This video features a song composed by Clifton Hicks reflecting on the death of a close friend killed in Ramadi, Iraq, in 2005. The description provides a news clipping about Pfc. Dennis Miller Jr., a 21-year-old soldier and husband from Erie, Michigan, who was killed in Iraq. It details his military service, including M1 Abrams tank training at Fort Knox and previous stationing in Korea, and his personal life, mentioning his love for hunting and his brief marriage. The song's lyrics touch on themes of loss, hardship, and running from troubles, with a chorus mentioning a brother who 'never came home'. The video also includes links to the artist's Patreon, merchandise, and music platforms.
This video features a performance of the folk song "Hiram Hubbard" by Clifton Hicks, played on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to gDGBD. The song tells the story of Hiram Hubbard's execution, mentioning "the balls passed through his body." The description highlights the song's heritage, tracing its learning path through various folk musicians and archives. It also provides multiple links for supporting the artist's work, including Patreon, Bandcamp, merchandise, and streaming platforms.
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 features Clifton Hicks performing the song "Little Gold Fiddle," a traditional English cante-fable about a fiddler and his wife on a merchant ship, involving a wager about the woman's chastity. The description provides historical context, referencing various printings and documented American versions of the ballad. It highlights the song's themes and origins, also offering links to Patreon, merchandise, and music streaming platforms.
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."
This YouTube video features a performance of the song "Long Steel Rail," which heavily draws from the "Stagolee" (or Stagger Lee) narrative. The description details the song's origins, mentioning the historical figure Shelton "Stag" Lee and his crime. The performance utilizes American chestnut mountain banjos, with specific tuning details provided. While the song's narrative involves a violent incident and the use of a firearm, the video itself is a musical performance and historical storytelling piece, not a direct review or demonstration of firearms. The description explicitly mentions "Stag Lee shot Billy he shot him with his forty-four," providing a specific caliber reference.
This video features Clifton Hicks performing "Southern Texas," an adaptation of the "Texas Rangers" ballad. The song is played on an 1888 Luscomb banjo tuned to f♯DGAD. The lyrics depict a narrative of joining cowboys, encountering Native Americans, and reflecting on a mother's advice. The description also includes extensive links to Clifton Hicks' various online platforms for music, merchandise, and fan support.
This YouTube video presents a banjo lesson featuring an original composition titled "Ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse (How Came That Blood)". The composer, Clifton Hicks, notes that the song was created shortly after the events involving Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The melody is an arrangement of a traditional English folk song with various historical titles. The video offers tablature for the banjo performance and promotes various platforms for supporting the artist, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and merchandise. It's framed as an ASMR experience.
This video is a banjo performance of a song titled 'Ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse' by Clifton Hicks. The description provides links to the artist's Patreon, merch store, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, SubscribeStar, and YouTube channel memberships. It also includes a list of hashtags related to various music genres and the subject matter of the song. The song's title and hashtags directly reference Kyle Rittenhouse and related themes.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the traditional folk song "Bonnie George Campbell," also known as "Bonnie James Campbell." Hicks notes that he learned the song from Bascom Lamar Lunsford and that it was also recorded by Frank Proffitt. He highlights the song's Child Ballad number (210) and Roud number (338), and mentions Lunsford's theory that it's an ancestor of "Cumberland Gap." The description includes lyrics and links to Hicks' various platforms including Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, and merchandise.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the folk song "Hiram Hubbard," learned from Jake Book, who in turn learned it from recordings by Jean Ritchie & Doc Watson. The performance utilizes an 1888 Luscomb banjo tuned to gDGBD relative (fCFAC actual). The description details the song's narrative about Hiram Hubbard and his alleged wrongful execution, mentioning he was supposedly ninety miles away at the time. The creator provides multiple links for supporting their work, including Patreon, Bandcamp, a T-shirt store, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes.
This video explores an early American ballad titled "Indian Tribes of Tennessee," also known by various other names like "Old Cumberland Land" and "The Pioneer's Letter." The presenter, Clifton Hicks, shares that he learned the song from recordings and that its earliest printed version dates back to 1853. The lyrics describe a difficult journey to a fertile new land, contrasting with the scarcity of religion and preachers, and a poignant mention of encountering human graves within "Freemason works." The song concludes with a wish for peace alongside the "Indian tribes in Tennessee."
