Clifton Hicks

Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

I learned "Raleigh & Spencer" from several musicians around Watauga County, North Carolina, including Josh Hayes and Matt Kinman. My version also draws inspiration from a fiddle recording of Tommy Jarrell, whose brother-in-law got the song from a local black guitarist. It's been said that "Raleigh and Spencer are burning down..." is a reference to the Civil War; however, Raleigh was never burned during the war, and Spencer wasn't founded until the 1890s. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ d♯BEF♯B (three frets below f♯DGAD). Raleigh and Spencer they're burning down There's no more liquor in this town (x2) What you gonna do baby to wet them pretty lips When this whole damn world's going dry (×2) You can trample the flowers down around my grave But they'll rise up and bloom once again (×2) Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

Shelton "Stag" Lee was a notorious pimp who, on Christmas Eve 1895, shot and killed Billy Lyons in a St. Louis saloon. A stolen Stetson hat allegedly caused the incident. Lee did go to prison, but he was never executed. Most of my lyrics for "Stagolee" (Stagger Lee, Stack O'Lee, Stack-a-Lee) come from a recording of Mississippi John Hurt. My banjo arrangement is from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky, who also uses this melody for "Black Bottom Blues." My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ gCGCD. Stag Lee and Bill Lyons Went out a gambling, Stag Lee said he rolled seven Billy swore that it was ten Listen all you people Stag was a real bad man Billy was hanging 'round Just a drinking with his friends, When the barroom door swung open And Stag Lee walked in And the women started crying When they seen he had his gun in his hands Billy fell to his knees Crying Stag don't take me life, Think about my two little children And my darling loving wife He said I don't care about your children And I don't give a damn for your wife, You've stolen my good Stetson Now I'm bound to take your life Stag Lee shot Billy He shot him with his forty-four, Billy fell back from the table Crying Stag don't shoot me no more They were sitting down in the court room Stag Lee did cuss, The judge said let's kill him Before he kills all of us He was standing up on the gallows His head was held up high, It was twelve o'clock when they killed him They was all glad to see him die Stag Lee said to the Devil Come on let's have some fun, Go run and get your pitchfork I'll go get my forty-one Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

"Long Steel Rail" (Train 45, Old Reuben, 900 Miles, Reuben's Train). Hand carved American chestnut mountain banjo (unknown maker) tuned ~ f♯DF♯AD. Them long steel rails them short crossties I'm walking my way to my home. Me and my woman we had a little falling out She bundled up her clothes to leave, Then she stepped on that two o'clock train Honey I stepped right on to the three. If I had wings like Noah's dove I would fly to my true love's home, I'd walk the porch from post to post I'd hang down my little head a moan. Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

I learned "Shortnin Bread" from a 1970s field recording of Lewis "Big Sweet" Hairston of Henry County, Virginia. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ fCFAC (relative gDGBD). Put on the skillet throw away the lid Momma's gonna bake that shortening bread, That ain't all she gonna do she gonna give a little honey too! Two little babies laying in the bed one rolled over and the other was dead, Put on the skillet throw away the lid Momma's gonna bake that shortening bread! Two old women laying in the sand each one wishing that the other was a man, Put on the skillet throw away the lid Momma's gonna bake that shortening bread! Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

I first heard "Little Mary Phagan" from a 1980s film clip of Mabel Cawthorn of Carnesville, Georgia. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned eAEG♯B ~ gCGBD. Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned to sing "Oh Susanna" from my grandfather Aaron Mayo Moore (1923-1990) of Cullman County, Alabama. This is my original arrangement for traditional two-finger banjo. I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee I'm going to Louisiana my true love for to see, It rained all night the day I left the weather it was dry The sun was so hot I froze to death Susanna don't you cry! I had a dream the other night when everything was still I thought I saw Susanna gal a'coming down the hill, The buckwheat cake was in her hand the tears were in her eyes I said, "I'm coming from the South," Susanna don't you cry! I soon will be in New Orleans and then I'll look around And when I find Susanna gal I'll fall upon the ground, But if I cannot find her this man will surely die And when I'm dead and buried Susanna don't you cry! SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com T-shirts https://cliftonhicks.myteespring.co/ PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo @cliftonhicksbanjo Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks #banjo #folkmusic #history

I learned "Rooster Crow" (Sally Goodin) from Aaron Stephens of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and from recordings of Hiram Stamper and Uncle Dave Macon. My instrument is a Terry Bell minstrel banjo reproduction tuned ~ eAEAC♯ (relative gCGCE). Eddie Haggard called this tuning "No Finger C." I'm using Aquila's NEW Nylgut strings by Joel Hooks. Visit Joel's website: http://BanjoThimble.com Banjo Heritage online course http://banjoheritage.com Patreon (exclusive tabs, photos, forums) https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar (the same as Patreon) https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp music downloads http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Banjo Heritage merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify streaming music https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes streaming music https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal donations https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo donations https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Enjoying some antique guns and banjos with @aaronstephens5049 and @blainechappell5383 01:04 Clif loads 2004 Leonard Sisil .45 flintlock rifle 03:00 Clif shoots flintlock 03:36 Aaron shoots flintlock 03:49 Clif shoots 1918 Lee-Enfield .303 rifle 04:45 Blaine plays "Pretty Polly" on 1888 Luscomb banjo 06:50 Aaron shoots 1965 Ishapore 2A1 .308 rifle 09:16 Aaron plays "Turkey in the Straw" on 1888 Luscomb banjo 11:17 Blaine shoots 1918 Lee-Enfield .303 rifle Aaron Stephens' YouTube channel: @aaronstephens5049 Blaine Chappell's YouTube channel: @blainechappell5383 BanjoHeritage.com https://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Tar River" from Aaron Stevens of Monteagle, Tennessee. See Clarke Buehling and Mark Weems for other versions of the song. My instrument is an 1880s Fairbanks & Cole short-scale banjo tuned gCGBD. "Old Tar River" (Old Tare River) is attributed to Joel Walker Sweeney, who's thought to have composed it by 1840. Frank Brower and Dan Emmett played it on stage in Lynchburg, Virginia, on July 4, 1841. Sweeney himself is documented performing it in New York City the following year. It first appears in print in THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR by Elias Howe (1851). BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Other ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Aaron Stephens of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, plays "Old Uncle Ned" by Stephen Foster (1847). His instrument is an original 1840s William E. Boucher minstrel banjo tuned ~ eAEG♯B. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo #banjo #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Blaine Chappell of Pelzer, South Carolina, plays "The House Carpenter" on an 1888 Luscomb banjo tuned ~ gDGCD. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Coon Hunt Walkaround / Old Tar River medley on an original 1840s William E. Boucher minstrel banjo tuned ~ eAEG♯B. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo #cliftonhicks #banjo #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks "DESCRIPTION. — Stewart's Best German Silver Rim, wire edges, 10 inches in diameter, with 17 inch neck, 20 nickel brackets, and. Stewart's best turned edge hoop, 3-16 inch thick; handsomely finished neck, ebony pegs, fancy white tail piece. The TONE of these banjos is beautiful, and the size is just exactly what is needed for a lady." BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks #bluegrass

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks S.S. Stewart "Universal Favorite" banjos were made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880s-1910s. Sam Stewart, the company's owner, died in 1898, and banjos with serial numbers higher than ~ 50000 are likely to have been made after his death. Note that the quality of Stewart banjos noticeably declines during this period. This fine example of his "Universal Favorite" is a No. 3 model bearing serial # 17243 was built circa 1896. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Tar River" from Aaron Stevens of Monteagle, Tennessee. See Clarke Buehling and Mark Weems for other versions of the song. My instrument is an 1880s Fairbanks & Cole short-scale banjo tuned gCGBD. "Old Tar River" (Old Tare River) is attributed to Joel Walker Sweeney, who's thought to have composed it by 1840. Frank Brower and Dan Emmett played it on stage in Lynchburg, Virginia, on July 4, 1841. Sweeney himself is documented performing it in New York City the following year. It first appears in print in THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR by Elias Howe (1851). BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Other ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks "Old Tar River" (Old Tare River) is attributed to Joel Walker Sweeney, who's thought to have composed it by 1840. Frank Brower and Dan Emmett played it on stage in Lynchburg, Virginia, on July 4, 1841. Sweeney himself is documented performing it in New York City the following year. It first appears in print in THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR by Elias Howe (1851). I learned "Old Tar River" from Aaron Stevens of Monteagle, Tennessee. See Clarke Buehling and Mark Weems for other versions of the song. My instrument is an exceptional 1867 Henry C. Dobson banjo tuned dGDF♯A ~ gCGBD. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Others ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Get the Tab 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks "Black Velvet Band" was sung in England as early as the 1780s. I learned it from a 1960s recording of Luke Kelly of Dublin, Ireland. My instrument is an early 2000s Terry Bell minstrel banjo tuned d#G#D#GBb ~ eAEG#B ~ gCGBD. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Other ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks "Black Velvet Band" was sung in England as early as the 1780s. I learned it from a 1960s recording of Luke Kelly of Dublin, Ireland. My instrument is an early 2000s Terry Bell minstrel banjo tuned d#G#D#GBb ~ eAEG#B ~ gCGBD. BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Other ways to support my work 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Get the Tab 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Blue" (Old Dog Blue) from a field recording of James "Dink" Roberts of Alamance County, North Carolina. My instrument is a fine 1880s Fairbanks & Cole banjo tuned fCFAC ~ gDGBD. Ways to support my work 👇 BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks "Old Tar River" (Old Tare River) is attributed to Joel Walker Sweeney, who's thought to have composed it by 1840. Frank Brower and Dan Emmett played it on stage in Lynchburg, Virginia, on July 4, 1841. Sweeney himself is documented performing it in New York City the following year. It first appears in print in THE COMPLETE BANJO PRECEPTOR by Elias Howe (1851). I learned "Old Tar River" from Aaron Stevens of Monteagle, Tennessee. See Clarke Buehling and Mark Weems for other versions of the song. My instrument is an exceptional 1867 Henry C. Dobson banjo tuned ~ gCGBD. Ways to support my work 👇 BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks HENRY C. DOBSON'S GREAT PATENT PARLOR AND STAGE BANJOS Patented July 16th 1867 DIRECTIONS - Keep the head perfectly tight so that the bridge will not dent the head when in tune. Use thing strings and a small Bridge made of Spanish Cedar. Press the edge of the rim to the thigh when tightening, give each screw a half turn only, so as not to strain the wooden rim too much in one place. Use a head of equal thickness. Ways to support my work 👇 BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Aaron Stevens of Monteagle, Tennessee, plays "Old Tar River" and "Grandfather's Clock" on an early minstrel banjo made by William Boucher Jr. in Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1845. Aaron's channel: https://youtube.com/@aaronstephens5049 If you appreciate our work, please support it 👇 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Muddy Road" from a 1960s recording of Claude Wolfenbarger of Grainger County, Tennessee. This song is known by various titles, including "County Jail," "Fall On My Knees," and "Lonesome Road." My instrument is an 1880s Fairbanks & Cole banjo tuned fCFAC ~ gDGBD. Ways to support my work 👇 BanjoHeritage.com http://banjoheritage.com Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Boatman" (De Boatmen Dance) from a recording of Melvin Wine playing it on fiddle. My instrument is a custom 1867 Dobson banjo tuned ~ gDGBD. If you appreciate our work, please support it 👇 SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube membership invite 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #cliftonhicks