Billy Faier's 1959 Concert History

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.

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 12, 1959
Billy Faier Copley Square Hotel Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dec 11, 1959
Billy Faier Copley Square Hotel Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Jul 11, 1959 –
Jul 12, 1959
1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Odetta / Pete Seeger / The Kingston Trio / John Jacob Niles / Jean Ritchie / Leon Bibb / Jimmy Driftwood / Billy Faier / Bob Gibson / Joan Baez / Cynthia Gooding / Frank Hamilton / Kossoy Sisters / Ed McCurdy / The New Lost City Ramblers / Memphis Slim / Frank Warner / Oscar Brand / Barbara Dane / Reverend Gary Davis / The Clancy Brothers / Martha Schlamme / Tommy Makem / The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys / Hylo Brown and The Timberliners & Earl Scruggs / Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee / Alex Bradford Show all bands
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Freebody Park Newport, Rhode Island, United States

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Folk Festival at Newport 1959 Vol. 1


1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Jul 11 - 12, 1959
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Folk Festival at Newport 1959 Vol. 2


1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Jul 11 - 12, 1959
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Folk Festival at Newport 1959 Vol. 3


1st Annual Newport Folk Festival
Jul 11 - 12, 1959
 Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  Embedded by southland

Folk
Banjo
Drone Folk
Everything
American Primitive
Free Folk
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2006 1 concert
1973 3 concerts
1968 1 concert
1963 2 concerts
1959 3 concerts
1958 1 concert

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