"1939Z"^^ . . . "1996-06-06Z"^^ . "1939-12-20Z"^^ . . . . "1996Z"^^ . . . "Musician" . . . "Courtney Johnson (December 20, 1939 \u2013 June 6, 1996) was an American banjo player, best known for his work as an original member of the band New Grass Revival. Influenced by Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, Johnson is often considered to be an inventor of the newgrass style of banjo playing, polished and improved later on by such personalities as B\u00E9la Fleck, Alison Brown, Scott Vestal of Sam Bush Band and Jens Kr\u00FCger of Kruger Brothers."@en . . . . "Johnson, Courtney"@en . . "1964Z"^^ . "Courtney Johnson"@en . . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" .