This video features a musical performance by Jordan Judkins (guitar), Trenton "Tater" Caruthers (fiddle), and Buddy Ingram (banjo, juice harp) at the Stonecipher House in Frozen Head State Park. The description highlights their rendition of an "old fiddle piece."
This YouTube video features Mick and Evan Kinney performing at the SC State Fiddling Championship. The description highlights Mick's expertise as an Atlanta-based old-time country and blues musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and roots music consultant for the Georgia Humanities Council. He is a specialist in traditional Georgia melodies, a recipient of the Georgia Council for the Arts Folklife Grant, and has worked to preserve local musical legacies. Mick also teaches at prominent music events. His son, Evan, is presented as the next generation of their musical family, deeply immersed in old-time music from Kennesaw, Georgia. Evan is a skilled banjoist and guitarist known for his energetic renditions of breakdowns and rags, drawing inspiration from 1920s recordings. He also co-teaches workshops and has been involved in projects supporting Georgia's old-time music scene.
This video features a performance of the folk song "East Virginia" played on an 1888 Luscomb banjo. The description provides links to the artist's Patreon, online courses, merchandise, and streaming services, encouraging viewers to support his work and access exclusive content, including tablature for the song. The artist, Clifton Hicks, is known for his banjo heritage content.
This video features Clifton Hicks playing and singing "Cold Icy Mountain" (Old Piney Mountain) on a 5-string gourd banjo that he handmade. The description heavily promotes his various online platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage courses and merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal donations, encouraging viewers to support his work through subscriptions, purchases, or direct contributions.
This video features Barrow Wheary playing "Jenny Get Your Hoe Cake Done" on an early gourd banjo he handmade. The performance was recorded at Hagood Mill Historic Site on July 19, 2025. The description highlights the instrument's origin and the song's historical context, dating back to 1840 and associated with Joel Walker Sweeney.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "I got me a woman on the road somewhere," also known as "Got a Mule to Ride" and "Bottled in Bond." The description highlights the song's origins in early blues, railroad worker, and Appalachian camp music. Hicks plays an 1880s J.B. Schall banjo tuned several frets below standard GCGCD tuning. The video description also heavily promotes his various online platforms including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for tablature, courses, merchandise, music streaming, and donations.
This video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo piece "East Virginia." While the description details the historical migration of settlers that the song represents, the primary focus of the content is a musical performance. Hicks explains his banjo tuning and mentions alternative tunings, while also promoting his various online platforms for music, merchandise, and community engagement, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes.
This video features Clifton Hicks performing "My Old Horse Died," a song with roots in a historical insurance advertisement and folk traditions. The description highlights its connection to Dock Boggs and the popular tune "Chicken Reel." While the title and description are rich in cultural and historical context, they contain no direct references to firearms, ammunition, manufacturers, or related topics. Therefore, the content is entirely non-firearms related.
This video showcases a performance of the song "Trouble on My Mind" played on a fretless gourd banjo handmade by the creator. The artist learned the tune from David Hurt and Rufus Crisp, and the instrument features a 4-string setup. The video description provides multiple links to the artist's Patreon, website, merchandise, and music platforms, encouraging viewer support and engagement. The tuning used is BBE♭F♯ at 432 Hz.
This video features Clifton Hicks playing two songs, "Coon Hunt Walk Around" and "Brother Jim Got Shot," on a late 19th-century Buckbee banjo with a 1903 patented tone ring. The title "Brother Jim Got Shot" strongly implies a narrative or theme related to firearms, even if no firearms are directly shown or discussed in the description. The context of learning the song from a recording referencing "Wise County, Virginia" might also hint at a historical or folk tradition that sometimes touches upon themes of violence or hardship, which could indirectly involve firearms. The video heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' Patreon, Banjo Heritage courses, merchandise, and other online platforms for music and engagement.
This video features Clifton Hicks performing the song "Hold Fast to the Right" (also known as "Mother's Advice"), learned from a 1960s recording by Dock Boggs. Boggs himself learned it from a Methodist preacher around 1930. Hicks plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to eBEG♯B at 432 Hz. The description also promotes various platforms for banjo education, music, and merchandise, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, and YouTube memberships. While the title and description are focused on music and banjo heritage, the context of the song's origin (a preacher's advice) and the historical elements are present.
This YouTube video features a home recording of Kentucky State Rep. William "Banjo Bill" Cornett (1890-1960) performing his version of the song "Morphine Blues." The description provides the transcribed lyrics, which detail a dream about wealth followed by the harsh reality of poverty, and a harrowing experience with morphine that almost led to death. The description also includes variations of the lyrics from other singers and mentions Cornett's hometown of Hindman, Kentucky. It highlights that this particular recording is absent from a published compilation of his "lost recordings."
