Videos tagged with oldtime

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing "Shortnin' Bread" on a fretless gourd banjo that he handmade. He learned the tune from a recording by Lewis "Big Sweet" Hairston, featured on the Smithsonian Folkways album "Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia." The banjo is tuned to gDGBD. The description also provides links to Clifton Hicks' Patreon, website, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal.

This video features Clifton Hicks demonstrating and discussing the S.C. Thompson (Cole) Banjo from the 1890s. The demonstration covers various playing styles including overhand, clawhammer, two-finger, thumb lead, and stroke techniques. The description also delves into the historical context of the instrument, touching upon its roots in traditional Southern Appalachian mountain music, early minstrel shows, and its connections to Afro-Caribbean, West African, Cajun, and indigenous North American music traditions. The video aims to explore the history, anthropology, folklore, research, and musicology surrounding this vintage banjo.