Banjo Heritage ? https://patreon.com/CliftonHicks I learned "Old Coon Dog" (Turkey Buzzard) from a 1930s recording of J.M. Mullins made by Lomax. My instrument is a 1990s Bob Flesher minstrel-style, fretless banjo patterned after a William Boucher design from the 1840s. 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 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yk1WarqkEvc

Banjo Heritage ? https://Patreon.com/CliftonHicks 01:55 Cool folk art banjo c. 1900-1950? 03:57 "Old Leatherstocking" Rector was a white banjo player in Kentucky during 1700s. 05:30 Banjo entered Kentucky as early as 1781 via enslaved Virginians. 08:28 Arguing about _the_ _first_ "white" banjoist... 09:22 Why the Minstrel First theory is BOGUS. 10:13 Banjos were already popular & widespread by 1740! 10:57 Runaway slave adverts mentioning banjos. 13:10 English folk songs on 5-string banjo? 14:06 Sam Shackleton, young Scottish banjoist. 14:34 G minor and other tunings for British folk songs. 15:17 "Little Gold Fiddle," rare cante-fable from George Gibson. 18:08 Jake Book, young folk musician in northern Kentucky. 18:47 switching between 2-finger & overhand (clawhammer) mid-song? 21:54 How did Clifton Hicks & George Gibson meet? 27:15 George Gibson was born in a log house in 1938, in a banjo-playing community. 27:41 Jerron Paxton on Uncle Dave Macon... 28:30 Making changes to traditional songs. 31:20 Developing "cultural literacy" and "historical literacy." 31:40 Emulating Dock Boggs' & George Gibson's 3-finger picking. 32:15 Composing old-sounding lyrics that seamlessly mesh with traditional songs. 33:57 Fake "old-time" and typewriter banjo players from the urban northeast... 34:55 How our modern "old-time" music actually originated in 1960s New York... 35:10 How the term "clawhammer" emerged in the 1960s urban folk revival scene. 36:33 Stereotypes of Southerners, rednecks, hillbillies, crackers, etc. 37:10 Authentic historical terms for "clawhammer" and other styles. 41:45 1960s banjo contests; more on the term "clawhammer." 44:40 Learning overhand vs 2-finger & 3-finger picking. 44:55 Crooked & ignorant contest judges: nepotism & cultural strip-mining. 45:44 19th-century banjo contests were determined by VOTE, not "judges." 49:50 John Haywood & George Gibson. 51:10 Geographic, regional differences in banjo styles (the East Kentucky double-shuffle lick). 55:20 Does tablature slow you down in the long run? YES. 56:41 Digital electric tuners... 57:51 Banjo history book recommendations (Epstein, Dubois, Winans, Gibson, et al.) 1:01:09 Pete Seeger's banjo style. 1:01:57 Learning by ear vs learning from tab. 1:06:40 Are urban folk revivals ultimately a net positive or negative phenomena? 1:08:30 Academics co-opting, corrupting, bastardizing, & monetizing traditions (racism, classism). 1:11:11 Cousin Emmy, Grandpa Jones & first documentation of the term "frailing" banjo style. 1:13:43 Zack Sokolow, California banjoist. 1:15:22 Watauga County Hicks relatives, Hicks family geneology. 1:18:06 Up-picking and down-picking at the same time + percussion techniques. SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/cliftonhicks Bandcamp http://cliftonhicks.bandca ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=988quNQUgRg