℗ 2022 Billy Strings., Under exclusive license to Rounder Records
| Released | November 18, 2022 |
| Duration | 44m 50s |
| Record Label | Rounder |
| Genre | Bluegrass |
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1.1
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Long Journey Home
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2:57 | |||
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1.2
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Life To Go
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3:06 | |||
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1.3
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Way Downtown
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3:07 | |||
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1.4
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Little Blossom
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3:11 | |||
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1.5
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Peartree
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3:32 | |||
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1.6
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Stone Walls And Steel Bars
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2:08 | |||
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1.7
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Little White Church
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3:21 | |||
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1.8
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Dig A Little Deeper (In The Well)
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3:13 | |||
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1.9
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Wandering Boy
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3:40 | |||
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1.10
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John Deere Tractor
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4:31 | |||
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1.11
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Frosty Morn
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2:48 | |||
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1.12
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I Haven't Seen Mary In Years
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2:49 | |||
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1.13
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Little Cabin Home On The Hill
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3:23 | |||
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1.14
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I Heard My Mother Weeping
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3:04 |
Grammy Award Nomination, 2024 – Best Bluegrass Album
Me/And/Dad
Billy Strings
“As long as I can remember I wanted to make a record with my dad,” Billy Strings says, his dad, Terry Barber, seated next to him. “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.”
That dream of coming together to make a proper studio album is finally realized with Me and Dad — out on Rounder Records. It’s a collection of 14 classics that Billy and Terry know like the back of their hands, from Doc Watson and Bill Monroe songs to hymns and traditional classics. It's the music that literally and figuratively made Billy the musician and human he is today with the finished album representing a lifelong goal finally achieved: a way for the Grammy-winning musician to honor the man who taught him how to play guitar.
Earlier this year, in the midst of his seemingly nonstop touring schedule, Billy brought his father from their native Michigan to Nashville’s Sound Emporium studios, along with an all-star band including bassist Mike Bub, mandolinist Ron McCoury, banjo player Rob McCoury, and fiddler Michael Cleveland. Jerry Douglas and Jason Carter sat in too.
“We’ve done these songs forever. We get to the part where someone has to sing and we’ll look at each other: ‘You or me?’ We’ve been doing it since I was 3 years old."
- Billy Strings
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rounder Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.20 -0.20 to -0.20 | -13.76 -16.25 to -12.02 | -11.04 -13.40 to -9.60 | 9 7 to 11 | |
| 1 | Long Journey Home | -0.20 | -13.14 | -10.5 | 9 |
| 2 | Life To Go | -0.20 | -13.81 | -11.2 | 9 |
| 3 | Way Downtown | -0.20 | -13.65 | -10.8 | 9 |
| 4 | Little Blossom | -0.20 | -13.41 | -10.9 | 9 |
| 5 | Peartree | -0.20 | -12.02 | -9.6 | 7 |
| 6 | Stone Walls And Steel Bars | -0.20 | -12.70 | -9.9 | 8 |
| 7 | Little White Church | -0.20 | -13.49 | -10.7 | 9 |
| 8 | Dig A Little Deeper (In The Well) | -0.20 | -13.02 | -10.3 | 9 |
| 9 | Wandering Boy | -0.20 | -14.19 | -11.4 | 9 |
| 10 | John Deere Tractor | -0.20 | -15.19 | -12.5 | 9 |
| 11 | Frosty Morn | -0.20 | -16.25 | -13.4 | 11 |
| 12 | I Haven't Seen Mary In Years | -0.20 | -13.09 | -10.4 | 8 |
| 13 | Little Cabin Home On The Hill | -0.20 | -13.62 | -10.8 | 9 |
| 14 | I Heard My Mother Weeping | -0.20 | -15.10 | -12.1 | 10 |