Clifton Hicks - Muddy Road (Willie Moore) Gourd Banjo

This video appears to be a banjo performance featuring a song titled "High Sheriff." The description mentions the song's origins and the specific banjo used, an 1888 Luscomb banjo tuned to fCFAC. The performer, Clifton Hicks, provides links to his Patreon, website, merchandise, and streaming platforms. While the title "High Sheriff and the deputy riding down the road after me..." might evoke imagery of pursuit, the content itself is focused on traditional music and banjo playing, not firearms.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the song "Shaving a Dead Man," learned from Oscar Wright. The song is presented as a Black banjo song similar to "Georgie Buck," with the original lyrics lost. Hicks plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to fG♯C♯G♯C♯, an alternative to the standard g♯BEBE tuning. The description also provides numerous links to the artist's Patreon, website, merchandise, streaming platforms (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options, including PayPal and YouTube channel memberships. Hashtags like #cliftonhicks, #banjoheritage, #banjo, #bluegrass, and #americana are included.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo piece "East Virginia." While the description details the historical migration of settlers that the song represents, the primary focus of the content is a musical performance. Hicks explains his banjo tuning and mentions alternative tunings, while also promoting his various online platforms for music, merchandise, and community engagement, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing "Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down" on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo. He notes his arrangement and tuning are original and likely differ from the Frank Proffitt recording he learned it from. The banjo is tuned a few frets below f♯DGAD and is strung with Aquila NEW Nylgut strings, using a Morley style bridge by Joel Hooks. The description provides extensive links for fans to support Clifton Hicks through Patreon, SubscribeStar, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube channel memberships, along with promoting merchandise.

This YouTube video showcases an original arrangement of the song "Cacklin' Hen" performed on a 4-string early gourd banjo. The banjo itself is handmade by Clifton Hicks, who also built it. The video mentions the specific tuning of the instrument (gGCE, relative) and contrasts it with the common 5-string banjo tuning (gCGCE). Supporting links are provided for the creator's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, indicating a focus on promoting the musician's work and heritage.

This video features a performance of the 1889 composition "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" by Louis Staab, played on the banjo. The description highlights the piece's historical context and provides extensive links to the performer Clifton Hicks' various platforms for supporting his work, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and Spotify. It also promotes his "Banjo Heritage" online course 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.