Clifton Hicks

I learned "No More the Moon Shines on Lorena" from Jerron Paxton. My instrument is an 1888 E.J. Cubley tuned ~ gCGCD.

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Don't Go Riding Down That Old Texas Trail" (gDGBD) from a recording of Lawrence Eller (banjo & vocals), Vaughn Eller (guitar), and Ross Brown (fiddle) of Towns County, Georgia. My instrument is an 1888 E.J. Cubley banjo tuned fCFAC ~ gDGBD. These nights are getting mighty long (x2) These nights are getting long I'm singing you this song Don't go riding down that old Texas Trail! Don't go riding down that old Texas Trail (x2) Don't go riding down that trail I weep and I wail Don't go riding down that old Texas Trail! Honey babe you know you done me wrong (x2) You know you done me wrong I'm singing you this song Don't go riding down that old Texas Trail! Don't go riding down that old Texas Road (x2) Don't go riding down that road carrying such a heavy load Don't go riding down that old Texas Road! 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

I learned "Hook & Line" and "She's On the Road Somewhere" (Mule to Ride) from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. My instrument is a c. 1910 Weymann "Keystone State" #banjo tuned ~ gCGCD. Filmed by Craig Evans at Copperhill, Tennessee (2018).

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/ Clifton Hicks - William Taylor ~ 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 E.J. Cubley manufactured banjos in Ravenswood, Illinois (Chicago) between 1881 and 1891. Many Cubleys appear to be copies of Buckbee and Dobson designs, but this example is clearly a knock-off J.F. Luscomb's 1888 patent made by Thompson & Odell in Philadelphia. 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 "Don't Go Riding Down that Old Texas Trail" from a 1980s recording of Lawrence Eller & Ross Brown of Towns County, Georgia. 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 "East Virginia" (~ gDGCD) from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. Alternate titles include "East Virginia Blues" and "Greenback Dollar." I'd rather be in some dark hollow Where the sun don't never shine, Than to see you with some other And to know that you'd never be mine 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

00:00 "Banjo music played and sung by Virgil Anderson at the Appalachian Studies Conference at Berea College 03/30/85." 02:00 "Guitar tune played and sung by Virgil Anderson at the Berea College Celebration of Traditional Music 10/31/81." #banjo #guitar #blues #bluegrass #countrymusic #oldtimemusic #folkmusic #americanamusic

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Played on a 1940s (Gretsch) Bacon "Belmont" banjo tuned eAEAB ~ gCGCD. I learned "Indian Tribes of Tennessee" from recordings of Addie Graham, L.P. Carlock, Dee Hicks, and Bessford Hicks. Alternate titles include "The Cumberland," "Old Cumberland Land," and "Pioneer's Letter." It's mention of indigenous society in eastern Tennessee suggests the song was composed before 1830. Many versions of the song include a reference to prehistoric mound-building in the area: "I found six hundred human graves all walled inside Freemason works, which made me think in days gone by some human race did pass this place." The above verse is absent from the version below, printed in 1853: When I first started away from you, With grief and sorrow and trouble too, You gave to me the parting hand, And wished me safe on the Cumberland. When we were on the ice and snow, It rained it hailed the wind did blow, And some of us did mourn and cry, To think with cold we all must die. But bless the Lord some relief is found, We're landed here both safe and sound, In a lonesome place but fruitful soil There's milk and wine, and corn and oil. I have one more line to write to you Religion's dull and preachers few, We're here in peace and like to be With the Indian tribe on the Tennessee. My friends behind I would like to see If from this task I could get free, To preach I'm bound and may it be With the Indian tribe on the Tennessee. And if on earth we meet no more I hope to meet on Canaan's shore, And there we'll sing and happy be With the Indian tribe on the Tennessee. - The Revivalist: A New Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Glass,1853) "But a lesser-known song paints an even more particular picture of the area; this remarkable ballad is known variously as “Old Cumberland Land,” “The Cumberland,” or “The Indian Tribes of Tennessee.” An epistolary ballad in the form of a letter written by a woman who came from the East coast to settle with her family on the Cumberland Plateau, it told about the hardships they had to endure and the natural beauty they witnessed: The day that I parted away from you In sorrow, grief, and trouble too, You gave to me your parting hand, And wished me safe on the Cumberland. Then on our journey we did steer, O’er hills and valleys and rivers clear, Through a desert place in a barren land, We steered our course for the Cumberland. When we got there, there was ice and snow; It rained and hailed and the wind did blow, Which caused us all to weep and cry, Staying here with cold we all must die. But thank the Lord our health we found; We landed here both safe and sound, In the happy land, Oh the fertile soil: Here’s milk, here’s wine, both corn and oil. We saw ten thousand human graves, All walled in with mason’s sign, Which made me think in the days of old, Some human race had passed this place. I’ve nothing more to write to you, Since preaching’s scarce, and religion’s low, We’re here in love, peace, and hope to be, With the Indian Tribes in Tennessee. My love to you I can’t unfold, It’s like some lovely ring of gold, It’s round, it’s pure, Oh: it has no end, So is my love to you my friend. "This particular version of the song was collected in 1935 from L. P. Carlock of Alpine, in Overton County; it had been handed down from father to son in his family. Other versions of the song have been found in southeastern Kentucky, in Fentress County, and in Crossville. Some omit the stanza about 'ten thousand human graves' walled in with 'the mason’s sign,' which possibly referred to Indian graveyards. Indian symbols would seem strange to settlers in the way a secret Masonic sign would seem strange. Few songs give as gripping a picture of the cruel winters that faced settlers in the wild new land on the Cumberland Plateau." - Rural Life And Culture In The Upper Cumberland (Birdwell & Dickinson, 2004) 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

Lawrence Eller #banjo, Vaughn Eller #guitar, and others perform "John Henry" at Upper Hightower, Hiawassee, Georgia. Filmed by Alan Lomax (1982).

George Gibson - Hand Me Down My Old Suitcase. Cole "Eclipse" #5stringbanjo with custom neck by Doug Unger ~ gCGCD. From the film, Just Around the Bend, by Mike Seeger.

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks When the Great New England Hurricane of 1938 swept up the east coast it wiped out Fred Bacon's state-of-the-art banjo factory in Groton, Connecticut. By 1939 Gretsch was producing Bacon & Day banjos under license, and by the end of 1940 had bought the Bacon name as well. This Bacon "Belmont" banjo was produced by Gretsch between 1946 and 1950 for Montgomery Ward, who offered it "with pick and instructions" for $75. Seventy-five U.S. dollars in 1949 was worth about $860 in today's money. 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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Digital Library of Georgia 👉 https://dlg.usg.edu/ Mabel Cawthorn (Maybel Cawthorn) plays "Old Reuben" and "John Henry" on the 5-string banjo at her home near Carnesville, Georgia on 25 September 1985. 00:04 "Old Reuben" (Train 45, 500 Miles, Reuben's Train) 01:39 "John Henry" Source: Arthur S. Rosenbaum Georgia Folklore Collection, University of Georgia.

Coy Morton of Knott County, Kentucky, plays "Fox Chase" on the #banjo. From the film, TOMORROW'S PEOPLE, by Gene DuBey (1973).

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Brother Green" (The Dying Soldier) from a 1920s recording of Rev. Buell Kazee of Magoffin County, Kentucky. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned eBEG♯B (three frets below gDGBD). I'm using La Bella No. 17 nylon strings, and a 5/8" maple bridge by Joel Hooks. Oh brother Green come kneel by me For I am shot and bleeding, Now I must die no more to see My wife and my dear children. The southern foe has laid me low On this cold ground to suffer, Stay brother stay and lay me away And write my wife a letter. Tell her that I'm prepared to die And that we'll meet in Heaven, For I believe in Jesus Christ My sins are all forgiven. Go tell my wife she must not grieve Go kiss my dearest children, For they will call for me in vain When I am gone to heaven. 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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Clifton Hicks - Ida Red (Down the Road) ~ 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 YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Wild Bill Jones - Traditional Guitar Lesson DADGAD SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Patreon https://www.patreon.com/cliftonhicks

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Wild Bill Jones" from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. George played it on a 6-string guitar-banjo tuned DADGAD, with a worn-out 4th string in place of his 6th string. I've attempted to reproduce Gibson's method as closely as possible, including his instrumental run. Note, however, that George uses a three-finger picking style when playing guitar tunes, but I only use two. I went out on one day just a rambling holiday When I met up with that Wild Bill Jones, He was walking he was talking with my little doney gal So I bid him for to leaver her alone. He said my age is twenty-two Much too old for to be controlled, So I drew my revolver off from my side I destroyed that poor boy's soul. He fell to his knees then he laid on the ground And he gave one dying moan, Then he threw his arms up around her neck He said O darling you are left alone. Take down your long neck fifth and we'll all get on a spree For today was the last of that Wild Bill Jones, And tomorrow will be the last of me. [original verse by Clifton Hicks] Don't you tell my momma about the bad things I've done Won't you tell her just to pray for me, When I'm hanging on the hangman's tree? BanjoHeritage.com https://BanjoHeritage.com 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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Support 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 several songs 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 Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy Black Annie

Get the TAB 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Bright Sunny South" from a 1960s recording of Dock Boggs of Wise County, Virginia. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned fCFA♯C ~ gDGCD. In the bright sunny South in peace and content The days of my boyhood I scarcely have spent, From the deep flowing spring to the broad running stream Ever dear to my memory and sweet in my dreams. I will leave my confinement and comfort of life For the dangers of bloodshed privation and strife, I have come to conclose and reply with my word As I shoulder my musket and billet my sword. My father looked sad as he begged me to part My mother embraced me with anguish of heart, My beautiful sister looked pale in her woe As she grabbed me and blessed me and told me to go. Dear Father dear Father for me do not weep For on some high mountain I mean for to sleep, The dangers of war I intend for to share For sickness and death I intend to prepare. Dear Mother dear Mother for me do not weep For a mother's kind voice I ever will keep, You have taught me to be brave from a boy to a man Now I'm going in defense of our own native land. Dear Sister dear Sister I cannot tell the woe Your tears and your sorrow they trouble me so, But I must be a going for here I cannot stand I am going in defense of our own native land. BanjoHeritage.com https://BanjoHeritage.com 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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Bright Sunny South" from a 1960s recording of Dock Boggs of Wise County, Virginia. Other noteworthy versions have been recorded by Merle & doc Watson, and Alison Krauss & Dan Tyminski. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ gDGCD. In the bright sunny South in peace and content The days of my boyhood I scarcely have spent, From the deep flowing spring to the broad running stream Ever dear to my memory and sweet in my dreams. I will leave my confinement and comfort of life For the dangers of bloodshed privation and strife, I have come to conclose and reply with my word As I shoulder my musket and billet my sword. My father looked sad as he begged me to part My mother embraced me with anguish of heart, My beautiful sister looked pale in her woe As she grabbed me and blessed me and told me to go. Dear Father dear Father for me do not weep For on some high mountain I mean for to sleep, The dangers of war I intend for to share For sickness and death I intend to prepare. Dear Mother dear Mother for me do not weep For a mother's kind voice I ever will keep, You have taught me to be brave from a boy to a man Now I'm going in defense of our own native land. Dear Sister dear Sister I cannot tell the woe Your tears and your sorrow they trouble me so, But I must be a going for here I cannot stand I am going in defense of our own native land. BanjoHeritage.com https://BanjoHeritage.com 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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #civilwar #americancivilwar #confederate #confederacy #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned to play "Old Rub Alcohol Blues" from the original 1920s recording of Dock Boggs. It is similar to John Lee Hooker's "Two White Horses," and Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean." My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo, tuned eCFGC ~ f♯DGAD. Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com 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 BanjoHeritage.com https://BanjoHeritage.com #banjo #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Rub Alcohol Blues" from a 1929 recording of Dock Boggs. The tune is very similar to Blind Lemon Jefferson's "See That My Grave Is Kept Clean," and John Lee Hooker's "Two White Horses." My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo ~ f♯DGAD. Troubles up and down this lonesome road Trials all the way around, But I never knew what trouble was 'Til my darling threw me down. With nothing but old dirty ragged clothes My heart strings broken to shreds, Blues was creeping over my body Strange notions flying through my head. The easiest thing that I ever done Was loving and drinking wine, And the hardest thing I ever done Was keeping false charge over my mind. Well if wine and women don't kill I've one more method to try, Soaking up this old rub alcohol Wash these troubles off my mind. My pockets they are empty Like they've oftimes been before, If I ever reach my home again I'll walk these ties no more. When my earthly stay is over And my last goodbyes I've said, Bury me near my darling's doorstep Where the roses bloom and fade. BanjoHeritage.com https://BanjoHeritage.com 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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

"False Hearted Lover's Blues" by Dock Boggs - Banjo Lesson ~ f# DGAD

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Sam Stewart died in 1898, but instruments bearing his name continued to be made until World War 1. The high serial number and a few other details suggest this banjo was made circa 1900-1910. "S.S. STEWART. PHILA. PA. THE AMATEUR GRADE 2" serial # 71548 00:00 "Cluck Old Hen" [gDGCD] 06:30 "Wild Bill Jones" / "Cuckoo" 09:43 "East Virginia" SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com T-shirts https://cliftonhicks.myteespring.co/ 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 #banjo #folkmusic #history #cliftonhicks #banjoheritage