Brushy One String Explained

Andrew Chin, better known by the stage name Brushy One String, is a Jamaican reggae singer and bassist. He performs with a guitar that only has one string. A video of him performing his hit song "Chicken In The Corn" was uploaded to YouTube in 2013; as of March 2024, it had been viewed over 65 million times.

Early life

Andrew Chin is the son of Jamaican reggae singer Freddie McKay. According to Chin, the idea of playing a guitar with a single string "came to him in a dream."^[1]

Career

In performances Chin plays an acoustic guitar with only one string, using the body of the guitar as percussion.^[2]

Luciano Blotta, who met Chin while in Jamaica shooting his 2007 documentary Rise Up, used his song "Chicken in the Corn" in the soundtrack of the movie. He later played at music festivals such as South by Southwest, New Orleans House of Blues, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.^{[3] [4]}

In 2014, The King of One String, a documentary about his musical career, was released.^[5]

In 2019, Chin worked with actor-comedians Lauren Lapkus, Paul F. Tompkins and Scott Aukerman on their podcast Threedom. The podcast promoted Brushy's Kickstarter to create a new studio album,^[6] which was fully funded.

Discography

Studio albums

• Do You Really Love Me? (1996) - only released in Japan
• Destiny (2013)
• No Man Stop Me (2016)
• All You Need Is One (2019)

Live albums

• Live at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (2015)

Compilations

• The King of One String – Acoustic (2010)

Filmography

• Rise Up^[7] (2007)
• The King of One String^[5] (2014)
• The Psychiatrist (2021)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Whitmore. Laura. 2014-03-15. Brushy One-String Plays "Chicken in the Corn" on a One-String Bass Guitar. live. 2021-05-16. Guitar World. https://web.archive.org/web/20140315132323/http://www.guitarworld.com/acoustic-nation-video-finds-brushy-one-string-plays-chicken-corn-one-string-guitar. 15 March 2014.
2. Web site: Brushy One String. 2021-05-16. IN BED WITH. en-US.
3. Web site: McKnight. Laura. 4 May 2013. Brushy One-String entertains with many musical styles at New Orleans Jazz Fest. live. 2021-05-17. New Orleans Picayune. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20210517204753/https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/festivals/article_9201f5c1-b0bf-5cf0-9ef7-69bde3083bdd.html . 17 May 2021 .
4. Web site: 10 May 2013. Brushy One String: A Jamaican Living Legend. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012075153/http://www.cbc.ca:80/strombo/news/brushy-one-string-a-jamaican-living-legend.html . 12 October 2013 .
5. Web site: Brushy, The King Of One String. 2021-05-16. United Reggae.
6. Web site: Threedom on Twitter: "Chicken in the corn... album in the red?" . Twitter . 15 March 2020.
7. http://brushyonestring.com/ brushyonestring.com/