Clifton Hicks "Boatman's Dance" 1867 Dobson Banjo

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks demonstrating and teaching the tune "Sugar Hill" on a 1910 Weymann Keystone State banjo tuned to gCGCD. He learned the piece from Josh Hayes of Watauga County, North Carolina. The description heavily promotes Clifton Hicks' various online platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage website, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and donation links via PayPal and Venmo, as well as YouTube channel memberships.

This video features Clifton Hicks playing the 19th-century folk song "Little Mary Phagan" on an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo. He learned the tune from a 1980s film clip of Mabel Cawthorn. The description provides extensive links to Clifton Hicks' various online platforms, including his Banjo Heritage course, Patreon, SubscribeStar, merchandise store, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, PayPal, Venmo, and YouTube memberships. The video is tagged with general music and artist-related terms.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing "Lost Gander" (also known as "Wild Goose Chase"), a banjo tune learned from recordings of Virgil Anderson and Dee Hicks. The description includes links to the artist's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, indicating a focus on promoting his musical work. The title mentions '432 Hz', suggesting an interest in a specific tuning frequency.

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 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 YouTube video features Clifton Hicks performing the folk song "Tom Dooley" on a banjo. He specifies the instrument as an early 2000s minstrel banjo reproduction by Terry Bell, tuned to eBEG♯B. The description includes the lyrics to the song and provides multiple links to his Patreon, website, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and donation pages for his banjo heritage project. The video is presented in 432 Hz tuning.

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.