This story was updated with a new headline. In an emotional, sentimental Friday night at Pine Knob Music Theatre, Billy Strings humbly declared himself “a changed man.” The Lansing-born, Muir-raised ...

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It was a long way from Muir, where he was raised and cut his musical teeth. But a sold-out Pine Knob Music Theatre still felt like home for Michigan native Billy Strings on Friday night, June 16.