Clifton Hicks - Poor Benny (Poor Little Benny)

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.

This video features a close-up performance of the banjo song "Hand Me Down My Old Suitcase," played on a banjo tuned to gCGCD. The description highlights the song's origin from Mal Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky, and provides links to the artist's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal. The content focuses on traditional banjo music and the artist's musical presence.

This video features Clifton Hicks performing the song "Hard Times on Beaver Dam Road." He notes learning the song from Josh Hayes on the porch of an early 1900s house in Wautauga County, near the home of the original composer, Frank Proffitt. The description heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' various online platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal, for access to tablature, courses, merchandise, and music.

This YouTube video focuses on the banjo performance of "Cindy" by Clifton Hicks, who learned the tune from recordings and videos of John Jackson. The description highlights Jackson's guitar and banjo playing, his musical upbringing, and his life in Woodville and Fairfax, Virginia. Clifton Hicks provides multiple links to his Patreon, website, merchandise, and music streaming platforms for viewers interested in supporting his work or accessing tablature and courses.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the song "Sugar Hill." The description indicates the song was learned from Matt Kinman and Josh Hayes in Watauga County, North Carolina in 2008. Kinman played the fiddle and Hayes played the banjo. The video also promotes various platforms for Clifton Hicks' music and banjo-related content, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and PayPal donations. The hashtags provided are #cliftonhicks, #banjoheritage, #banjo, #bluegrass, #americana, and #432hz. There is no mention or demonstration of firearms or related equipment in the provided information.

This YouTube video features Murphy Campbell performing and singing the song "Two Sisters" on a 5-string banjo. The performance takes place at the historic Hagood Mill Site in North Carolina. The video highlights Murphy Campbell's musical talent with the banjo.

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.