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Billy Faier
bj, g, 1930-2016 US, Brooklyn
Musician of Folk and World
Billy Faier (December 21, 1930 – January 29, 2016) was 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, he moved with his family to Woodstock, New York in 1945, and later lived 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). In 1973, he recorded Banjo for John Fahey's Takoma label.
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| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banjo | Billy Faier | 1973 | Album |
| The Beast of Billy Faier | Billy Faier | 1965 | Compil. |
| Election Songs Of The United States | Oscar Brand And Billy Faier | 1960 | Album |
| Elektra Folk Song Kit | Billy Faier / Milton Okun | 1959 | Album |
| Children's Songs | Ed McCurdy : Billy Faier | 1958 | Album |
| Travelin' Man | Billy Faier | 1958 | Album |
| Banjos, Banjos, And More Banjos! | Dick Weissman, Billy Faier, Eric Weissberg | 1957 | Album |
| The Art Of The Five-String Banjo | Billy Faier | 1957 | Album |
| Five-String Banjo Jamboree: A Treasury Of Banjo Music | Dick Weissman - Billy Faier - Eric Weissberg | Album |
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