Billy Faier
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Billy Faier, born on December 21, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, was an American banjo player. He moved to Woodstock, New York with his family in 1945 and later lived in Marathon, Texas. Active in the Washington Square Park folk scene in Greenwich Village from the late 1940s, Faier recorded the album The Art of the Five-String Banjo in 1957 for Riverside Records. In 1958, he released Travelin' Man on Washington Records. He was an on-stage banjo player for the original 16-month theatrical run of The Unsinkable Molly Brown on Broadway. In 1973, Faier recorded Banjo for John Faheyâs Takoma label. He died in Alpine, Texas, on January 29, 2016, aged 85.
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- Green Corn
- Goodman Coonhound
- New World Coming
- Which Side Are You On? by Billy Faier
- Longhorn Express
