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Handmade mountain banjo by Clifton Hicks - yellow poplar and black walnut.
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Oldtime banjo close ups and demonstrations of overhand, clawhammer, two finger, thumb lead, 2 finger, frailing and stroke styles plus traditional southern Appalachian mountain hoedown and early minstrel show techniques. History, anthropology, folklore, research and musicology including breakdowns, blues, waltz pieces, tin pan alley, some Afro-Caribbean and West African history, occasional Cajun and zydeco references, also Métis, Creole, Melungeon and indigenous North American music traditions. Mountain music, southern culture. George Gibson, Ernie Williams, Cousin Emmy, Dock Boggs, Rufus Crisp, Virgil Anderson, Lily May Ledford, Roscoe Holcomb, Tab Ward, Frank Proffitt, Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Lee Sexton, Morgan Sexton, Lead Belly, Pete Steele, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, JD Crowe, Clarence Ashley, Fred Cockerham, Dwight Diller, Gaither Carlton, John Snipes, Dink Roberts, Clifford Essex, Joe Sweeney, Archibald Ferguson, Dan Emmett, John Hartford, Picayune Butler, Gus Cannon, Art Rosenbaum, Grandpa Jones, Snuffy Jenkins, Buell Kazee, Bascam Lamar Lunsford, Uncle Dave Macon, Tommy Makem, Luke Kelly, Charlie Poole, Ola Belle Reed, BF Shelton, Hobart Smith, Samantha Bumgarner, Peggy Seeger, Mike Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Ralph Stanley, Odell Thompson, Wade Ward, Hedy West, Fred McDowell, Uncle Homer Walker, Mississippi John Hurt old time, folk, trad roots pickers songsters. #banjo #oldtimemusic #history Riley Baugus, Dirk Powell, Gillian Welch, Maybelle Carter Family. Morgan Sexton, Black Banjo Songsters, Lee Sexton, Clyde Troxell, Blanche Coldiron, Banjo Bill Cornett.

[@KM-om1dy]

Wow beautiful!! 🌺

[@charlesgrimm13]

I like the three little leafs towards the bottom of the neck, on the rear. Nice touch! Keep up the great work!

[@DanDDirges]

The new banjo looks and sounds fantastic! I like the thicker neck! Great job playing Peg and Awl !

[@nathanielrossi9659]

Wow good job recently i been thinking of building my own banjo an i actually knew who you were an am surprised that you made banjos too. This helped me figure out how i was going to do the fifth string you have a good idea doing it from the back

[@drewby613]

Sounds really good!!! I love that hybrid two-finger/frailing thing, too (2:50). You're mixing that with full-one clawhammer, too, so you get a really rich mix of rhythmic elements. I'm keeping this in mind for when mine is done.

[@xZombee]

Oh the banjo sounds wonderful. Thank you for sharing! You alone have convinced me to have a closer look (and learning) some "two finger style" (a long way there still). Take care!

[@fuchsiasaville]

Clever folks 😊

[@terryfinley7760]

Sounds great!!

[@charlesgrimm13]

Clifton, do you have any tips on navigating a fretless Banjo?

[@theorthodoxredneck1887]

That is a nice one!

[@tholmichael6032]

Great

[@Peter-gw6ur]

Ace!

[@SquirrelsForAll]

The instrument sounds very, very nice. Very warm with a great deal of character.

[@bereaben83]

Would love for you to build me a banjo! How can I contact you to discuss a project?

[@Aruroot]

Do you have blueprints for this style banjo i cannot find any good set of prints thanks

[@NickleJ]

Foxfire 3

[@robertbritten3455]

Hi Clifton. For my Mountain banjo build I'm trying to decide whether to go with the 10 1/4 inch pot head and the 6 1/4 inches goat skin head, or to scale up to a 12 inch pot head with a 8 inch goat skin head. I have the Foxfire #3 & 6 on order from the book store and wanted to ask you if the book plans mention the back angle of the neck. I screen saved a blue print of a mountain banjo design and the neck without peg head is 21 inches long from nut to banjo pot. So what kind of scale would this neck need.

[@MrHacienda1]

Is that tail piece walnut? Did you make it?

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Yes, I think it was a piece of black walnut. I made every piece on that banjo!

[@MrHacienda1]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo thanks so much Clifton

[@krisfiskle]

Truly amazing, the playing a be the banj'r ..so great man