Billy Strings Plays 'Taking Water' on 'Kimmel': Watch
with his band. But it wasn’t simply a promotional push for his latest album, 2019’s. Instead, the bluegrass prodigy was raising awareness about the plight of independent music venues, many of which are in danger of closing for good without a federal bailout.
Strings played his song “Taking Water” at one such venue, Nashville’s venerable bluegrass and string-music outpost the Station Inn. “This ol’ boat is taking water/It won’t be long till it goes down,” Strings sang in the chorus, which can be viewed as a metaphor for the venue crisis. Along with Strings’ Station Inn performance, he and his band also delivered an at-home rendition of “Watch It Fall.”
According to the National Independent Venue Association, 90 percent of music venues are in jeopardy of shutting down. NIVA is asking music fans to petition Congress for help via the website
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