Clifton Hicks "Cotton Eyed Joe"
This video features a performance of the folk song "Cotton Eyed Joe" by Clifton Hicks. The description provides historical context for the song, noting its origins among enslaved Americans in the 1850s and its first printed appearance in 1882. Hicks explains his original banjo arrangement was learned from Jerron Paxton and is played on an 1890s S. S. Stewart "Thoroughbred" banjo. Links to his Patreon, Bandcamp, merchandise, Spotify, and YouTube channel are included.






