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, and, when he formed his own band Swinging Steel in 1939, became perhaps the first steel player to attac… read more
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 year… read more
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 up… read more
