Billy Faier
| Billy Faier | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 21, 1930 |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York City |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Banjo, guitar |
| Labels | Riverside, Takoma |
| Associated acts | John Sebastian, The Doodlin' Hogwallops |
| Website |
billyfaier |
Billy Faier is an American banjo player. He, along with Pete Seeger, was one of the early exponents of the banjo during the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
Born in Brooklyn, New York,[1] he moved with his family to Woodstock, New York in 1945,[2] and now resides in Marathon, Texas. Active in the Washington Square Park folk scene in Greenwich Village from the late 1940s, he recorded two albums for Riverside Records, The Art of the Five-String Banjo (1957) and Travelin' Man (1958).[3] In 1973, he recorded Banjo for John Fahey's Takoma label.
Selected discography
In 2009, Faier decided to make much of his out of print and unreleased material available on his website.
- The Art of the Five-String Banjo (1957 – with Frank Hamilton)
- Travelin' Man (1958)
- The Beast of Billy Faier (1964 – with John Sebastian)
- Banjo (1973)
- Banjos, Birdsong and Mother Earth (1987 – with John Sebastian and Gilles Malkine)
References
- ↑ "Billy Faier – The Five String Banjo". August 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ↑ "Billy Faier – The Five String Banjo". December 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-19.
- ↑ "Billy Faier Discography". January 31, 2004-01-31. Retrieved 2009-12-19. Check date values in:
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External links
- Billy Faier's website
- Billy Faier discography (with some errors and omissions).
- Billy Faier at the Internet Broadway Database.
- Billy Faier Collection at The Southern Folklife Collection, University of North Carolina libraries.
- Articles by Billy Faier in No Depression.
- Feature on Billy Faier on The Banjo Man