Clifton Hicks - Lonesome Road Blues

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 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 showcases three distinct versions of the banjo tune "Little Grey Mule" (also known as "The Wild Boar"). The content features performances on a 1910 Weymann "Keystone State" banjo and two handmade mountain banjos (one 4-string and one 5-string), all played by Clifton Hicks. The description highlights the historical origins of the tune, referencing Roscoe Halcomb's 1950s recording and the tune's older community name. It also provides numerous links for supporting the artist through Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, and donations, as well as merchandise and educational resources via Banjo Heritage.

This video features Clifton Hicks performing his original song "Crying Shame" from 2005. The description provides extensive links to the artist's online presence, including Patreon for exclusive tablature and content, Banjo Heritage for courses and merchandise, Bandcamp and Spotify for streaming music, and PayPal for donations. The title suggests a personal reflection or a theme of longevity, but the content itself is music-focused, specifically a banjo performance.

This video critically examines the current state of 'old-time' music, arguing that it has become a homogenized, commercialized, and festival-focused art form, significantly detached from its traditional American roots and cultural origins. The creator, Clifton Hicks, promotes his Banjo Heritage platform for online courses, forums, merchandise, and music streaming, alongside various donation options.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks reviewing the "Harry Smith B-Sides" compilation album from Dust-to-Digital. The video is primarily focused on music discovery and appreciation within the country, folk, old-time, Americana, and blues genres. Hicks promotes his various music-related platforms, including Patreon, Banjo Heritage, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, encouraging viewers to support his work through subscriptions, donations, and merchandise purchases. The content is centered around music review and artist promotion, with no mention or relevance to firearms.

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.