This YouTube video focuses on music, specifically banjo performance and related resources. The description provides extensive links for tablature, online courses, merchandise, music streaming (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options. It highlights a Patreon page and SubscribeStar for exclusive content and a Banjo Heritage YouTube membership. The title, 'The last time I seen you walking down the street,' suggests a song title or theme, further reinforcing the musical nature of the content.
This YouTube video, titled 'How to Get Better BANJO Slides,' features Clifton Hicks providing instruction on improving banjo sliding techniques. The description highlights that Hicks explains these techniques for both fretted and fretless banjos. It also heavily promotes his Patreon page for exclusive tablature, photos, and forum access, as well as his 'Banjo Heritage' online course, merchandise, and music streaming platforms (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options via PayPal.
This YouTube video focuses on the fundamental setup of a traditional banjo, covering essential components like the bridge, head, tuners, strings, and tailpiece. The creator emphasizes the importance of these setup skills, noting they are often overlooked by beginner and intermediate players. The description also includes extensive promotional links for the creator's various platforms, including Patreon, online courses, merchandise, music streaming, and donation options, all related to banjo heritage and music.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo piece "Going Up North" (also known as "No Letter From Home"), learned from John Jackson. Hicks demonstrates a percussive picking style, suggesting it was developed for accompanying dancers. He plays on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned below gDGBD. The video also promotes Clifton Hicks' Banjo Heritage online course and merchandise.
This YouTube video is a banjo tutorial by Clifton Hicks, focusing on Dock Boggs' song "Brother Jim Got Shot" (also known as "Hard Luck Blues"). Hicks explains he learned the song from two Dock Boggs recordings, one from the 1920s and another from the 1960s. He plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to eBEG♯B (relative gCGBD). The description includes extensive links to the creator's Patreon, website, merchandise, music streaming platforms, and donation options, promoting their banjo education and music.
This YouTube video is a clawhammer banjo lesson for the tune "Sally Goodin" (also known as "Rooster Crow"). The instructor, Clifton Hicks, learned the song from various sources including @CousinErn, Hiram Stamper, and Uncle Dave Macon. He details his instrument, a Terry Bell minstrel banjo reproduction, and its tuning, which Eddie Haggard referred to as "No Finger C." The video also mentions the use of Aquila's NEW Nylgut strings by Joel Hooks and provides numerous links for further engagement, including online courses, Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp music, merch, streaming platforms (Spotify, iTunes), and donation options (PayPal, Venmo, YouTube membership). The video utilizes hashtags like #cliftonhicks, #banjo, and #bluegrass.
This video features Joel Hooks demonstrating or discussing a banjo mute, an accessory for the banjo. The description provides numerous links for purchasing banjo accessories, enrolling in a banjo heritage online course, supporting the creator via Patreon, SubscribeStar, or direct donations (PayPal, Venmo), downloading music on Bandcamp, streaming music on Spotify and iTunes, and joining the YouTube channel. Hashtags included are #cliftonhicks, #banjo, and #bluegrass.
This YouTube video focuses on teaching viewers how to play the banjo tune "Death and the Lady." The description highlights a specific tuning (f♯DGAD) and the use of an 1888 Luscomb banjo, suggesting a focus on historical or traditional banjo playing. The creator, Clifton Hicks, provides multiple links for fan support, merchandise, and other platforms like Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, indicating a professional musician and content creator.
This video is a clawhammer banjo lesson featuring the song "Old Tar River." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, plays an 1880s Fairbanks & Cole short-scale banjo tuned to gCGBD. The description provides historical context for the song, attributing its composition to Joel Walker Sweeney and mentioning early performances by Frank Brower and Dan Emmett, as well as its first print appearance in Elias Howe's "THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR" (1851). The description also includes various links for supporting the creator's work, such as Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and merchandise.
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 video features a clawhammer banjo lesson titled 'Coon Hunt Walkaround,' with a historical context pre-dating 1865. The lesson includes details on tuning (eAEG♯B actual / gCGBD relative) and mentions the tune's first appearance in Frank Converse's banjo tutors from the 1860s. The instructor learned it at a Civil War reenactment in Florida around 1999 and developed his version by ear, noting its similarity to Converse's original notation. Links for tab, additional platforms (SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), merchandise, and payment options (PayPal, Venmo) are provided.
This video features a banjo lesson on the tune 'You Don't Know My Darling,' also known as 'Hello My Darling,' as learned from John Snipes. The instructor, Clifton Hicks, plays a 1940s Gretsch Bacon 'Belmont' banjo and uses a specific tuning (fB♭FAC ~ gCGBD). The description provides links for tablature, music platforms, and merchandise, encouraging support through Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and direct payments via PayPal and Venmo. The video is aimed at banjo players looking to learn a traditional tune.
