"Incredible banjo and vocals make this local youngster a treat for the ears… Read Full Bio ↴"Incredible banjo and vocals make this local youngster a treat for the ears."
- Rapid City Journal
"Crazy Mountain Billies are just crazy, man. Crazy ..."
- Portland Weekly Volcano
"The one man Line-up works for his brand of bluegrass; instead of monotonous jamming his songs overflow with real melodies on multiple instruments. His unique vocals also are worthy of praise."
- Big Western Flavor
“… the one-man-band better known as Crazy Mountain Billies, is a force of nature on the banjo!”
- Rapid City Cultural Trends Examiner
Crazy Mountain Billies is the alias used by multi-instrumental musician and producer A.P. Bormes to describe the sound of a full ensemble that is created by the solo performer in the studio. The C.M.B. sound utilizes acoustic folk insturmentation with elements of mountain bluegrass musical style at its foundation, and then takes it out of that dimension entirely. "I can say with absolute certainty that I have rarely heard anything quite like the Crazy Mountain Billies... the playing is exceptional from this multi-talented multi-instrumentalist... all of the elements of Bluegrass, but without being classifiable as being part of that genre…"-American Roots UK. Crazy Mountain Billies was established in Montana, and now resides in Colorado.
Currently the artist is performing live and arranging new songs for a planned upcoming double album release.
All of the C.M.B. material is self-recorded, produced, written, performed, mixed, etc... The instruments used include: 5 and 6 string banjo, 5 string bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, classical guitar, autoharp, jaw-harp, harmonica, tin whistle, washboard, vibraslap, shakers, cabassa, tambourines etc...
After departing Hollywood, CA and finishing audio engineering school in 2008-2009, A.P. Bormes crossed country to Montana and a recording studio was temporarily established to track the first two albums- a double release: "Don't Move Or I'll Shoot/Badlands" inspired by the rugged terrain and lifestyle of the midwest and Rocky Mountain backcountry. Shortly thereafter ''Badlands II" was also recorded and then released August 1, 2010. Then A.P. Bormes went down to the Black Hills of South Dakota and recorded ''Badlands III'' inside a remote log cabin and released the record April 15, 2011. C.M.B. spent the remainder of the year touring the Western U.S. and eventually went back into the studio to record the album ''Hit Like A Hammer" (released May 31,2012) as well as "Burn Down The Mountain" [E.P.] (released Nov. 22, 2012). Several music videos were also shot and released during this period.
- Rapid City Journal
"Crazy Mountain Billies are just crazy, man. Crazy ..."
- Portland Weekly Volcano
"The one man Line-up works for his brand of bluegrass; instead of monotonous jamming his songs overflow with real melodies on multiple instruments. His unique vocals also are worthy of praise."
- Big Western Flavor
“… the one-man-band better known as Crazy Mountain Billies, is a force of nature on the banjo!”
- Rapid City Cultural Trends Examiner
Crazy Mountain Billies is the alias used by multi-instrumental musician and producer A.P. Bormes to describe the sound of a full ensemble that is created by the solo performer in the studio. The C.M.B. sound utilizes acoustic folk insturmentation with elements of mountain bluegrass musical style at its foundation, and then takes it out of that dimension entirely. "I can say with absolute certainty that I have rarely heard anything quite like the Crazy Mountain Billies... the playing is exceptional from this multi-talented multi-instrumentalist... all of the elements of Bluegrass, but without being classifiable as being part of that genre…"-American Roots UK. Crazy Mountain Billies was established in Montana, and now resides in Colorado.
Currently the artist is performing live and arranging new songs for a planned upcoming double album release.
All of the C.M.B. material is self-recorded, produced, written, performed, mixed, etc... The instruments used include: 5 and 6 string banjo, 5 string bass, acoustic guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, classical guitar, autoharp, jaw-harp, harmonica, tin whistle, washboard, vibraslap, shakers, cabassa, tambourines etc...
After departing Hollywood, CA and finishing audio engineering school in 2008-2009, A.P. Bormes crossed country to Montana and a recording studio was temporarily established to track the first two albums- a double release: "Don't Move Or I'll Shoot/Badlands" inspired by the rugged terrain and lifestyle of the midwest and Rocky Mountain backcountry. Shortly thereafter ''Badlands II" was also recorded and then released August 1, 2010. Then A.P. Bormes went down to the Black Hills of South Dakota and recorded ''Badlands III'' inside a remote log cabin and released the record April 15, 2011. C.M.B. spent the remainder of the year touring the Western U.S. and eventually went back into the studio to record the album ''Hit Like A Hammer" (released May 31,2012) as well as "Burn Down The Mountain" [E.P.] (released Nov. 22, 2012). Several music videos were also shot and released during this period.
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@cyclingjon
Love your new format and style. I hiked this trail about 5 years ago in the winter time and the water level was a lot higher. At times it went over my knees. It wasn't dangerous though. I didn't follow all trails as much as I should have because I crossed the river a few more times than you did. It is such a unique and fun hike.
@colt10mmsecurity68
I’ve landed a helicopter there multiple times. If you continue about 5 mile north and through the canyon, it gets rougher than you can even imagine. But if you stay near the creek bottom, you’ll eventually come to a wrecked airplane crash. We use it to train our pilots for S&R. The other thing is that hikers have slept near the edge of where you’re standing at the end of the video. They’ve awoken to relieve themselves and have had incidents of falling over the cliff and dying unfortunately.
@Sweetherbicetea
Do you have the coordinates to the plane crash?
@colt10mmsecurity68
@Uriel Ramirez No. it’s just north of the bridge about 5 miles up the canyon. There the canyon breaks into three routes. Continue straight for a short distance and you’ll see the debris. A wing or two and part of the fuselage.
@cutpaperpaste
@Colt10mm Security is there people prospecting past the bridge to nowhere?
@colt10mmsecurity68
@cutpaper paste No, I’ve never seen anybody beyond the bridge. The canyon gets extremely steep beyond the bridge and is very difficult to traverse for the next several miles past it. It’s so dense that not even a helicopter would be able to spot anybody down there once past the bridge.
@Edwardcruzz13
Is it safe to fish the river past the bridge?..ty
@ETCubing
I've had Iron mtn & the bridge to nowhere in my sights for a while, I've done plenty of hiking throughout Angeles NF elsewhere and I can't wait to make my way to this area. I'm amazed at how comprehensive and informative your trail guides are, I can definitely appreciate how much effort/experience it can take to make something like this video.
@Hikingguy
thank you 👍 hoping to get an Iron Mtn guide up at some point - I've just been lazy when it comes to doing that one again but I will
@gregoryforster6541
First time watching one of your videos. I want to commend you for doing an excellent job. You made the experience of this hike very easy to visualize and anticipate its level of difficulty. Greg F