"Shut Up in the Mines of Coal Creek" Banjo Lesson

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 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 YouTube video offers a clawhammer banjo lesson for the tune "Coke Oven March" in the Spanish Fandango style. The instructor, Clifton Hicks, details the origins of the song, which he learned from a 1960s recording by Mike Seeger featuring Dock Boggs. Boggs himself acquired the tune from a music box purchased during his time working at an industrial iron smelting furnace. The description also includes numerous links for supporting the artist through platforms like Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, and for purchasing merchandise, along with links to his music on Spotify and iTunes.

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 on banjo and vocals, and Lars Prillaman on fiddle, performing the traditional tune "Cumberland Gap." The performance took place in Watauga County, North Carolina, in 2008. The description also provides links to Clifton Hicks' Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, suggesting ways for viewers to support the artists and access more of their music.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "Cumberland Gap" on a banjo, specifically a two-finger thumb-lead technique. Hicks learned the song from Lee Sexton of Kentucky. The description includes lyrics referencing "Cumberland Gap" and provides links to Hicks' Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal for music and support.

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.