Rooster Walk, a benefit festival head annually in honor of two high school friends who died tragically in their 20s, kicked off their 10th festival this last weekend in Martinsville, Virginia. Rooster Walk 10 had quite the line-up, boasting acts like J.J. Grey and Mofro, Marcus King Band, The Wood Brothers and more. One of the coolest sets of the festival was Billy Strings teaming up with Marcus King for a ‘King and Strings’ set.

The ‘King and Strings’ set was nestled into Friday’s evening line-up and got the weekend started off right. Billy, an up and comer in the bluegrass scene was well versed in the same catalogue that was familiar to King. The two crushed classic rock songs like “Sweat Leaf,” “Can’t You See,” “Hurts Me Too” and many more.

Based on this single performance, ‘King and Strings’ is definitely a road worthy act.

Setlist
01. Intro
02. Guitar in my Hands
03. Dust in a Baggy
04. By Your Side
05. Can’t You See
06. Johnny B Goode
07. Hurts Me Too
08. Compared to What
09. Hey Joe>A Change is Gonna Come?>Born to be Wild>Good Times Bad Times
10. Dyin’>I’m Yours And I’m Hers
11. Spoonfull
12. Sweet Leaf
13. Rocky Top
14. encore
15. Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo

Marcus King and Jeff Sipe sit in with Billy Strings

Thanks to hypnocracy for the great recording!

Photo credit: roosterwalk