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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 Clifton Hicks playing "Trouble On My Mind" on a handmade, fretless, 4-string gourd banjo. He learned the tune from David Hurt and Rufus Crisp, referencing their Kentucky origins. The banjo is tuned to BBE♭F♯ at 432 Hz. The description also includes multiple links to his various online platforms for music, merchandise, and financial support, including Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes.

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 video explores the historical Tellico Blockhouse, a 1794 defensive structure built to mediate conflict between Cherokee people and encroaching White settlers. The description details the original purpose, subsequent developments including a trading post and mills, and eventual abandonment. The creator also showcases playing "Sourwood Mountain" on a self-built gourd banjo, providing tuning details and a link to related banjo resources.

This video offers a visual exploration of Fort Loudon in Tennessee, showcasing a reconstructed 18th-century defensive structure, specifically an abatis made of honey locust. The title also mentions an early gourd banjo, suggesting a historical or cultural context beyond just the fortification itself. While the title and description do not explicitly mention firearms, the historical setting of a fort implies potential relevance to historical weaponry, military history, or colonial-era survival. The abatis suggests defensive strategies, which can indirectly relate to historical firearms usage.

This video provides an introduction to the early history of the banjo, specifically focusing on the gourd banjo in colonial America. It explores the instrument's origins and evolution through historical research and references. The content is presented by Clifton Hicks and draws upon scholarly sources such as 'Banjo Roots and Branches' and 'America's Instrument: The Banjo in the Nineteenth Century.' Additional resources and ways to support the creator are provided through links to BanjoHeritage.com, Patreon, Bandcamp, and merchandise.

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.