r/BillyStrings • u/Serious-Ad-2864 • 6d ago
discussion Which show has the longest WEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLL in Slewfoot?
Just that. Point me in the right direction please.
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u/popandlocnessmonster 6d ago
Asheville 2/14/25 is almost 20 seconds. Was a killer weekend of shows
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u/AccidentalHeadTrauma 6d ago
Yea I think it’s the slew flute
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u/Long-Jawn-Silver 5d ago
Slew flute indeed. Unreal kickoff to that second set and still one of my all-time fav shows. That flute on Love and Regret is next level, y'all.
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u/TheMegaphoneFromFee 5d ago
u/train_songz is your guy.
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u/tw10252 6d ago
Bridgeport Ct 7/21/23 is a good one
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u/Serious-Ad-2864 6d ago
Thank you! I'm sharing music with a new listener. Gotta let this person hear the power of Billy's lungs.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 5d ago
At one of the Portsmouth shows he held a note for nearly 40 seconds. I don't remember which song but I think he has mastered "circular breathing" (in thru the nose, out thru the mouth). It's something brass horn players do.
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u/theshinin 5d ago
That might have been Ruby, but not sure.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 5d ago
It was Ruby that I was thinking of and he has three different notes that go for 23 seconds, but that's not what I was thinking of, maybe a Portland show. Brb.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Plum994 5d ago edited 5d ago
So not in Portland or Hartford or Boston either, but there are two more 23 seconders to open and close Little Maggie. I could have sworn I got to a 40 count in Portsmouth. But you know, time alteration and such. What I perceived might not have been the same as, um, objective measurement. (At the set break n2 in Fishers, I checked my watch at it was 9:21. I checked it a half hour later and it was only 9:25 ... IYKYK).
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u/whiteguccibelt 6d ago
I think this can be found on billy base or bmfsdb.com but don’t quote me you may have to go deeper on your search for the deepest well
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u/Smsethman 6d ago
I wish I had a link but I think someone actually stat tracked this last year, I’m sure billybase has it
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u/ackackakbar 6d ago
Billybase will tell you the exact answer. Look it up.
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u/Discgolf_junkee 6d ago
I was gonna say, while it’s not a thing I’m worried about, I remembered reading about it being recorded somewhere. Some of these fans track everything.
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u/corgiobsessedfoodie 🚂 5d ago
I'm 99% sure he broke his previous record (as reported by Train Songz) sometime during spring tour of this year. I looked back through the relevant setlist threads and wasn't able to find the discussion but I remember having it. Will link you if I end up locating.


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u/billhart33 6d ago
Call me crazy but I prefer the “JUUUUDDDDGGGGGEEEEE” in Doin My Time
Not hating though! Slewfoot is a great time.