Original 1840s Minstrel Banjo by William Boucher Jr.

This video features luthier Clifton Hicks discussing his preference for black walnut in woodworking, specifically in the context of building banjos. The description provides extensive links to his Patreon, website (Banjo Heritage), Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and donation platforms. It also highlights his Banjo Heritage YouTube membership and mentions bluegrass and Americana music genres, along with the #432hz tag.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the songs "Wild Bill Jones" and "White House Blues" on a vintage 1940s Gretsch New Yorker banjo. The description promotes various platforms for the artist, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, offering exclusive content, merchandise, and music streaming. It also highlights donation links via PayPal and Venmo, and a YouTube channel membership option for the Banjo Heritage community. The video's hashtags indicate a focus on banjo music, bluegrass, and Americana.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing the song "Sundown" on a banjo. The instrument is a copy of an 1840s William Boucher "minstrel" banjo, tuned to dGDGA (A = 432 Hz). Hicks explains his original third verse and instrumental arrangement, and demonstrates a traditional picking style he calls "up stroke" or "up picking," also known as "Seeger style." He notes this style produces a trance-like sound suitable for dancers. The description also includes numerous links to his Patreon, website, merchandise, and music streaming platforms.

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 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.