Rooted in the traditional bluegrass style where Strings finds a comfortable home, "Away From the Mire" expands into an adventurous, nearly psychedelic sound. A genre purist he's not, but when the singer diverges from bluegrass tradition, it's always in support of the song's story. That's ...
Kind of goes to the "It's not the guitar..it's the player." argument. He could make a weed eater with strings on it sound good. Not that Tokai's are not good guitars. I really have not touched one since the 80's so I really do not know. Just saying Billy is a great player...