Brushy One String
Andrew Chin, better known by the stage name Brushy One String, is a Jamaican singer and bassist. Early life. Andrew Chin is the son of Jamaican reggae singer Freddie McKay. According to Chin, the idea of playing a guitar with a single string "came to him in a dream." Career. In performances Chin plays an acoustic guitar with only one string, using the body of the guitar as percussion. 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. He  later played at music festivals such as South by Southwest, New Orleans House of Blues, and New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. In 2014, "The King of One String", a documentary about his musical career, was released. In 2019, Chin worked with actor-comedians Lauren Lapkus, Paul F. Tompkins and Scott Aukerman on their podcast "Threedom". The podcast promoted Brushy's Kickstarter to create a new studio album, which was fully funded.