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The guitjo or banjitar or ganjo is a six-string banjo with the neck of a guitar. It is tuned like a guitar and can be played by guitarists who desire the sound of a banjo. It was popular in the jazz and swing music of the 1920s.
Notable guitjo players
- Norman Blake
- Kevin Hayes of Old Crow Medicine Show
- Steve James
- Harry Manx
- John McCutcheon
- Harvey Reid
- John Sebastian
- Papa Charlie Jackson
- John Lennon
- Ed Robertson of Barenaked Ladies
- Neil Young
- Mark Butler of Claddagh
- Keith Urban
- Larry LaLonde of the funk-metal band Primus
- Buckethead
- Django Reinhardt
- John Butler of John Butler Trio
- The Reverend Gary Davis
- Billy Lunn of The Subways
- Danny Barker http://en.wikipedia.org/en/Danny_Barker New Orleans Jazz Musician
- Johnny St.Cyr http://en.wikipedia.org/en/Johnny_St._Cyr http://www.jazzbanjo.com/jbartist/artists/jstcyr.htm New Orleans Jazz Musician
- Sam McG(h)ee Early Tennessee Folk / Country Musician
- Clancy Hayes Jazz Musician http://en.wikipedia.org/en/Clancy_Hayes
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