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 October 2025, it had been viewed over 69 million times.
Early life
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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 and actor-comedians Lauren Lapkus, Paul F. Tompkins and Scott Aukerman played Chicken in the Corn on their podcast Threedom. The podcast promoted Brushy's Kickstarter to create a new studio album,[6][better source needed] which was fully funded.[citation needed]
Discography
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Rise Up[7] (2007)
- The King of One String[5] (2014)
- The Psychiatrist[citation needed] (2021)
References
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External links
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