Videos tagged with Appalachian Music

This video features Clifton Hicks performing 'The Cuckoo' on a fretless banjo by a campfire. The performance includes traditional lyrics about a stormy night and a guest, with a geographic reference to Georgia. The song concludes with reflections on love before an instrumental outro.

Clifton Hicks provides an in-depth 'walkaround' of a unique Buckbee banjo, focusing on its unusual tone ring setup and historical patent. He details the instrument's construction, modifications, and acoustic properties, showcasing a blend of historical craftsmanship and personal restoration.

Clifton Hicks, an expert in traditional Appalachian music and historical reenactment, demonstrates his deep knowledge of 18th-century frontier living. The video showcases his performances of 'Pretty Polly' and 'East Virginia' on a fretless banjo, alongside a detailed account of his overnight stay in a Cherokee winter house at Fort Loudoun, Tennessee. Hicks provides insights into the structure's thermal efficiency, smoke ventilation, and his primitive morning coffee preparation, while also assessing his period-correct gear, including worn moccasins and a fire-damaged wool blanket.

This video showcases Clifton Hicks performing the traditional Appalachian tune 'Cacklin' Hen' on a fretless banjo. The performance highlights advanced clawhammer technique and the unique sound of a fretless instrument in a rustic setting.

This video features "Old Leatherstocking - Unquiet Grave" by Clifton Hicks, a banjo performance. The description provides extensive links to the artist's platforms including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merch store, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes, encouraging fan support and engagement with his music. The primary focus is clearly on the banjo music and the artist's presence within the music community.

This video features a musical performance by Jordan Judkins (guitar), Trenton "Tater" Caruthers (fiddle), and Buddy Ingram (banjo, juice harp) at the Stonecipher House in Frozen Head State Park. The description highlights their rendition of an "old fiddle piece."

This YouTube video features Mick and Evan Kinney performing at the SC State Fiddling Championship. The description highlights Mick's expertise as an Atlanta-based old-time country and blues musician, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and roots music consultant for the Georgia Humanities Council. He is a specialist in traditional Georgia melodies, a recipient of the Georgia Council for the Arts Folklife Grant, and has worked to preserve local musical legacies. Mick also teaches at prominent music events. His son, Evan, is presented as the next generation of their musical family, deeply immersed in old-time music from Kennesaw, Georgia. Evan is a skilled banjoist and guitarist known for his energetic renditions of breakdowns and rags, drawing inspiration from 1920s recordings. He also co-teaches workshops and has been involved in projects supporting Georgia's old-time music scene.

This video features a performance of the folk song "East Virginia" played on an 1888 Luscomb banjo. The description provides links to the artist's Patreon, online courses, merchandise, and streaming services, encouraging viewers to support his work and access exclusive content, including tablature for the song. The artist, Clifton Hicks, is known for his banjo heritage content.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing the song "Across the Rocky Mountain" on a c. 1910 Weymann banjo. The description provides links to his Patreon for exclusive tablature, photos, and forums, as well as his Banjo Heritage online course, merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for donations. He also offers YouTube channel memberships.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing and singing "Cold Icy Mountain" (Old Piney Mountain) on a 5-string gourd banjo that he handmade. The description heavily promotes his various online platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage courses and merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal donations, encouraging viewers to support his work through subscriptions, purchases, or direct contributions.

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 YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "I got me a woman on the road somewhere," also known as "Got a Mule to Ride" and "Bottled in Bond." The description highlights the song's origins in early blues, railroad worker, and Appalachian camp music. Hicks plays an 1880s J.B. Schall banjo tuned several frets below standard GCGCD tuning. The video description also heavily promotes his various online platforms including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal for tablature, courses, merchandise, music streaming, and donations.