Old Leatherstocking - Drunkard's Lone Child - Banjo

[@lost_not_wondering]

Keep our heritage alive!

[@wolfchild9755]

Big revival of authentic music and culture goin on in the Appalachians ♥

[@Lizardmanisbest]

The Old Leatherstocking series would make a badass album. Keep it up, I love these tunes.

[@waltzingpeter]

You can get a leatherstocking album on itunes

[@jaywalker3087]

I'm in the UK and 64 . I've always thought it a shame to go through life without learning to play an instrument. Well , I'm retired now and after seeing you I have bought a banjo and am learning to play, at last. Thankyou so much for giving me the inspiration to finally join in..❤🎉😂😅

[@Glass_Of_Bromine]

im startin early at 15 haha

[@matthewtE]

​@NOSE_99 Just don't ever quit, or you'll regret it. 👍

[@annamossity8879]

Kudos to you both! I always wanted to play banjo too, maybe I will.

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

I'm a poor orphan child I must beg for my bread My father he's a drunkard my mother she is dead, I wander alone and I moan and I weep For the voice of my mother to sing me to sleep. It is springtime on Earth and the birds are so glad I listen and I wonder my heart is so sad, Sweet flowers in bloom and strangers pass by But the form of my mother no longer is nigh. She sleeps on a hill in a bed of cold clay How sad it did seem to lay mother away, She's gone with the angels but none do I see So dear was the love of my mother to me. Last night in my slumber she seemed to draw near She kissed me as sweetly as when she was here, She took me in her arms and she fondled my brow Said, "Sleep on, sweetheart, I'm a watching you now." But I'm alone all alone in this cold world so wild God look down and pity a drunkard's lone child, In pity look down and hasten to me Won't you take me to dwell with my mother and thee?

[@thenovicecraftsman712]

Oh dang, first comment!

[@LogarCreed]

Epic my friend, very very chilling! Merry Christmas be well, stay safe, and keep on Truckin.🎄🇨🇦😎

[@Highippie]

I love the soul that is in every song you play and sing😍 even in death my Momma wouldn't be loving like that.

[@jimmyreese918]

Wow!!! Very touching to the heart @ soul

[@Bordo430]

Is it nylon or metal strings?

[@ladyliss5516]

The shifty eyes in the beginning cracked me up This is the third song I’ve heard from you now and you gained a new sub from the first song 💕 You’re absolutely amazing I love it all; thank you so much for sharing with us x🤍o

[@redrabbit486]

Always love listening to your music when smoking or waiting for my shifts to start.

[@komamix]

This shit is fuckin dope as fuckin shit!!!!! Im puerto rican... not that doesnt matter but this transcends all... smart people with wonderful ears will only love this. Its gorgoeus

[@ggmann13]

lol wtf this fits so well with what Iron Mouse said about Pueto Ricans hahahah that is amazing.

[@alfredgregory6473]

It’s about time we have been missing the Stocking made from old leather😀👍

[@thenovicecraftsman712]

Wait.... how did you comment 4 hours ago? It's says this was just released an hour ago...

[@FuzzBass66]

Clifton, you're the genuine article. Another fantastic rendition, as real and authentic as can be. Well done.

[@gomertube]

Who's "Clifton"?

[@gregmccutchan.]

This may be Old Leatherstocking's best song yet. Excellent work, Mr. Hicks.

[@White20445]

The original is by Dock Boggs, Boggs didn't have nearly as good a voice as Leatherstocking though.

[@robertpaulson2842]

@@White20445 I hope Clifton Doesn't get a backing band, I love it being a solo performance

[@thepennsylvanian9280]

I visit my mother's grave once a week no matter what. This is a great song and performance. You my friend are a wonderful talent. Rip Mom

[@78LedHead]

You are the sound of the hills and hollers brother. You nailed it. You're the authentic thing. God bless you.

[@cavelvlan25]

That fact that this song doesn't have uncountable likes and this comment doesn't have just as many saddens me. Edit I'm gonna do my part

[@78LedHead]

@@cavelvlan25 as spellbinding as this version of this song is, go listen to his rendition of Da Boatmans Dance, flat out amazing

[@cavelvlan25]

@@78LedHead to be honest iv basically be going through his entire music career haha.

[@speedfreak8200]

@@cavelvlan25 you should be honest all the time @caveman

[@cavelvlan25]

@@speedfreak8200 in a perfect world

[@ordinarynonplayercharacter2142]

Based and Appalachian pilled

[@WorkerFtherich]

😿 👶🍼

[@mertonallowicious]

@@WorkerFtherich 💀

[@silasxiii]

​@@WorkerFtherich😷🤑🤡☠️

[@hossv1147]

Way to go Señor Hicks. Dig your tunes when I'm down and out. Lately that time won't go so I keep tune-ing to you Mr. Ol' Leather.

[@GatecrasherPod]

Love me some Old Leatherstocking

[@thenovicecraftsman712]

What the, HOW!? How did you comment a month ago on a video uploaded 1 hour ago!? Something at KZbin is glitching out.

[@joemoment-o1275]

@@thenovicecraftsman712 he found it on a playlist before it was put public

[@thenovicecraftsman712]

@@joemoment-o1275 I had no clue that was even possible

[@_Cicero_]

Blue collar working class badassery.

[@verdant2215]

Love your ballads. The banjo is a comfort instrument for me. I have your songs on loop daily on my spotify.

[@foxysfunyuns9398]

I seriously can't get enough of Old Leatherstocking. Happy New Year and thank you for helping us get through 2021.

[@arthussey1297]

Old Leatherstocking...you got fans in the Catskill Mountains of NY!

[@aaronwalker5253]

2:45 how it feels to chew 5 gum

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

I've been playing guitar and bass for over 25 years, you and Billy Strings are making me want to try the banjo.

[@waltzingpeter]

I played guitar for 10 years, picked up a banjo and never looked back.

[@ktown0173]

Bass and guitar player too man, old folk music and jazz are both tempting me to get one so bad

[@robertpaulson2842]

I mostly play metal/rock/blues guitar. I enjoy banjo, but I'm not good.

[@magnoleeus2185]

Have you found Benjamin Todd yet?

[@scramblesthedeathdealer]

@@magnoleeus2185 I'll check him out.

[@austin79761]

I been waiting for more leatherstocking. I love this stuff

[@sagopalm279]

Ive asked around and so far no luck. Im looking for a song it was folk/indie guitar and a male female duet. dont remember any lyrics but the cover art was a black and white sketch of baby seal. dont know if this the right place to ask but im dispirit

[@6dogs729]

I like jimmie Rodgers version also they are different a little I believe. my personal opinion Clifton please share your thoughts on the two they are both my favorite and so eerily close born one year apart or so I think they would of wreck the stage together. Dock boggs and Jimmie Rodgers. Without more say you killed this ur so good god bless .

[@dereugler1848]

I love your music man, greetings from Switzerland.

[@SeMoArtifactAdventures]

Awesome!!! I’ll be listening to this on the way to work in the morning.

[@Michael-my6jo]

With an accordion? This would be truly super epic.

[@n57flyguy]

Please compile a Leatherstocking album. And I want merch with that mask...iykyk

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

👉 cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com/album/old-leatherstocking

[@midnightmosesuk]

So splendid to see you again Mr Leatherstocking. Your songs put my troubles into perspective.

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Check one. Suspect in carry of firearms. Refugee crisis PN number 112

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

No wonder right. I'm an artist atop a cook high breach Mike, I said, Are you alive? I wonder Old Hilltop Garage

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Was it Death? Was it was? Was it hate of God? Smell that air!! It is war War is something Death celebrates I'm Old Death Leatherstocking Smell that Smell that death Smell that Leatherstocking I celebrate it Ahhh... Fresh air

[@crazyhazy456]

Ahhh...all is right with world...Ol leatherrstocking has returned to fill my void with a mournful rendition..peace to all.

[@sicorp6295]

Great tune , now someone throw a few logs on the fire and pass me my pipe got some smokin to do

[@samrawlinson8347]

really love this, the outfit, everything, we need more songs by The Old LeatherStocking

[@hossv1147]

Give a like if you're like me and can't ever get enough of "Old Leatherstocking."

[@thinkpad20]

Haunting and beautiful. Thanks for the wonderful performance Clifton.

[@cheesenoodles8316]

I am compelled to revisit Old Leather Stocking....time and time again. After the sorrow....the tune is wonderful.

[@EveraldoPinheiroAlves]

Muito bom fantastic

[@PermacultureAppalachia]

EVERYBODY 👍🏽👍🏻👍🏾👍🏿👍🏼 !!!

[@JDLeonard74]

Is nice brother Cliff. Very handsome. Like you Sir. Jesus bless and heal☦️

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Hill atop a Christian church Chris arose again John, I wonder, is Dale home?

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Tell everybody. It's my job to spread the news about it. I tell everybody just in case.

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Chris arise A tree of death Picket fences Red words of death I keep a coming Along the road a wondering

[@robertjeffrey5560]

The old haint returns!

[@scottedelen5325]

Good to se Mr. Rector come a visiting. I sure hope he's got some of them fiddle strings he's famous for! And he's always got a great song to share.

[@kemcorpvirtualenterprises3776]

Dayum das a good ass song if I ever

[@dalekarvonen1446]

Day drinking and stumbled here. Great good job dbl thumbs up!!!

[@tommyabernathy9880]

Well heck. I reckon Imma get my rear over to your Patreon and get real on my 2 finger style. I’m afraid I’ve got thumb-lead ingrained, and I’ll need to unlearn some habits and drive with my index more better 🤔. Thankee. Thankee kindly.

[@GrandEnchilada]

I'm begging Mr. Clifton , I must hear you re-do , how came that blood on your sleeve , especially as old leather stocking, always thought it was one of your best and deserved more attention

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

¡Buena idea, Señor Enchilada!

[@germanshepherdodin4069]

This may have been asked but what are the origins of ol leather stocking? I love your album ol leather stocking. Cheers from Michigan

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Death and Rape A murder tale Two tall trees They both would fail

[@joeycampbell150]

My 1 year old loves old leather stocking, he literally jumps with joy when hears you plucking away.

[@jinndoe7068]

Wise little son! Bless you!

[@ashyeet702]

Hell Yesssss I love Old Leatherstocking to death. :))))))

[@sski]

Raising my jar of Apple Pie to you, Old Leatherstocking. Thank you for the great songs and banjo teachins this year. And Merry Christmas to you.

[@shaynes.9773]

And a perfect song for this Winter Solstice to keep a person entertained on the longest night of the year. Thank you, Old Leatherstocking; your playing and singing is awesome, as always .

[@AussySpawn]

And the longest night of the year for us down under!

[@thetinfoilhatmanbandcarava4003]

Christmas*

[@Callsign_Axel]

God bless the KZbin algorithm

[@derekladyga1716]

Fucking cool as all hell with the getup and banjo keep on being awesome

[@ralphjenkins9326]

It's so damn good dude.,... You sound like you're saying about me

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

Eerie and perfect. Echos from eternity.

[@mycoboto]

Would love to hear ol leather stocking cover some Robert Johnson

[@ExiledPiasa]

This guy is great! Old school folk music

[@spacewurm]

Came for the monkey mask, stayed for the song. Excellent!

[@wes85292]

WoW Wicked Player ! and with work gloves on you kick ass

[@wolfchild9755]

Here I am again. And again I will return 💀❤

[@r46189]

This dude out n the stix soundin like he's n a 20 million dollar studio

[@jaceyeah]

Ghost if he was Appalachian instead of British

[@kay4445]

Greatest From Germany!!!!

[@inquisitorjones3672]

Tis the time of year to wassail. Hope that your plants take root and all your trees bear fruit.

[@mark-dietz]

This stuff comes across as so authentic, its as if Im watching a lost film from the 1930s. I always imagine a modern rock band like Nazareth, or Aerosmith picking it up and doing a modern version. So I sit with my Les Paul and a little Marshall amp and jam along with the distortion quite hi. Its got a great groove!

[@richardphilpott1225]

Bad to the Bone...........................I got a little art project going Clifton, was wondering if Rektor would actually be the correct spelling?

[@KHbanjo]

I think it’s Rechter, but I could be wrong

[@PermacultureAppalachia]

People before about 1800 didn't put much value into spelling. For example, I have a branch of my family that migrated from Maryland, to southwest Virginia, to Georgia, alternating their name between Hearn and Hearne without batting an eye. The way I saw Old Leatherstocking's name printed was Mr. Rector, but I doubt he'd have cared how anybody spelled it.

[@erwinforbragd1868]

Chills up my spine with this one! Well done Mr Hicks!

[@Sylkenwolf]

I love this! I grew up in Appalachian foothills and love the clawhammer banjo sound! 🥰

[@CLCinflorida]

@Clifton Hicks, That was Excellent, I L8ve your Music 👍👏👏 Do you have any Songs about Widows alone at Christmas Year after Year???

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

I know a couple of widow songs, but none that mention holidays.

[@CLCinflorida]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo I was feeling Melancholy, after being Married 30 Years, I loss Him to Cancer, but Cancer didn't only Kill Him, it Killed me inside... It will be my 12 Year without him this Christmas... and they all Lied when they said, TIME HEALS...

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Detective Normandy.

[@n.d.w8504]

So I'm new to learning banjo and I want my banjo to sound like this, but I use standard G tuning and I understand that some strings aren't compatible. Is there a way to get this sound while also keeping standard tuning?

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Tune down to fCFAC (2 frets lower than gDGBD), or down to eBEG#B (3 frets lower than gDGBD). Old timers almost never tuned all the way up to G or A.

[@clemkelly2159]

Man I love this❤

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

A sawed off shotgun?

[@kurtgreen1040]

Best thing on KZbin 👍🏻

[@GeneralHarvey]

Always makes me cry, reminds me of my mother

[@vincentboyle3032]

Dark chilly night, dark steep hollows, fire crackling, Leatherstockings coming, and playing some badass mountain music, Why yes, I’ll have another cold one.😂

[@Rustyshackleford85]

These are all good.

[@lunatuna2506]

🔥 🔥 🔥 🖤 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@braydonjohnson9805]

Clifton, did Ralph Stanley use the bum dity pattern?

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Yes, sir. When he played "clawhammer" he BOOM-chicka'd the Hell out of it.

[@jamesjarvis-bx3qi]

Yes. I know what I did

[@sevencethirty-7944]

Love this tune...

[@GrayEyesWorld]

This is so beautiful. You just have to give your style to Wayfaring Stranger.

[@joebuckhoff]

Brother you have this persona down so well!!! So FN awesome! New type of gloves? Hard to tell. Badass song select! Perfect as a matter of fact

[@Jeepboy]

I love your music it takes me back to my grandmother house in Pocahontas county WV she only had a phone no electric and the water came from a pump and one of my great uncle’s would play music like this in the evening and it would put me in a trance with play another unc please

[@ralphharrison6622]

that hit hard not going to lie

[@ssaepa1]

Love your music, voice and presentation.

[@rodeoclown6342]

Clifton are you related to Stanley Hicks?

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

I'm not closely related to the Carolina-Tennessee Hickses. My Hicks ancestors settled in the Alleghenies, and did not venture South until the 1860s.

[@ohms497]

And that title hits awfully close to home. Must reassess the situation.

[@syverjove]

Superb!

[@Popcorn_Kernel]

Ya notice old leather stocking only appears on ominous meteorological events

[@eddieneffplaylist2499]

Best performer on KZbin 💯

[@stevebee8119]

Best playing I've heard you do. Might be your best song. Keep it up.

[@vivienneclarke2421]

Yay,,Old Leatherstocking~!!

[@7frodo7]

Every time I see or hear you I’m mesmerised….old leather stocking is amazing well done mr hicks

[@oun6661]

Perfect song for the season. Love these songs you write!