#Billy Strings

[spacedustpan]

Bullshit is Spreading and How to Volunteer in NC

I've noticed a lot of youtubers are purposefully NOT mentioning all of the different organizations that are VETTED BY NORTH CAROLINA'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT that you can sign up to volunteer with TODAY to help Asheville.

They're plugging the 501c's of their buddies and it's making me seething mad because there's also a bunch of youtubers spreading absolute bullshit about how "The government has completely abandoned Asheville and Unicoi!!!" when that's Absolutely Not the case.

Po**ce as much as they're contemptible are centralizing donations at approved locations with infrastructure to handle volunteers that can distribute them and the reason random ass people can't just use the roads for direct donations is because they're trying to keep it to registered volunteers that have clear and specific orders so that they know where people are and what they're doing.

That makes search easier and it makes things like clearing roads easier. It also makes it easier to keep an eye on volunteers for their own safety.

Literally if people want to volunteer they can go to the 211 website or the North Carolina Volunteer Organizations Active in Disaster website to pick somewhere to volunteer.

As long as you've signed up with an organization that's doing work on the ground they'll let you in and let you use the roads that State and Volunteers have access to.

These youtubers are also spreading blatant misinformation with a bent towards trashing the democratic party's response to the disaster and trying to uplift snakes like J.D. Vance.

There's a newer website that the state has made to try to combat misinformation

But of course MAGA brainwash victims in the general neighboring region (the population majority mind you) are believing this bullshit.

Here's the info from the state website:

(It starts with the facts then states the Rumor that they disprove after)

There are many false reports and misinformation being shared on social media about the response to Hurricane Helene. Additional reliable information regarding Helene can be found at www.ncdps.gov/helene.

The public should get information about storm response and impacts from trusted sources like the State Emergency Response Team, National Weather Service, and other federal, state, county and local government sites. Be aware that Artificial Intelligence or AI-generated images are being circulated on social media that do not depict conditions on the ground.  

Do your part to the stop the spread of rumors by doing three easy things:  

• Find trusted sources of information.  

• Share information from trusted sources.  

• Discourage others from sharing information from unverified sources and question where information is coming from. 

Stop the Spread of Misinformation

FACT: False information is being widely shared on social media channels, including AI-generated content and images. Nefarious actors and those with ill intent may be taking advantage of this situation by spreading false information. The public is encouraged to find trusted sources of information; share information from those trusted sources; and to discourage others from sharing information from unverified sources.

FACT: The NC State Emergency Response Team, which includes local, state, federal and military partners, along with power and cell phone agencies, private businesses and volunteer organizations, is working around the clock to save lives and provide humanitarian relief to Western North Carolina residents. This is a coordinated effort aimed at saving lives and to speed recovery for residents, businesses and municipalities in the impacted areas.

RUMOR: The state and federal government are doing nothing to respond to the ongoing disaster in Western North Carolina.  

FACT: Roadways in Western North Carolina are still dangerous and impassible in many places. A recent landslide shows the potential for more serious incidents. In some areas, traffic is being rerouted to maintain availability of roadways for emergency response, coordinated disaster relief efforts and local traffic. 

RUMOR: Checkpoints are being established and donations and volunteers are being turned away from Western North Carolina.  

FACT: 

The state is encouraging financial donations to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund at www.nc.gov/donate, or to a NC Volunteer Organization Active in Disaster.

A list of these organizations can be found at www.ncvoad.org/members.

The state is working with these organizations to stand up logistical operations to coordinate the collection and distribution of countless physical donations from across the state and country. Donations are not being confiscated by state and federal officials.  

RUMOR: The state is discouraging donations in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Physical donations are being confiscated by state and federal officials.  

FACT: Coordinated volunteer disaster relief efforts are needed in Western North Carolina. We strongly encourage neighbors to continue helping neighbors in impacted areas.

Those wishing to volunteer should register at www.nc.gov/volunteer in order to be connected with a NC Volunteer Organization Active in Helene response.

Please do not self-deploy to Western North Carolina unless you are working with an organization already providing services on the ground.  

RUMOR: The state and federal government are discouraging volunteerism in Western North Carolina. 

FACT: The FAA is not restricting access for recovery operations. The FAA is coordinating closely with state and local officials to make sure everyone is operating safely in very crowded and congested airspace. Learn more.

RUMOR: The FAA is restricting access to the airspace for Helene rescue and recovery operations. 

FACT: FEMA is not controlling any airports in western North Carolina. Airport Managers and Airport Sponsors are the legal entities in charge of operating airports, even in Helene response. FEMA staff may be present at airports as they deploy supplies and stage for Helene response. Airports are critical for accessing impacted NC communities for response and recovery efforts for partners including FEMA.

RUMOR: FEMA is operating and controlling airports in western North Carolina.

Also - at this time MONEY is preferred over physical in-person volunteer work.

Please keep in mind infrastructure for electricity and water and sanitation is damaged.

That makes it more difficult to manage volunteers.

It's encouraged that you donate to the the state and to organizations working on the ground so that they can work alongside the military and federal resources to restore infrastructure in the area.

If you're a Modern Country fan then good news: Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings, and James Taylor are holding a

Helene Relief Concert in Charlotte NC on Oct. 26th!

You can donate money AND see a concert at the same time.

If you don't like country but love someone who does, consider asking if they'd like a ticket as an early Christmas or Birthday present or something.

Edit to add:

For people insisting that ONLY $750 is being offered to Hurricane victims:

The $750 is just for immediate food and gas and personal hygiene supply needs.

Victims have to apply with FEMA in affected locations to have assessment of damages and evaluation of funding with a top end of about $40,000 or so possible for Housing/shelter.

I wouldn't be surprised if people used the money to move to neighboring towns honestly.

Problem is that people affected in various areas and people unaffected in the region are wholesale believing the lie they are being told by people they trust that victims are only being given $750.

And the actual funding will absolutely run out if people don't apply for it.

And when they're being convinced that they've been left behind they're not applying for help.

So the people that actually know better (wealthy people with family or friend connections to people in state govt and thus correct information) will know and get to apply for funding for housing and take advantage of speed while others are reeling with disinformation.

Make sure your loved ones apply for everything they can.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Ringo Starr - “Time on My Hands”

After more than a half-century away, Ringo Starr is returning to country music.

“Time on My Hands” announces the Jan. 10, 2025, release of Look Up, Starr’s first full-length foray into the genre since 1970’s Beaucoups of Blues. And with T Bone Burnett behind the board and guest slots from Billy Strings, Molly Tuttle, Alison Krauss, Lucius and Larkin Poe, it has potential.

But the lead single, awash as it is in Nashville Sound strings and steel guitar designed to disguise a pop song, doesn’t bode well. And though Starr didn’t write it - Burnett, co-producer Daniel Tashian and Paul Kennerley did that - “Time on My Hands” is stifled by the simplistic lyrics that plague so much of the former Fab drummer’s music.

I used to have a true love/everything was fine/but now she’s found a new love/she’s no longer mine, Starr sings on the intro.

There are 10 more songs and nine of them have at least one the aforementioned guests on board, so the potential remains. That said, “Time on My Hands” is an inauspicious calling card.

Grade card: Ringo Starr - “Time on My Hands” - C-

10/18/24

[dont--letmebegone]

🌸 all the thorny roses blooming, all the leaves upon the vine, all of nature's fairest treasures I'll not know 'til you are mine 🌸

[hazelhymns]

🌞 we will heal

This Old World, Billy Strings/pinterest/Let the Light In, Lana Del Rey/pinterest/Daylight, Taylor Swift/@annalaura_art, instagram/The Path, Lorde/pinterest/Two Suns in the Sunset, Pink Floyd

[the-birth-of-art]

Billy Strings' wedding reception band had a helluva front line.

[hex---grl]

[borntomecassidy78]

He is the moment. He is everything to me.

[beatlesblogger]

Ringo's 'Look Up' Country Album Due in January

Ringo Starr has released the first teaser song from his forthcoming country album, Look Up: Here’s the track list for the album, due to be released on January 10, 2025 on vinyl and CD: Breathless (feat. Billy Strings) Look Up (feat. Molly Tuttle) Time On My Hands Never Let Me Go (feat. Billy Strings) I Live For Your Love (feat. Molly Tuttle) Come Back (feat. Lucius) Can You Hear Me Call…

[haute-lifestyle-com]

Keith Urban, Sheryl Crow Join James Taylor, Luke Combs, Eric Church, Billy Strings for Hurricane Helene Benefit Concert

[cottagebff]

painted my own billy strings poster 🍄

[weandthecolor]

Billy Strings Posters by Pedro Correa

More here.

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[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Billy Strings - “If Your Hair’s too Long (There’s Sin in Your Heart)” (Live, July 30, 2024)

Crazy thing about Billy Strings and his band - those boys sing as well as they play. And arranging the nearly a cappella “If Your Hair’s too Long (There’s Sin in Your Heart)” with barbershop harmonies proves they have a sense of humor to boot.

Gathered around a single mic July 30 in Massachusetts, Strings and fiddler Alex Hargreaves provided light accompaniment as the guitarist, Jarrod Walker, Royal Masat and Billy Failing sung their warning:

You’ll live a life of fear and dread if you listen to the Grateful Dead/if your hair's too long, there's sin in your heart

And the crowd went apeshi … Sound Bites means crazy.

Grade card: Billy Strings - “If Your Hair’s too Long (There’s Sin in Your Heart)” (Live - 7/30/24) - A+

9/6/24

[idroveatank]

the kid can play most definitely Billy Strings Worcester Centrum 7-31-2024 making my night with covering “Fearless” for an encore

[upperswampmonkey]

Billy Strings - California Sober (Feat. Willie Nelson)

[the-birth-of-art]

c. 2012 - 20-year-old Billy motherfucking Strings plays "Dust In A Baggie" at a house party.

12/15/23: Mohegan Sun Arena, Wilkes-Barre, PA - 31-year-old Billy motherfucking Strings plays "Dust In A Baggie" in front of thousands

[gratefulfrog]