Clifton Hicks

Fred Van Eps - Dixie Medley (1912)

I learned "Hard, Ain't It Hard" from a 1940s recording of Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie. My instrument is a circa 1860 parolor guitar made by James Ashborn in New York.

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Two White Horses" from a 1949 recording of John Lee Hooker. It is almost the same tune as Dock Boggs' "Rub Alcohol Blues," recorded in 1927 or '29. Same tuning as "False Hearted Lover's Blues." 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 #blues #JohnLeeHooker #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks 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 the Indian Removal Act of 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 conspicuously absent from this version, 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. (From page 143, The Revivalist: A New Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, by 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." (From page 281, Rural Life And Culture In The Upper Cumberland, by Birdwell & Dickinson, 2004.) BanjoHeritage.com http://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://BanjoHeritage.com I learned "False Hearted Lover's Blues" from a 1927 recording of Moran Lee "Dock" Boggs. The melody is borrowed from the earlier ballad, "Hustling Gamblers," also known as "Country Blues." Other notable recordings have been contributed by Ralph Stanley, Levon Helm, Riley Baugus, and Hank III. My instrument is an 1888 Thomposon & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ f♯DGAD. 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #blues #banjo #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer #DockBoggs

Support this project 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Have you ever wondered what the original Rebel Yell sounded like? These are real recordings of Confederate veterans demonstrating the old southern battle cry. Thomas Alexander was a private in the 37th North Carolina Infantry Regiment (CSA), who enlisted at Charlotte in 1862, and was wounded in the leg at Fusel's Mill in 1864. His recording begins first, and lingers after the others have faded out. 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 BanjoHeritage.com https://BanjoHeritage.com #RebelYell #Confederacy #confederates #confederate #rebels #rebelpride #southernpride #southernhistory #Americanhistory #UShistory #CivilWar #AmericanCivilWar #CivilWarHistory #MilitaryHistory #veterans

Get the TAB 👉 https://BanjoHeritage.com I learned "Southern Texas" from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. It is related to the WW1 ballad, "Old German War," and the early 19th-century ballad, "The Texas Rangers." My instrument is an 1888 Luscomb banjo tuned f♯DGAD ~ d♯BEF#B. 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #banjo #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry #banjomusic #banjoplayer

Get the TAB 👉 https://BanjoHeritage.com I learned "Drunkard's Lone Child" from a 1960s recording of Dock Boggs of Wise County, Virginia. My instrument is a Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned d♯BEF♯B ~ f♯DGAD. 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

George "Shortbuckle" Roark of Pineville, Kentucky, performs "Hand Me Down My Walking Cane" on the 5-string banjo in 1938.

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Southern Texas" (an adaptation of the earlier ballad, "Texas Rangers") from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. My instrument is an 1888 Luscomb banjo tuned ~ f♯DGAD. Way down in southern Texas where I rejoined to stay I left my kind old parents when their hair was turning grey, I joined them dying cowboys I knew I had to ride I climbed up in the saddle and bid this world goodbye. I saw them Indians coming I heard them give their yell My feelings at that moment no human's tongue can tell, My horse she got excited she could not stand still The firelight from our pistols looked like sunshine on the hill. My friends shot down beside me tears falling from my face O how I love you brother but I can't take your place, And then I thought of Mother who said in tears to me To you they are all strangers at home you'd better be. I thought her old and childish the best she did not know My mind was set on ranging so westward I did go, Way down in southern Texas where I rejoined to stay I left my kind old parents when their hair was turning grey. Website http://BanjoHeritage.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.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 #corrido #banjo #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #outlawcountry

Get the TAB 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "You Shall Be Free" from a 1920s recording of Bill and Belle Reed. Little is known of the duo beyond their stage names, yet they were libeled by the owners of Dust-to-Digital in a recent The New York Times interview. While the song does contain numerous racial epithets, it does not contain any reference to lynching, as was falsely claimed by April and Lance Ledbetter. I contacted the Ledbetters and the NYT journalist to explain their error and request a correction, to no avail. The verse in question: "Some folks say a ****** won't steal But I caught three in my corn field, One had a bushel the other had a peck One had a ROASTING EAR around his neck." This was misquoted by the Ledbetters as: "... One had a ROPE TIED around his neck." The Reeds never "jubilantly harmonized about a lynching," as the Ledbetters claim. The verse may actually reference a traditional corn shucking game that centered around red ears of maize: "The kiss was actually part of a longstanding tradition during the time of the annual corn-shucking. Tradition said that any boy who found a red ear of corn could kiss the girl of his choosing." https://leelofland.com/a-red-ear-of-corn-a-kiss-and-mass-murder/ "As they husked, and as the piles of yellow corn grew larger, the young men kept a lookout for a mutation, a red ear of corn. Not quite as hard as searching for a needle in a haystack, but only one or two of the ears out of the gigantic pile would be red. It was however the true prize, because the man who found a red ear of corn got to kiss a girl of his choosing." https://forgottenstories.net/2012/09/02/looking-for-a-red-ear/ "Hence, the colonials used finding a red ear of corn as a courtship ritual, and those who found red corn were permitted to the publicly kiss the person of his/her choice, an activity that would normally be scorned by the Puritans." https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-did-red-ear-corn-signify-463080 Banjo Heritage http://BanjoHeritage.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #dusttodigital​ #outlawcountry

Get the TAB 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "You Shall Be Free" from a 1920s recording of Bill and Belle Reed. Little is known of the duo beyond their stage names, yet they were libeled by the owners of @Dust-to-Digital in a recent @The New York Times interview. The song does contain numerous racial epithets, but it does not contain any reference to lynching, as was falsely claimed by April and Lance Ledbetter. I contacted both the Ledbetters and the NYT journalist to explain the error and request a correction, but my messages were ignored. The verse in question: "Some folks say a ****** won't steal But I caught three in my corn field, One had a bushel the other had a peck One had a _roasting_ _ear_ around his neck." This was misquoted by the Ledbetters as: "... One had a _rope_ _tied_ around his neck." The Reeds never "jubilantly harmonized about a lynching," as claimed by the Ledbetters. The truth is that they harmonized about a traditional courtship game; one that involved the use of red maize as a symbol of virility. "The kiss was actually part of a longstanding tradition during the time of the annual corn-shucking. Tradition said that any boy who found a red ear of corn could kiss the girl of his choosing." https://leelofland.com/a-red-ear-of-corn-a-kiss-and-mass-murder/ "As they husked, and as the piles of yellow corn grew larger, the young men kept a lookout for a mutation, a red ear of corn. Not quite as hard as searching for a needle in a haystack, but only one or two of the ears out of the gigantic pile would be red. It was however the true prize, because the man who found a red ear of corn got to kiss a girl of his choosing." https://forgottenstories.net/2012/09/02/looking-for-a-red-ear/ "Hence, the colonials used finding a red ear of corn as a courtship ritual, and those who found red corn were permitted to the publicly kiss the person of his/her choice, an activity that would normally be scorned by the Puritans." https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-did-red-ear-corn-signify-463080 Banjo Heritage http://BanjoHeritage.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.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 #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #dusttodigital​

Get the TAB 👉 https://BanjoHeritage.com eBEF♯B ~ gDGAD. I composed "Ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse" a few days after its protagonist killed two men, and wounded a third, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The melody is my original arrangement of a traditional English call-and-response number known by various titles, including "Edward," "My Son David," "Henry," "What Put the Blood," "How Came That Blood," etc. (Child 13; Roud 200). 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://BanjoHeritage.com I learned "Drunkard's Lone Child" from a 1960s performance of Dock Boggs recorded by Mike Seeger for the Smithsonian Institute. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned ~ f♯DGAD. 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Come all you friends and neighbors a story I will tell Concerning Kyle Rittenhouse and the criminals that he killed, While in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in sorrow and in strife A gang of thugs flew upon him they tried to take his life The raper, Joseph Rosenbaum, was first to strike a blow But Kyle turned and faced the foe, with his rifle laid him low, Then little Tony Huber came skating to the fray But Kyle drew a bead on him and he took his life away The last to try young Rittenhouse was pistol packing Gaige But Kyle blew his arm in two and Gaige did run away, Kyle Rittenhouse is innocent, it's only common sense For he did not do nothing wrong, he fought in self defense. SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks Merch http://www.BanjoHeritage.org Website http://BanjoHeritage.com Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc3ZY6LTVWkfxvsEPUV iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/clifton-hicks/1437321931 Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #rittenhouse #kylerittenhouse #kenosha #2A

Clifton Hicks performs "German War" at the Birthplace of Country Music Museum in Bristol, Tennessee, in 2018.

Banjo Heritage 👉 http://www.BanjoHeritage.com Clifton Hicks interview filmed in Boone, North Carolina, in 2013. 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 members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://BanjoHeritage.com I learned "Death and the Lady" (Roud 1031) from a recording of Norma Waterson & Martin Carthy. It's earliest entry in The Roud Folk Song Index is dated 1778. Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/clifton... Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc... iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cli... PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo Venmo https://venmo.com/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fR... #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Get the TAB 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Little Grey Mule" (The Wild Boar) from a 1960s film clip of Roscoe Holcomb of Daisy, Kentucky. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned gCGCD ~ fB♭FBC. 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 YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Get the TAB 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "The Drunkard's Doom" (I Saw a Man at the Close of Day) from Matt Kinman in Watauga County, North Carolina. My instrument is a fretless gourd banjo by Jeff Menzies, tuned d♯CFB♭C ~ fDGCD. 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 YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Banjo Heritage 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Drunkard's Doom" (I Saw a Man at the Close of Day) from Matt Kinman in Watauga County, North Carolina. My instrument is a 5-string gourd banjo made in Jamaica by Jeff Menzies ~ fDGCD. I saw a man at the close of day Standing by the grocery door, His eyes were sunken his lips were parched I viewed him o'er and o'er. His little son stood by his side And unto him he said, "Dear Father, Mother is sick at home And Sister cries for bread." But he turned away he walked inside He staggered up to the bar, And to the landlord he did say "Bring me one drink more." Then one day when I chanced that way A crowd stood 'round the door, Inquiring why, one's reply Was, "The drunkard is no more." Then a hearse rolled slowly by No wife nor children trailed, They'd gone before their murderer And left this world of pain. Come all you jolly dram drinkers A warning by this take, And quit your overflowing bowl Before it is too late. Notable recordings of this song have been made by Grayson & Whitter, The Louvin Brothers, Doc Boggs & Clarence Ashley, Ted Chestnut, Doc Roberts, Asa Martin, etc. 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 YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo #gourdbanjo #afrocaribbean #madeinjamacia

Get the TAB 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Marching Through Georgia" from a recording of the Clyde and Ralph Troxell -- the Troxell Brothers. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" give-string banjo tuned fCFAC ~ gDGBD. 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 YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fRKB_T-2yrNajqoz9VWAg/join Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Get the TAB 👉 https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Poor Boy Long Way from Home" from a 1985 live recording of Virgil Anderson at Berea, Kentucky. My instrument is an 1888 Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo ~ fDGCD. Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com Merch https://www.BanjoHeritage.org Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fQxc... iTunes https://music.apple.com/us/artist/cli... PayPal https://paypal.me/cliftonhicksbanjo YouTube members-only https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0fR... Patreon https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks #CliftonHicks #BanjoHeritage #banjo #oldtimemusic #bluegrass #folkmusic #countrymusic #blues #tradmusic #worldmusic #afrobeat #rootsmusic #appalachia #americana #clawhammerbanjo #oldtimebanjo #OldLeatherstocking #mountainbanjo

Enroll Now 👉 https://BanjoHeritage.com/banjo-heritage-sales I am now accepting students for my new Banjo Heritage online course. Follow the link above to learn about everything included in the new course. #BanjoHeritage #CliftonHicks #banjo #banjos #banjomusic #oldtimebanjo #oldtimemusic #clawhammerbanjo #bluegrassbanjo

Steve Kruger - I Feel Sorry For You Filmed by Clifton Hicks at Boone, North Carolina (2008).