Billy Faier
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 7 years ago |
Date of birth | December 21,1930 |
Zodiac sign | Sagittarius |
Born | Brooklyn |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | January 29,2016 |
Died | Alpine |
Texas | |
United States | |
Genres | Folk Music |
Albums | The Art of the Five String Banjo |
The Beast of Billy Faier | |
Record labels | Takoma Records |
Riverside Records | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 715133 |
Billy Faier Life story
Billy Faier was an American banjo player and folk music evangelist. 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, he moved with his family to Woodstock, New York in 1945, and later lived in Marathon, Texas.