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 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 video features Clifton Hicks playing "Old Tar River" on a custom 1867 Henry C. Dobson minstrel banjo. The description details the song's history, its attribution to Joel Walker Sweeney, and its early performances by Frank Brower and Dan Emmett. The video highlights the banjo's unique tuning (dGDF♯A) and the use of a Latin Percussion foot tambourine. It also provides various links for supporting the creator's work, including Patreon, Bandcamp, and merchandise.
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