Brushy One String

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 September 2023, it had been viewed over 60 million times.

Brushy One String in 2015

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
  • 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. 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. 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. "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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