RARE "Lady Stewart" Antique Women's Banjo (1880s-1890s)

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing two traditional tunes, "Morphine Blues" and "Bonnie George Campbell," on a c. 1900 Lyon & Healy banjo. The banjo is tuned to ~ gDGBD. The video description includes various links for viewers to support the creator, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Banjo Heritage courses and merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, and YouTube channel memberships. The focus is on historical banjo performance and promoting the creator's various platforms and offerings.

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 showcases a Lyon & Healy 5-string banjo from the late 1880s/early 1890s, manufactured in Chicago, Illinois. Key features highlighted include its 12-inch rim, 28-inch scale length, original tuners, and most of its original ball-end tension nuts. The description notes that ball-end nuts were marketed towards 'lady' banjoists to prevent clothing snags and saw a decline in popularity around 1890. The video also includes promotional links for the creator's Patreon, merchandise, and music platforms.

This video showcases the 1867 Minstrel Banjo by Henry C. Dobson. The description highlights the banjo's patent date and provides detailed instructions for its care and maintenance, emphasizing the importance of keeping the head tight, using thin strings and a small Spanish Cedar bridge, and careful screw tightening to protect the wooden rim. It also includes numerous links for supporting the creator's work through platforms like Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and more.

This YouTube video features a banjo instrumental titled 'Coon Hunt Walkaround', presented by Clifton Hicks. The description delves into the historical origins of the tune, referencing its appearance in "BANJO WITHOUT A MASTER" by Frank Converse (1865). The creator details his instrument, an 1880s Buckbee banjo with a specific tone ring (Hoseus or Farmer) and a slightly altered tuning. The description also provides numerous links for audience engagement, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Merch, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube channel memberships. The presence of the term 'Coon Hunt' is noted, which has historical associations with hunting practices.

This video features Matthew Govig playing the tune "Sally Ann" (also known as "Sail Away, Ladies") on a c. 1900 JB Schall "Waldo" banjo. The performance takes place at the Stonecipher House in Wartburg, Tennessee. The content focuses on traditional music played on an antique 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.