Clifton Hicks "Daniel Penny"

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Dan Penny was not guilty the jury said today (x2) When he killed poor Jordan Neely on the northbound F last May Jordan was an orphan that's how he went astray (x2) His mother she was murdered he never took his father's name He stepped on at 2nd Avenue where he flew into a rage (x2) The women all were frightened for they could not get away Enter Daniel Penny fresh from Camp Lejeune (x2) He threw his arms around him made him whistle a different tune

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I love how you're not afraid to speak the truth. Thanks, Clifton!

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

“Courage is being scared to death, and saddling up anyway.” - John Wayne

[@NarcanMedic]

Another honest, relevant, traditional ballad of our times. Strong work brother.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thanks a lot. Happy Yuletide to you & yourn!

[@BlindPigAndTheAcorn]

Clifton, you are the Man. Keep capturing and documenting national events in song for posterity, as only you can. :-)

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thank you, sir. It's not much of a song, but I think it needs to be sung. Wishing you & yourn a peaceful Yuletide. 🎄

[@KittSpiken]

Never let anyone tell you our culture is dead, you just send them right here.

[@SloanHyde]

this is so awesome, keeping the traditional music alive and relevant to our own time

[@imahoare4742]

In 100 years these will be remembered like old gunfighter folk songs from the 1800s.

[@novocainesoul4529]

Bless Daniel Penny for protecting others, and Clifton to sing about him❤️

[@pokemonviolet5418]

Protecting all but one 💔

[@mike-0451]

@@pokemonviolet5418it’s a tragedy and that’s all there is. Man is so feeble. That’s why Christ made weakness unbreakable when the gates of hades themselves were also broken.

[@KittSpiken]

Lovely melody, appropriately restrained; telling the story in itself.

[@InnawoodsAnon]

He deserves dozens of folk hero songs. Well done.

[@valor101arise]

These songs are so important that you are writing because they are our story

[@dalemoss4684]

@@valor101arise exactly they are like 19th century gunfighter ballads but about our times..

[@katieduvall4516]

Love this song, celebrating a hero in the old time way. Thank God for Daniel Penny, and others like him. I pray God give us each the strength to stand up to evil when we see it, regardless of the consequences.

[@ulfskinn1458]

In the end we will win.

[@springheeljak145]

Great song. You're totally on point.

[@vincentboyle3032]

The past is the future, the future is the past, That’s what’s awesome about Clifton and his Banjo, Simple, traditional, American music.

[@mikeb3603]

Well done! A song that needed singing!❤

[@PermacultureAppalachia]

Yes, indeed.

[@tylerjgifford]

Looking and sounding great.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Right back at ya big boss

[@timmyg4295]

Another great job!!!!! Cheers from Windsor Canada!!!!

[@timmyg4295]

@Gravelpitdiver ha ha ha! People here are freaking out about that. I think it's hilarious!! I love it.

[@victorguzman6595]

Wow Clifton I hope you realize that you are documenting history as it is playing out right before our eyes. Maybe one day when we are long gone someone will write and do a song about you. God speed my friend

[@GarlicGoblin]

Awesome. I always love your songs Clifton

[@TheOneAndOnlyFloridaMan]

In the tradition of the old ballads. Good tune Mr Hicks.

[@Vingul]

Nice! I was happy to hear that he was found not guilty. Love the last line, lol.

[@davidjerezgomez]

Awesome! Thank you, Clifton. This is how we keep folk tradition alive. Borrow the old tunes to sign out our present days.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thank you. Glad you're enjoying the tunes.

[@davidjerezgomez]

@ Always, Clifton! Fortunate to have your music and living example of the folk tradition that I love. Thank you! Wishing I could listen to your music live and meet you in person one day!

[@gadsdenconsulting7126]

Well done, sir!! Daniel Penny is an American hero!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇲

[@krimskrams]

i feel transported back in time to where this style of telling stories and the news was real and fresh. this is great!

[@shigella63]

Excellent!

[@AshInTrees]

Love the song and the stash.

[@countrymusicpride]

I wanted this from you, but didn't think wed be so lucky for you to actually do it. Thank you. Grace and peace brother (by the way, man, your looking and sounding great!!! Pro Rege!!!)

[@HankMorris-el6jg]

I’m glad to see you writing, thanks

[@gatekeeper1406]

I listened to "O' Death" and it's just to good

[@ronniebaker7341]

an orphan who's Dad came back to collect a check

[@MuddyGutSailingAndOutdoors]

Just earlier today I was watching your vids and wondering when you might post again then, POOF! Here you are. Merry Christmas to you and yours Clifton.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

[@johnburnett5377]

Chilling, literally.

[@tmo7734]

Thanks, Clifton. Always a pleasure. Happy holidays to you and your family.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thanks. And to yours.

[@jordangourley3955]

Based.

[@richardparker7121]

Yeah based like Mangione

[@My12521252]

Absolutely fantastic!!

[@backtobasicswithdarrenpenl7721]

Love the song!

[@sski]

Well done, Clifton!

[@lennardperry5184]

nicely done thank you

[@TheDeviIDogg]

It's a tale of what happens when our leaders who are meant to take care of us don't do anything and we have to do what we need to

[@coonplatoon]

Never been this early to a drop before. 20 minutes! Golly gee willickers

[@Jemeysontaylor3]

Absolutely true!

[@napolisquared]

I can't agree more with the rest of the comments. Plus 'Daniel Penny' just plain makes for a good song name

[@thesaladman3573]

Beautiful folk tune you’ve got here, a quick tutorial on this would be greatly appreciated👍.

[@KB8Killa]

This is amazing

[@SP-ny7lw]

God bless Daniel Penny and God bless Clifton Hicks!

[@michaelchan9698]

Oh Thank god we finally have someone not afraid to speak the truth

[@galedavis3198]

CH knocks it outa the park one more time.

[@dfgyuhdd]

Dan Penny is a name fit for a folk ballad, maybe because it has the same cadence as John Henry.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Dan Penny may be the most American name I've ever heard.

[@Anaris10]

SWEET!

[@justin_smith556]

It was the ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse that lead to me discovering this channel 🖤

[@krux5506]

Good to see & hear ya Clif, nice job.

[@waldirnacarath]

based

[@beebeau-fq8ec]

The Lord's work!

[@rattyfingers8621]

Quick! Post this on Bluesky!😊

[@andyrobertson170]

Love it 🔥

[@PermacultureAppalachia]

Animo et Fide.

[@mike-0451]

This is the real truth. The tragedy and the reality and the tragedy of the reality.

[@792slayer]

I was here for the Ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse. Nice he's keeping the tradition alive.

[@Townes.VanZandt]

Yup!

[@tomsmith476]

Remind me of The ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse let's hope this produces as much salty liberal tears as that song does thank you Clifton for releasing this

[@nyx5743]

Heck yeah

[@brofist8696]

Great job. Sometimes, SOMETIMES, we are able to eek an ounce of justice out of this horrible, corrupt system.

[@brianstearskingnothing]

Shared

[@PHIL-ts8si]

i been waiting to hear this one one 💀

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thanks a lot, Phil.

[@chuckmaxfield7787]

It always sucks to see someone getting the shaft for doing the right thing. I'm glad the jury saw what he did for them. Subway is terrible.

[@danvankouwenberg7234]

Thank you for the song and thank you for not being a commie.

[@CIA_Farts]

I like the nuance in this one. Jordan was a young man. He had problems caused, at least, by a turbulent past. The popular idea is that as adults, we are ultimately responsible for our actions and their consequences. I don't deny this, but there's several lives lived before adulthood in which our hearts and minds are formed and the conditions are largely out of our control and often levied upon us without consent. He became a threat and was handled as one. We can condemn his actions while also feeling sympathy for him having had ended up that way.

[@DreadRaider]

👍

[@CIA_Farts]

I would like to hear your take on the Brian Thompson incident.

[@joeoak7090]

💪😎✊🏁

[@xkidmidnightx]

Eagerly awaiting the seethe

[@richardparker7121]

FREE LUIGI ,Luigi Mangione, TRUE HERO & POLITICAL PRISONER 💯🎉🎉🎉

[@xkidmidnightx]

Daniel and Luigi are both heroes

[@Anaris10]

NO

[@mike-0451]

He widowed a wife and practically orphaned two kids. Healthcare and insurance are evil, but murder courts murder. If we tolerate murder then we tolerate hypocrisy and evil.

[@armyof12monkeyss]

Hahaha awesome

[@jacobalexander7192]

Great stuff bro. You still a vegan??

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

I quit store-bought meat/eggs about 8 years ago (everyone should; it’s filth) and gave up hunting 6 years ago. I ate a strip of deer jerky 2 years ago. Haven’t been able to drink milk for 14 years (feels like someone shoving a dagger up my ass). Never been _vegan._

[@lil--mo2025]

First

[@Groundskeeper-c4n]

🕯☕️👍

[@cakensteak]

Huh? He didn't kill anybody.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

According to medical examiner, unfortunately he did.

[@NotTheRealRustyShackleford]

Nice! Can't wait to see seething commenters here just like the Rittenhouse ballad, lol.

[@jakemitts7829]

I’ll preface this by saying that I love your channel and your music. I’ve learned so much from watching your videos and really appreciate everything you do. But I have to admit that I personally wish you didn’t want to make a song standing by this guy. I do agree with you that he should have been acquitted, but I think it is a gray area on whether the force was excessive, and the reason you and many others feel motivated to make a hero out of him (rather than any of the many other vigilante heroes we have here in America) is because the media is trying to divide us by focusing on controversial figures like Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny. There’s no reason we have to be a part of their game and lean hard into our “camp” for whether a controversial figure was right or wrong for what they did

[@aaronflinner6431]

I think he’s doing a good thing by putting the reality of American history, current history, into tradition music form. This is something that has been done in many cultures, and in American culture, to help preserve the stories that teach the lessons we learn as a nation in a way that helps us remember. The stories are kept alive through this.

[@danvankouwenberg7234]

I have to disagree. We have to call out these political prosecutions. I'm not sure Daniel Penny would have been considered a hero 20 years ago, but these days most men are fine seeing vulnerable people being harassed and beaten in these cities. So relative to most men these days, what he did was courageous and selfless. He was prosecuted because he is Euro American and Neeley is not. So we should in my opinion celebrate when an innocent person goes free, while we are sad that a troubled man lost his life.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Women and children were in danger; one man fought to protect them, and for his trouble was thrown in jail. On the day that man was exonerated, I wrote a song about what happened. Everything in my song is factual.

[@aaronflinner6431]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo I’m with you brother. A man threatening women and children is still a dangerous person even if they do have troubles that can be blamed on a hard life. There is never a situation where a person can say that a man was justified in making death threats to fellow humans who had never done him harm. He was an aggressor, while Penny was a shield to the innocent. Anyway, I agree it’s very sad that a man’s life ended this way. However, it was an unfortunate consequence of his own actions.

[@Et111thompson]

Legendary

[@DawgBite7734]

Epic