Clifton Hicks - Trouble On My Mind - 1920s Tubaphone Banjo

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing a banjo tune titled "Raleigh and Spencer." The description mentions learning the tune from Steve Kruger and playing on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo, tuned south of gDGCD. The video also promotes various platforms for Clifton Hicks' banjo music and teaching, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage website, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube channel memberships, as well as donation links via PayPal and Venmo.

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 YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing a rendition of the traditional folk song "Cumberland Gap." Hicks learned this specific arrangement from a recording by Lee Sexton. He plays on a 1910 Weymann "Keystone State" banjo, which is tuned to approximately fDGCD. The description includes the lyrics to the song, as well as extensive promotional links for Hicks' Patreon, Banjo Heritage online course and forums, merchandise, streaming music on Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, and donation options via PayPal and Venmo. The video also highlights a YouTube membership for the Banjo Heritage channel.

This video features a performance of the song "You Shall Be Free," originally recorded by Bill and Belle Reed in 1928 and later by notable musicians like Sonny Terry, Woody Guthrie, and Lead Belly. The description highlights resources for learning banjo, including online courses, tablature, and merchandise, linking to various platforms like Patreon, Bandcamp, and Spotify. The focus is on traditional American folk music and the banjo instrument, with associated hashtags indicating genres like bluegrass and Americana.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "Calvary," a song by Dock Boggs, on the banjo. The description heavily promotes various platforms where viewers can support his work, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube memberships. It also highlights his Banjo Heritage online course and merchandise. The content is focused on traditional and bluegrass banjo music, with no mention or implication of firearms.

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.