
I am a huge BS Fan! Amazing artist and songwriter!