Brushy One String in 2015

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 November 2023, it had been viewed over 62 million times.

Early life

Andrew Chin is the son of Jamaican reggae singer Freddie McKay.[1] According to Chin, the idea of playing a guitar with a single string "came to him in a dream."[2]

Career

In performances Chin plays an acoustic guitar with only one string, using the body of the guitar as percussion.[3][1][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.[2] He later played at music festivals such as South by Southwest, New Orleans House of Blues, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.[1][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)[2]
  • 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)

References

  1. 1 2 3 McKnight, Laura (4 May 2013). "Brushy One-String entertains with many musical styles at New Orleans Jazz Fest". New Orleans Picayune. Archived from the original on 17 May 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Whitmore, Laura (15 March 2014). "Brushy One-String Plays "Chicken in the Corn" on a One-String Bass Guitar". Guitar World. Archived from the original on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Brushy One String". IN BED WITH. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Brushy One String: A Jamaican Living Legend". 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Brushy, The King Of One String". United Reggae. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Threedom on Twitter: "Chicken in the corn... album in the red?"". Twitter. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. ↑ brushyonestring.com/ Biography
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