"Stagolee" Clawhammer Banjo Lesson

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the song "Pretty Polly" on a 4-string gourd banjo. The description highlights the song's historical origins dating back to the 1760s, with alternative titles like "Gosport Tragedy" and "Cruel Ship's Carpenter." The description also heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' Patreon, Banjo Heritage online course, SubscribeStar, merchandise, and streaming platforms like Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, alongside a PayPal donation link and YouTube channel membership option.

This video features Clifton Hicks performing a rendition of the folk ballad "Stagolee" on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to gCGCD. The description delves into the historical context of the song, detailing the story of Shelton "Stag" Lee, a pimp who fatally shot Billy Lyons on Christmas Eve 1895 over a stolen Stetson hat. The lyrics are heavily influenced by Mississippi John Hurt's recording. The video also promotes various ways to support Clifton Hicks' work, including Patreon, SubscribeStar, merchandise, and music streaming platforms.

This video features a musical performance of the folk song "Stagolee shot Billy, he shot him with his forty-four." The description details the historical inspiration for the song, which recounts the true story of Shelton "Stag" Lee shooting Billy Lyons in 1895. The performer, Clifton Hicks, plays an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned to gCGCD and draws lyrical inspiration from Mississippi John Hurt. The video also promotes various platforms for accessing tabs, exclusive content, music, and merchandise.

This video features a performance of the folk song "East Virginia" played on an 1888 Luscomb banjo. The description provides links to the artist's Patreon, online courses, merchandise, and streaming services, encouraging viewers to support his work and access exclusive content, including tablature for the song. The artist, Clifton Hicks, is known for his banjo heritage content.

This YouTube video, titled 'How to Get Better BANJO Slides,' features Clifton Hicks providing instruction on improving banjo sliding techniques. The description highlights that Hicks explains these techniques for both fretted and fretless banjos. It also heavily promotes his Patreon page for exclusive tablature, photos, and forum access, as well as his 'Banjo Heritage' online course, merchandise, and music streaming platforms (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options via PayPal.

This YouTube video features a performance of the song "Black Velvet Band" on an 1867 Dobson banjo. The description highlights the artist's presence on platforms like Patreon, SubscribeStar, and Bandcamp for tablature, courses, music streaming, and merchandise. It also lists his Spotify and iTunes artist pages, along with a PayPal donation link and YouTube membership option. The video uses hashtags related to the artist and musical genres.

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.