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Johnny St. Cyr

Johnny St. Cyr () (April 17, 1890 – June 17, 1966) was an American jazz banjoist and guitarist. He was one of the original pioneers of jazz music, playing banjo and/or guitar in the bands of Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton, Johnny Dodds and Kid Ory, among others. He played a six-string banjo guitar, usually making his own instrument by attaching the neck of a guitar to a banjo. The result was a louder banjo with a jazz tone; his sound is notably different from other banjo music recorded in that era. Provided by Wikipedia