Bob Flesher Minstrel Banjo

This video features "Old Leatherstocking - Unquiet Grave" by Clifton Hicks, a banjo performance. The description provides extensive links to the artist's platforms including Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, merch store, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes, encouraging fan support and engagement with his music. The primary focus is clearly on the banjo music and the artist's presence within the music community.

This video showcases the creation of a homemade fretless banjo, built by the creator in 2018. The description highlights the unique construction, featuring a 19th-century oak dry measure as the banjo's pot, reinforced with iron straps. While not considered the creator's best work, it is noted for its interesting construction and pleasing sound. The description also includes extensive promotional links for the creator's Patreon, website, merchandise, and streaming music platforms.

Clifton Hicks performs "Hook and Line" (also known as "Shout Little Lulu" or "Minnow on a Hook") on a unique early 2000s gourd banjo crafted by Bob Thornburg. The instrument features gut strings tuned to approximately gCGCD. The video also provides links to the artist's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal for those interested in supporting his music.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing the banjo piece "Going Up North" (also known as "No Letter From Home"), learned from John Jackson. Hicks demonstrates a percussive picking style, suggesting it was developed for accompanying dancers. He plays on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned below gDGBD. The video also promotes Clifton Hicks' Banjo Heritage online course and merchandise.

This video showcases a performance of "Boatman's Dance" on an 1867 Dobson banjo. The performer, Clifton Hicks, highlights the instrument's custom nature and tuning. The description provides extensive links to the creator's online presence, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage resources, merchandise, music streaming platforms, and donation links. The video appears to be focused on traditional music and banjo performance.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks, a musician who handmade his Kentucky mountain banjo. He performs a piece titled 'Sourwood Mountain' in the gDGBd tuning. The description provides extensive links to his various platforms including Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, SubscribeStar, PayPal, Venmo, and his YouTube channel's membership option. He also promotes his merchandise available at BanjoHeritage.org. The video focuses on traditional music and banjo performance.

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.