Song · Billy Strings
“Leadfoot” by Billy Strings
From the album Highway Prayers (2024)
“Leadfoot” by Billy Strings appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2024 and 2025. It was first released in 2024 on the album Highway Prayers. Its best result is #35 on the Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #190 indie & aaa song of 2024 and #7,286 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Leadfoot" is on Highway Prayers, the fourth album from Billy Strings, which Reprise released on September 27, 2024, and the credits make it close to a one-man show: Strings wrote it, sings it, and plays banjo, guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar and double bass, leaving the drums to Matt Chamberlain. He produced it with Jon Brion, Brandon Bell added production, and Greg Koller engineered and mixed.
The album around it did him proud. It topped both the Top Album Sales and Bluegrass Albums charts and won the Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album in February 2026. AllMusic's Timothy Monger found it overlong but a lot of fun, and credited Strings with bending bluegrass far enough to carry it to the masses.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2024 | 200 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 746 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
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