Artist Info: Billy Briggs

Billy Briggs was born in Fort Worth Texas in 1919. He apprenticed there under pioneering electric stell guitarist Bob Dunn & joined the Hi-Flyers in the mid-1930's. He followed a stream of former Hi-Flyers to Amarillo in late 1937 to join the Sons Of The West & in the coming years became one of the earliest steel guitarists to significantly expand upon Dunn's model. Briggs built his own nine-string steel, began experimenting with new tunings & chord voicings [read more...]