On the Playlist 20/MAY/21…

What could be simpler than playing a guitar with only one string. Would that even be music? Well on the playlist today is Brushy One String, a Jamaican guitar playing who plays a guitar with only one string. And, well yes it does sound like a gimmick but it is one that works for Andrew Chin who is better known as Brushy One String. I am listening to his 2013 album called Destiny which includes his “hit” Chicken in the Corn which was used in the 2007 documentary “Rising Up” and first brought attention to his unique style of playing the guitar. He uses one string on his guitar and the body of the guitar for percussion and rhythm for his songs to get a very unique kind of folksie/bluesie combined with reggae sort of sound. This is something quite different and well worth giving a listen to.