Darling Cora - Traditional Banjo Lesson (BF Shelton)

This YouTube video provides a banjo lesson on the traditional tune "Love Somebody," also known as "Soldier's Joy." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, demonstrates two traditional approaches in different tunings, including a unique two-finger arrangement in gCGCE. The description highlights the tune's historical significance, particularly its preference among black musicians under the title "Love Somebody." The video also includes links to the instructor's various platforms for tabs, merchandise, and music.

This YouTube video focuses on music, specifically banjo performance and related resources. The description provides extensive links for tablature, online courses, merchandise, music streaming (Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes), and donation options. It highlights a Patreon page and SubscribeStar for exclusive content and a Banjo Heritage YouTube membership. The title, 'The last time I seen you walking down the street,' suggests a song title or theme, further reinforcing the musical nature of the content.

This YouTube video, titled "Alabama Bound - Clawhammer Banjo Lesson," provides a tutorial on playing an original banjo arrangement of the song "Alabama Bound." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, demonstrates both two-finger and clawhammer techniques. He references his inspirations, including "Papa" Charlie Jackson, Henry Thomas, and Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. The video details the instrument used (an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo) and its tuning (fCFAC ~ gDGBD), as well as the strings (La Bella nylon) and bridge (Joel Hooks). The description also includes various links for supporting the artist, purchasing merchandise, and accessing his music.

This YouTube video is a traditional banjo lesson focusing on the song "White House Blues." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, provides instruction for the gDGBD tuning. The description also lists alternative names for the song, such as "McKinley" and "Washington Blues," and provides links to the instructor's Patreon, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, suggesting a focus on music education and artist promotion.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks demonstrating and explaining the traditional 5-string banjo techniques of "fanning the neck" and "walking the fingerboard." The description provides links to his Patreon for banjo heritage content, merchandise, Bandcamp, Spotify, iTunes, Venmo, and PayPal, highlighting his musical career and fan engagement platforms.

This YouTube video offers a two-finger banjo lesson for the folk song "Shortnin' Bread." The instructor, Clifton Hicks, uses an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo and discusses its tuning. The description also provides historical context for the song, mentioning its publication in 1900 and potential origins in a pre-existing black folk song. The video promotes various platforms for exclusive content, music, and community engagement, including a website, Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, Spotify, and iTunes, as well as donation links.

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.