Clifton Hicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Blue" from a 1990s field recording of Dink Roberts of Little Texas, North Carolina. My instrument is a circa 1845 Boucher banjo tuned several steps below 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 #earlymusic #bluegrass #americana #american #appalachiantrail #redneck #hillbilly #folkmusic #countrymusic #oldtimemusic #clawhammer #bluegrassmusic #americanamusic

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks In this video we examine an exceedingly rare banjo made by William Boucher Jr. in Baltimore during the 1840s. We'll listen to it's music, and compare some of it's details to those found on a modern reproduction banjo by Terry Bell. If you appreciate my 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 #oldleatherstocking #bluegrass #folkmusic #history #countrymusic #music #americana #antique #luthier #classicalguitar

"That's the motivation. Guys who died for fuckin' nothing; who died for shit. And guys who joined up and volunteered their lives to be taken like that, for something that they thought was the ultimate cause; the cause of protecting our country and protecting the people of our country. I don't think anybody in this room or anybody who's been to Iraq gives a fuck about bringing freedom, or whatever you want to call it, to those motherfuckers over there. And that's another thing I struggle with, that I feel really bad about my buddies who got killed but there's nothing in this world, so far, that has made me give a fuck about all the people that we killed over there. Because I just can't afford to. It just doesn't pay to give a shit. You gotta be a callus fucker over there to live, and you gotta be a callus fucker back here to live with what you lived through." - Clifton Hicks (March, 2008)

I learned "William Taylor" (Willie Tailor) from Josh Hayes of Watauga County, North Carolina. My instrument is a 1910s Weymmann #banjo tuned ~ gCGCD.

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Smoky" from a recording of Roscoe Holcomb of Daisy, Kentucky. My instrument is a c. 1910 Weymann "Keystone State" five string banjo tuned f♯ADAD (432 Hz). Bandcamp: http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch: http://banjoheritage.org Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes: https://music.apple.com/us/album/clifton-hicks/1437321454 PayPal: https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo #banjo #oldtimebanjo #roscoeholcomb #twofingerbanjo #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #acousticmusic #rootsmusic #tradmusic #acousticmusic #appalachia #CliftonHicks #OldLeatherstocking

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks In this video I talk a little about the heirloom gourds I raise every year for banjo building, and how to select a site for planting them. Look out for another video on how I start my curing process. If you appreciate my 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

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks From Orgus "Gran" Hudson of Knott County, Kentucky. Related to Carter and Ralph Stanley's bluegrass hit, "I've Got A Mule To Ride." My instrument is an 1880s J.B. Schall "Edmund Valentine" banjo tuned gCGCD, relative. If the freight train wrecks I've got a mule to ride (x2) I won't have to catch it cause she's already tied, She's on the road somewhere (x2) I got me a woman on the road somewhere Curly headed woman won't treat me right (x2) She'll sleep all day and walk the streets at night... Keep on drinking your bottled-in-bond (x2) I'll save my money for the cheap old corn... If you come home and your woman wants to fight (x2) Pick up a chair and poke her out of sight... Scab got my woman but he won't have her long (x2) She's got a new kind of loving--greenhorn can't catch on... SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com T-shirts https://teespring.com/stores/clifton-hicks-banjo-heritage PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks #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 a traditional gourd banjo, handmade by myself. It is tuned dADF♯A ~ gDGBD. If you appreciate my 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

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Boatman Dance" from a recording of fiddler Melvin Wine (1909-2003) of Braxton County, West Virginia. My lyrics are based on Dan Emmett's "De Boatmen's Dance" published in 1843. My instrument is a 2021 Jeff Menzies gourd banjo tuned c♯G♯C♯FG♯ ~ gDGBD If you appreciate my 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

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned this song from the recording of John Jackson on the album, "Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia" (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings). Jackson said he learned it from his father, and offered the alternate title, "Can't Get No Letter From My Home." It is likely that his version represents two songs which were combined into one. The traditional banjo style I've used here can be described as up-picking, up-stroke, or, erroneously, Pete Seeger style. I learned to pick like this from watching master banjoist, George R. Gibson, of Knott County, Kentucky. My 1888 Luscomb banjo is tuned to gDGBD relative (fCFAC, A=440 Hz, actual). I'm going up north gonna throw my breeches off And dance in my long shirt tail all night, honey Dance in my long shirt tail! O me O my I can't get no letter from my home, poor boy What's gonna become of me? My woman she won't write to me My babe won't write to me, She won't write me no letter she won't send me no word She knows how to make a man feel bad! High sheriff and the deputy Riding down the road after me, poor boy What's gonna become of me? Honey if they catch me they'll hang me if they can But they'll hang them an innocent man, poor boy They'll hang them an innocent man! Dogs on my track sweet potatoes on my back Got to make it to my shanty if I can, poor boy Gotta make it to my shanty if I can! This piece is closely-related to "Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy" and "Georgie Buck" (Georgia Buck). Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/album/clifton-hicks/1437321454 Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks #banjo #folkmusic #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #history #Americana #countrymusic #oldtimemusic #oldtimebanjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks With Jake Book of Gallatin County, Kentucky (2013). Stream/Download on Bandcamp 👉 http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/album/clifton-hicks/1437321454 Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Trouble On My Mind" from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky, who learned it from Orgus "Gran" Hudson (also of Knott County) circa 1960. My instrument is a 1920s Vega "Tubaphone" #banjo tuned ~gDGBD. 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

Young Buck Plays with Fawn in Blue Ridge Mountain Autumn.

Clif tells a story about how he earned the nickname "Mad Shitter" as a teenage tank driver in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2003.

I learned "Cuckoo" (Coo Coo) from George R. Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. My instrument is an 1880s Lyon & Healy #banjo tuned ~ gDGCD.

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Alabama Bound" from recordings of Lead Belly, Papa Charlie Jackson, and two teenage banjo students who played it for me on their guitars. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ gDGBD. I'm Alabama bound (x2) If you want me honey gotta leave this town Before the rooster crows Don't you be like me (x2) Drink the sweet black cherry and the elderberry Let the whiskey be I don't believe I'll go (x2) Just to keep my self out of trouble boys I don't believe I'll go I'm Alabama bound (x2) If this train don't stop and pull around I'm Alabama bound Don't you leave me here (x2) Don't you leave me here woman without my Little old pint of beer 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

I learned "Old Coon Dog" (Turkey Buzzard) from a 1930s recording of J.M. Mullins of Magoffin County, Kentucky. My instrument is a 1990s Bob Flesher fretless minstrel banjo, loosely based on a William Boucher design from the 1840s. #banjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "William Hall" from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. Gibson told me he'd learned it from Orgus "Gran" Hudson (also of Knott County) circa 1960. My instrument is a 1940s Bacon "Belmont" banjo (made by Gretsch) tuned fCFAC ~ gDGBD. I'm using La Bella No. 17 nylon strings, and a solid maple bridge by Joel Hooks. 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 We learned "Midnight Special" from a recording of Huddie William "Lead Belly" Ledbetter. Aaron Stevens of Monteagle, Tennessee, on the 1920s Cincinnatus guitar. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "Luscomb" banjo tuned eBEG♯B ~ gDGBD. Yonder comes Miss Rosie How in the world did you know? By the way she was walking And the clothes she wore. Umbrella on her shoulder Piece of paper in her hand, She come to ask the governor To turn loose her man. If you're ever in Atlanta Boy you better do it right, You better not squabble And you better not fight. Police will grab you And they'll bring you down, Next thing you know You're prison-bound. Wake up in the morning When the big bell ring, March you to the table You see the same damn thing. Knife and fork on the table No food in my pan, If I make a complaint I'll get in trouble with the man. 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 "Will the Weaver" from a 1920s recording of Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright. My instrument is an 1888 Cubley banjo tuned ~ gDGBD. "Son O son go home and love her Do not find no fault above her, But if she will not do well, Pick up a stick and beat her well!" He went home and a friend she met him Thus she said but just to fret him "Saw your wife a while ago Along with Will the Weaver O!" He went home in a devil of a wonder Knocked at the door just like thunder, "Who is that?" the Weaver cried "That's my husband you'd better hide!" Up the chimney Willie badgered Through the door her husband entered, Searching all the while around, But not a soul could be found! He sat down by the fireside weeping Up the chimney got to peeping, There he spied the wretched soul Sitting on the pot-rack pole! He put on a pretty good fire Just to suit his own desire, Wife cried out of her own free will "Don't do that for the man you'll kill!" He put on a little more fuel Wife cried out, "My love I beg you, Take him down and spare his life If you want me to be your loving wife! He reached up and down he took him Like a raccoon dog he shook him, Wore him white and beat him red Made poor Weaver wished he's dead! He went home and his wife she met him Up with a stick and down she set him, Wore him red and beat him blue Every word of this is true! 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #americana #folk #acousticmusic

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Ruby Ridge" by Peter Rowan from his 1996 album, BLUEGRASS BOY. "... six U.S. Marshals encountered Harris and Weaver's 14-year-old son, Sammy, in woods near the family cabin. A shootout took place. Deputy U.S. Marshal William Francis Degan, Sammy Weaver, and the Weavers' dog, Striker, all died as a result. In the subsequent siege of the Weaver residence, led by the FBI, Weaver's wife Vicki was killed by FBI sniper fire. All casualties occurred in the first two days of the operation. The siege and standoff were ultimately resolved by civilian negotiators. Harris surrendered and was arrested on August 30, while Weaver and his three daughters surrendered the next day... "Both the Weaver family and Harris brought civil suits against the federal government over the firefight and siege. The Weavers won a combined out-of-court settlement in August 1995 of $3.1 million. After numerous appeals, Harris was awarded a $380,000 settlement in September 2000." 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Coon Hunt Walk Around" from Banjo Without a Master by Frank Converse (1865). My instrument is an 1880s Buckbee banjo with 1903 Farmer tonering. Tuning ~ gCGBD. 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Sally Brown" from 1980s recording of Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, and Christy Moore. My instrument is a 1940s Bacon "Belmont" banjo tuned ~ gCGCD. 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

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "You Don't Know My Darling" (You Don't Know My Babe) from a recording of John Snipes of Orange County, North Carolina. My instrument is an 1880s E.J. Cubley banjo tuned eAEG♯B ~ gCGBD. You don't know my darling you don't know my babe (x2) Long summer day it's a long summer day (x2) Come on boys let's go to hunting Dog in the woods and he done treed something Possum up a gum stump coon in the hollow Rabbit took a back track and stole a half-a-dollar 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks You Don't Know My Babe (John Snipes) 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