This YouTube video appears to be about a vintage banjo, specifically a 1964 Vega "Ranger" model. The description heavily promotes the creator's Patreon page for exclusive content like tablature, photos, and forum access, as well as other platforms for music streaming, downloads, merchandise, and donations. It also mentions an online course and forums related to "Banjo Heritage." There is no indication of firearms content in the provided information.
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 the song "Across the Rocky Mountain" on a c. 1910 Weymann banjo. The description provides links to his Patreon for exclusive tablature, photos, and forums, as well as his Banjo Heritage online course, merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for donations. He also offers YouTube channel memberships.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing two traditional tunes, "Morphine Blues" and "Bonnie George Campbell," on a c. 1900 Lyon & Healy banjo. The banjo is tuned to ~ gDGBD. The video description includes various links for viewers to support the creator, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Banjo Heritage courses and merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, and YouTube channel memberships. The focus is on historical banjo performance and promoting the creator's various platforms and offerings.
This video features Clifton Hicks playing "Morphine Blues" on a handmade mountain banjo constructed from yellow poplar and black walnut. He mentions the banjo is tuned roughly to fCFAC and offers tablature for the song. The description primarily promotes his Patreon, Banjo Heritage courses, merchandise, and streaming music on platforms like Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, along with donation links.
This YouTube video, titled "On the Road Somewhere" and also known as "Got a Mule to Ride" and "Bottled in Bond," features Clifton Hicks performing a traditional bawdy blues banjo song. The description highlights the song's origins among railroad workers, hobos, and in Appalachian camps. It directs viewers to various platforms for tablature, online courses, merchandise, streaming music, and donations, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal. The video's content is entirely focused on traditional folk music and banjo performance, with no mention or relevance to firearms.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the folk song "Sugar Hill." He learned the song from Matt Kinman and Josh Hayes in Watauga County, North Carolina, in the summer of 2008. Kinman, originally from Arizona, played the fiddle, and Hayes, from Wilkes County, played the banjo. The description also includes multiple links to Clifton Hicks' Patreon, SubscribeStar, Banjo Heritage website, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for support and access to tablature, merchandise, and music.
This YouTube video, titled "Alabama Bound - Clawhammer Banjo Lesson," provides a tutorial on playing an original banjo arrangement of the song "Alabama Bound." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, demonstrates both two-finger and clawhammer techniques. He references his inspirations, including "Papa" Charlie Jackson, Henry Thomas, and Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. The video details the instrument used (an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo) and its tuning (fCFAC ~ gDGBD), as well as the strings (La Bella nylon) and bridge (Joel Hooks). The description also includes various links for supporting the artist, purchasing merchandise, and accessing his music.
This YouTube video is a banjo lesson for the song "Ruby Ridge" by Peter Rowan, performed by Clifton Hicks. The lesson focuses on playing the clawhammer banjo and features the song's lyrics which recount a narrative involving a confrontation on Ruby Ridge and the use of shotguns. The description provides details about the banjo used, its tuning, and links to the instructor's various platforms for tablature, merchandise, and music.
This YouTube video offers a clawhammer banjo lesson on the traditional folk song "Indian Tribes of Tennessee," also known as "The Cumberland" or "Pioneer's Letter." The lesson is taught by Clifton Hicks, utilizing a 1940s Gretsch Bacon "Belmont" banjo. The description delves into the song's historical context, mentioning its likely composition before 1830 due to references to indigenous society in eastern Tennessee. It also includes lyrical excerpts and historical context from various publications, discussing the song's themes of settler hardship, the Cumberland Plateau's environment, and mentions of indigenous peoples and burial sites. The description also provides links to the instructor's Patreon, Bandcamp, merchandise, and other social media and payment platforms.
This YouTube video is a clawhammer banjo lesson titled 'Old Reuben (Train 45)'. The description provides the full lyrics to the song 'Old Reuben', which tells a story about a train and a lost love. It also includes a specific tuning for the banjo (f♯DF♯AD) and links to the instructor Clifton Hicks' Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Merch, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes pages. The song's alternative titles are also listed: Reuben's Train, Train 45, 500 Miles, 800 Miles, and Reuben.
This YouTube video is a comprehensive clawhammer banjo lesson by Clifton Hicks, focusing on the arrangement of the traditional folk song "Death and the Lady." Hicks details the song's history and performance techniques, referencing Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy's recording. He demonstrates both traditional two-finger (thumb lead) and overhand (clawhammer) banjo styles, providing context on historical techniques and musical traditions. The description includes links to his Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merchandise, and other platforms for supporting his work.
