1930s Gretsch "Broadkaster" Banjo - same model used by Gus Cannon!

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the song "Pretty Polly" on a 4-string gourd banjo. The description highlights the song's historical origins dating back to the 1760s, with alternative titles like "Gosport Tragedy" and "Cruel Ship's Carpenter." The description also heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' Patreon, Banjo Heritage online course, SubscribeStar, merchandise, and streaming platforms like Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, alongside a PayPal donation link and YouTube channel membership option.

This YouTube video features a performance of the song "Black Velvet Band" on an 1867 Dobson banjo. The description highlights the artist's presence on platforms like Patreon, SubscribeStar, and Bandcamp for tablature, courses, music streaming, and merchandise. It also lists his Spotify and iTunes artist pages, along with a PayPal donation link and YouTube membership option. The video uses hashtags related to the artist and musical genres.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing "William Hall," a traditional banjo tune with apparent pre-Civil War origins, as evidenced by lyrical content mentioning a "French cannon ball." Hicks plays a circa 1947 Bacon Belmont banjo, a Gretsch-made instrument, tuned to fCFAC. He utilizes La Bella No. 17 nylon strings and a Joel Hooks solid maple bridge. The description also includes extensive links to his various online platforms, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and streaming services, as well as a YouTube channel membership invite.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the songs "Wild Bill Jones" and "White House Blues" on a vintage 1940s Gretsch New Yorker banjo. The description promotes various platforms for the artist, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, offering exclusive content, merchandise, and music streaming. It also highlights donation links via PayPal and Venmo, and a YouTube channel membership option for the Banjo Heritage community. The video's hashtags indicate a focus on banjo music, bluegrass, and Americana.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks showcasing a 1940s Gretsch New Yorker banjo. The description provides extensive links to the creator's Patreon, Banjo Heritage website for courses and forums, merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes for music streaming and downloads, as well as PayPal and Venmo for donations, and YouTube channel memberships. The video also includes relevant hashtags related to the creator and musical genres.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "Danville Girl," a song originally recorded by Dock Boggs in 1927. The description emphasizes learning the song from Boggs' Brunswick Records performance and offers access to lyrics and banjo tablature through various platforms like Patreon, Banjo Heritage, and Bandcamp. It also highlights Hicks' banjo heritage online course and musical releases on Spotify and iTunes. The video aims to share this piece of musical history and connect with an audience interested in traditional banjo music.

This video is a banjo performance of a song titled 'Ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse' by Clifton Hicks. The description provides links to the artist's Patreon, merch store, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp, SubscribeStar, and YouTube channel memberships. It also includes a list of hashtags related to various music genres and the subject matter of the song. The song's title and hashtags directly reference Kyle Rittenhouse and related themes.

This video features Clifton Hicks performing 'Cold Blows the Wind' on a 5-string banjo using the clawhammer technique. The performance is set against a stark, black-and-white woodland backdrop, with the artist adopting a historical frontier persona. The song's narrative unfolds through somber vocals, detailing a lover's mourning at a grave and a spectral warning from the deceased.

This video features Clifton Hicks performing 'Ballad of Bloody Bill Anderson' on a banjo, detailing the historical figure's violent exploits. The performance highlights advanced clawhammer banjo techniques and deep knowledge of American folk music and Civil War lore. The song's narrative covers Anderson's arrival, a fierce battle, his death, and the grim aftermath, including the display of his head and pistols marked with his kills.

Clifton Hicks performs the traditional folk song 'Moonshiner' on a 5-string banjo using a clawhammer technique. The song details a life dedicated to moonshining, sustained by whiskey and beer over twenty-one years. The performance features an instrumental introduction before the vocal verses begin.