"German War" Banjo Close-Up (2-Finger)

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 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 the tune "Sundown" on a Terry Bell "Boucher" minstrel banjo. He notes that he learned the song from Art Rosenbaum shortly before his passing. The banjo used is an early 2000s model, tuned a few frets below gCGCD. The description also includes a Patreon link for Clifton Hicks.

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, titled "You Triflin' Woman!", appears to be a musical performance or lesson related to banjo playing. The description heavily promotes the creator's Patreon page for exclusive content such as tablature, photos, and forum access. It also directs viewers to other platforms for music streaming (Spotify, iTunes, Bandcamp), merchandise, and a dedicated online course. There is no mention or indication of firearms, ammunition, manufacturers, or any related topics.

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.