Kent Murdick of Mobile, Alabama demonstrating his banjo comping skills. Most of the very early jazz bands used a guitar instead of banjo. However, when the banjo came into vogue, the guitarists took the 5th string off the five string banjo and tuned it like the top four strings of the guitar. Johnny St. Cyr, a former guitarist from the early days, used a banjo with a guitar neck and six strings.
To hear more banjo, do a search on youtube for: murdick jellett bordello rhythm To hear Kent Murdick play solo guitar,go to http://members.aol.com/lutemann/NO.mp3 Produced by Kent Murdick University of South Alabama

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