This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing an original banjo arrangement of the folk song "Cotton Eyed Joe." He explains the song's historical roots, dating back to enslaved Americans in the 1850s, with the first printed version appearing in 1882. Hicks learned the lyrics from Jerron Paxton and composed the arrangement in f♯DGAD tuning. He highlights his use of an 1890s S. S. Stewart "Thoroughbred" banjo and promotes his Patreon, website, and other platforms for tablature, courses, merchandise, and music. The description also includes the song's lyrics.
This YouTube video features a banjo lesson for the song "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" by Louis Staab, originally published in 1889. The instructor, Clifton Hicks, learned the song from Jerron Paxton and demonstrates it on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to d♯G♯D♯G♯A♯. The description also highlights the song's recording by the Carter Family in 1930 and provides numerous links to the instructor's online presence, including Patreon, website, merchandise, music streaming platforms, and donation links.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the 1889 song "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" by Louis Staab on a Terry Bell minstrel banjo. The description highlights the song's history, its occasional confusion with Henry Webster's "Lorena," and past recordings by the Smyth County Ramblers and the Carter Family. It also mentions Jerron Paxton's recent popularization of the tune among traditional banjoists. The performer details their specific banjo and tuning.
This YouTube video features a performance of the song "Kiss Me Honey" by Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, accompanied by Matt Kinman. The description also mentions Kinman's song "bones" and an unidentified guitarist. The recording was made by Clifton Hicks in 2010, and the music styles include old-time fiddle and guitar, ragtime, jazz, and swing, presented in an acoustic and folk context. The video is tagged with relevant genres and artist names.
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