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 video features Clifton Hicks performing "False Hearted Lover's Blues," a song learned from a 1927 Dock Boggs recording. The description highlights the melody's origin from "Hustling Gamblers" and mentions other artists who have recorded versions. The lyrics paint a grim picture of betrayal, hardship, and revenge, with a particular line mentioning a "forty-four."
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 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 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 video showcases a unique, unmarked banjo from the 1800s, possibly made by HC Nelson. The instrument features sand-shaded hardwood inlays depicting a sun and crescent moon on the peghead. The creator demonstrates its sound and playability, noting a slight neck warp. The banjo is tuned to gCGCC with medium-light nylon strings, including a wound 4th string. The video references various banjo playing styles like overhand, clawhammer, and two-finger, as well as historical and folk music traditions from Appalachia and beyond, with mentions of numerous influential old-time musicians and styles.
This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "Old Blue," a tune associated with Dink Roberts, on a fretless banjo. The description provides links to Hicks' Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, and Venmo, suggesting this is a performance or promotional video for his music. The music is characterized by its old-time, folk, and Appalachian roots, with a focus on traditional banjo playing techniques. The inclusion of hashtags like #banjoheritage, #oldtimebanjo, and #clawhammerbanjo highlights the traditional and heritage aspects of the music.
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