[Dixielandjazz] Why guitar, not banjo?/Tubas, too

[Bill Haesler]

>(Looking back to the Hot Fives and Sevens, it's hard to imagine a masterpiece
like "Hotter Than That" with St, Cyr on banjo rather than guitar.)<

Dear Charlie,
Because of my involvement in other current threads, this one almost got
away!
The guitar on the first part, then  behind Louis scat and in the coda on
"Hotter Than That" by Louis Armstrong's Hot Five (13 Dec 1927) is guest,
Okeh star, Lonnie Johnson. Johnny St Cyr is also on banjo, which really
makes it a 'Hot Six'.
However, on the session-mate "Savoy Blues", apart from St Cyr's banjo behind
Louis' introductory solo, both play guitar throughout.
Sorry about that.
Kind regards,
Bill.