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What’s up Sorry State readers? I hope everyone has had a nice week. Yesterday Dom and I hit the road once again to catch our favorite bluegrass virtuoso Billy Strings in Roanoke, Virginia and had an absolute blast. A couple months ago in April, Billy broke his leg while doing a skateboard trick right before an encore, so he’s been out of commission for a bit. Very fittingly though, he did a cover of “If You’re Gonna Be Dumb, You Gotta Be Tough” for the new Jackass movie. Anyways, this Roanoke show was his first return to tour after the injury and I’m happy to report, he still rips on one leg. I was curious how the show would be in terms of sitting/standing and it was a pretty even mix of both, standing for a few songs then taking a seat for a couple. Being seated didn’t bring the energy down at all tho. One of the most electric parts of the show came from a seated Billy tearing up Reuben’s Train. Of course, being in Virginia, they had to throw in some Stanley Brothers songs like White Dove and Our Last Goodbye for the closer. All in all, like every Billy show, it was amazing from start to finish and a good time was had by all. The drive home through the late night also ended up being interesting as well cause my maps decided to direct me some weird ass way home that was pretty much all through dark, winding back roads. I think we passed by pretty much any animal you could imagine you may see late night in the woods, including a dog that was just casually walking in the middle of the road and didn’t really seem to care that we were driving by. I think we saw more deer than cars. I wouldn’t want the drive home after a Virginia barn burner to be any different.