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 YouTube video features Clifton Hicks, a musician who handmade his Kentucky mountain banjo. He performs a piece titled 'Sourwood Mountain' in the gDGBd tuning. The description provides extensive links to his various platforms including Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, SubscribeStar, PayPal, Venmo, and his YouTube channel's membership option. He also promotes his merchandise available at BanjoHeritage.org. The video focuses on traditional music and banjo performance.
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 features Clifton Hicks performing the traditional folk song "Brother Green" (also known as "The Dying Soldier"). Hicks learned the song from a 1920s recording by Rev. Buell Kazee. He plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to a specific key and uses La Bella nylon strings and a Joel Hooks bridge. The lyrics describe a dying soldier who wishes to be laid to rest and for his wife and children to be informed of his impending death and his belief in salvation.
This YouTube video features a banjo lesson for the song "Bright Sunny South," learned from a 1960s recording by Dock Boggs. The instructor, Clifton Hicks, mentions that noteworthy versions have also been recorded by Merle & Doc Watson, and Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski. He specifies the tuning and instrument used: an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned fCFA♯C ~ gDGCD. The video also includes lyrics to the song, which speaks of a young man going to war. Links are provided for the TAB, Patreon, BanjoHeritage.com, and various social media and purchase platforms.
This YouTube video features a performance of the song "Bright Sunny South" by Clifton Hicks. The description highlights the song's origins, with Hicks learning it from a Dock Boggs recording and mentioning notable versions by Merle & Doc Watson and Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski. Hicks's instrument is identified as an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo, tuned to gDGCD. The description also includes various links for supporting Clifton Hicks's banjo heritage work, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and merchandise.
This YouTube video is a banjo lesson featuring Clifton Hicks teaching "Old Rub Alcohol Blues" by Dock Boggs. Hicks learned the song from the original 1920s recording and notes its similarity to works by John Lee Hooker and Blind Lemon Jefferson. He plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo in a specific open tuning. The description includes lyrics from the song and promotional links for merch, Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube channel memberships. The video is primarily an educational music tutorial.
This video features Clifton Hicks performing "Old Rub Alcohol Blues" by Dock Boggs. Hicks plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to f♯DGAD. The description highlights the song's themes of hardship and heartbreak, drawing parallels to blues songs by Blind Lemon Jefferson and John Lee Hooker. It also includes numerous links for supporting the artist through Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and other platforms, as well as links to his music on Spotify and iTunes.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing a banjo rendition of the folk song 'Indian Tribes of Tennessee,' also known as 'Old Cumberland Land' or 'The Cumberland.' The description delves into the song's historical context, suggesting its composition before 1830 and its connection to indigenous societies in eastern Tennessee and early pioneer settlements on the Cumberland Plateau. It highlights verses referencing both prehistoric mound-building and the hardships faced by settlers, including harsh weather and the scarcity of religious services. Several alternative titles and historical sources are mentioned, along with links to the artist's music and merchandise platforms.
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 YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing and teaching a banjo lesson for the tune "Drunkard's Doom" (also known as "I Saw a Man at the Close of Day"). The lesson focuses on playing the song on a fretless gourd banjo. Hicks learned this rendition from Matt Kinman in Watauga County, North Carolina. The video provides links for tablature on Patreon, Bandcamp, merchandise on BanjoHeritage.org, and streaming on Spotify and iTunes. It also highlights a PayPal link for donations and YouTube members-only content.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks providing a clawhammer banjo lesson on the song "Little Gray Mule" (also known as "The Wild Boar"). Hicks learned the tune from a 1960s film of Roscoe Holcomb and plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to gCGCD. The description includes links to the TAB on Patreon, Bandcamp, merch, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, and YouTube memberships.
