Old Leatherstocking - Cold Blows the Wind (Unquiet Grave)

Banjo Heritage 👉 / cliftonhicks
I learned "Unquiet Grave" (Child 78, Roud 51) from a 1960s recording of Hedy West (Cartersville, Georgia) and Doc Watson. "Cold Blows the Wind" is an alternate title.
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[@ancientbuns6770]

I wanted to ask do you a tab of this song? If not I’ll analyze your movements and recreate on my downtime. Either way I’m determined to learn it

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Yes, tab available at Patreon.com/CliftonHicks

[@ancientbuns6770]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo ah thank you kindly

[@SkylarPeoples-lb5xi]

​@@CliftonHicksbanjoI love your masks id love to learn the banjo

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

@@SkylarPeoples-lb5xi I can teach you to play at BanjoHeritage.com

[@SkylarPeoples-lb5xi]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo oh yeah I was wondering if you could tell my story for me I wrote a spook story my name is Skylar Renee peoples and I have a story years ago a rather vintage looking town there was this family a man a wife and a daughter they had planned a day out when they heard of a place called the white diamond inn it was said it had been demolished and burnt and stroad about and had been vacant for 40 years and was cursed the family didn't listen to the locals and went anyways when they got there it looked like any other normal place the people that worked there was nice so they took their seats ande made their orders the man had steak and vegetables the wife had a bowl of soup and the daughter had a plate of pasta when out of the corner of His eye he noticed a newspaper rack and asked one of the waitresses to bring him one he was given one from the very back it was dusty and old looking but he had read an article that spoke about the white diamond inn claiming the place was burnt and demolished employees had either died from unknown causes or went missing without a trace than he looked in the kitchen area and saw a tall young man stirring something in a tall steel pot the what ever was in the pot had a bad stench but it paid no mind strange enough when he looked around but no one was there he got up and went to the kitchen and aproached the steel pot he was horrified in the pot there was boiling blood and in the blood was a decaying human head he ran out. With his wife and daughter and alerted authorities and when the sheriff got there and checked everything it was burnt torn and stroad about he told the same story the employees either died or unknown causes or went missing without a trace and the white diamond inn had been abandoned for over 40 years

[@sarahgray430]

There's something appropriate about a man in a skull mask playing the banjo and singing morbid folk songs during a pandemic.This gives off some pretty strong Seventh Seal vibes.

[@kevinbond2521]

I agree.

[@andueskitzoidneversolo2823]

so true

[@kashaw33]

Try smoking a bowl before 👍

[@Antipodean33]

@@kashaw33 try vaping some nice hash oil, then pulling 3 bongs of fresh buds. Along with a few beers and 2 bottles of South Aussie finest wines. Live the dream while it lasts mate

[@waylandharrington8758]

there's not a pandemic bro.

[@inquisitorjones3672]

Once I was at home and heard a knock on my window, I look outside and it's Old Leatherstocking. The thing is, I live on the fourth floor.

[@Wickwitch]

That's great!

[@johnheber2535]

Most Excellent

[@jillyripper]

Excellent.

[@johnheber2535]

I started telling friends this, should have video it . The looks with the double takes are fantastic . Just gotta try to keep a straight face . Thanks for an awesome conversation starter

[@gregmccutchan.]

I'd like to thank Old Leatherstocking. He inspired me to buy a banjo and I've been having alot of fun with it.

[@Shmoilyman]

Ditto!

[@Dirt_McGurt]

Me too!

[@weathormantom7206]

Me too

[@LeoValen9]

Same here!

[@RonnieGavelin]

@@LeoValen9 Another Old Leatherstocking inspired banjo-newbee here!

[@lairdkilbarchan]

Yay, this is what the kids want! Old Leatherstocking needs merch.

[@winstonsmith3696]

I think they are working on prints but don't quote me on that

[@mesk412]

I'd buy a hoodie

[@lairdkilbarchan]

@@mesk412 That face on the back of a hood would be something to behold.💀👍

[@HiNinqi]

@@lairdkilbarchan yessss, that'd be sick!

[@stringemup5941]

I’d go for an Old Leatherstocking tee! I’d wear it on gigs!! Also bet it’d go great with my kilt! Bravo, Sir! Great performance!!

[@scottcuilty4154]

Honestly the authenticity on the lyrics with time period are on point. I feel like I'm listening to a legit recording from the 1930's. I'm obsessed with Old Leather stocking right now. Actually made me dust off my old organ with the spinning Lesley speaker. Had a great Valentine's Day to myself noodling around! Happy Valentine's day everyone! Do something outside the box❤️

[@erichkerby1641]

Old Leatherstocking always makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and I'm bald!

[@nataliemoore2673]

Same. I come for the songs. I come back for the chills. All my favorite songs give me chills.

[@jackieblue787]

Haha :)

[@aminoto-3]

Lol 😆.. your memory hairs..

[@DonTheMoron716]

🤣

[@aaronbrazier4963]

I would buy a album of this stuff!

[@benjaminjenkins732]

Is there an album available? :-)

[@bccutube]

@@benjaminjenkins732 cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com/

[@skeletalwreck8780]

G’day from Australia It’s pouring rain here and I just played this in my shed , the sound of heavy rain on the rooftop , dampness in the air and Old Leatherstocking together was so surreal This music stirs the soul 👌🏼

[@TradeTravelTroopy]

Oath Maye.

[@TradeTravelTroopy]

Mate

[@mikehewitt2146]

Cool

[@caveman69_]

love from the states. sorry about your gov't.

[@jessedevilbiss8436]

Sorry about your country. The only way I sleep at night is my rights in the US. My government is corrupt right now. Thankfully, I live in a country with the right to self defense.

[@sandramorey2529]

I discovered The unquiet Grave in the 8th grade. It was in my textbook for the meter it uses, as was Sir Patrick Spense & wife of usher's Well. They had no tunes, but being a singer, I found tunes for them, learned them & performed them for decades. I spent my college years in the libraries and singing these in local venues. One can learn history from them.

[@dudeproductions5394]

After watching your music videos I made a character in my Dungeons & Dragons campaign he is a necromancer bard hybrid that is searching for a way to reunite with his dead love. You are a singer that make the hills dance and the trees sway.

[@gavinc3394]

That’s bad ass I created a dnd bard as Wel that uses this song, he is my creation of death who sits in bayou singing his haunting songs

[@alexschupick3877]

Damn lol. My last tiefling bard (my tiefling frightened villagers so I disarmed them with song) had a theme song I played on the banjo.

[@somebloke3869]

That's as corny as hell. But it love it.

[@brandonbrown7812]

I don’t play it personally but have friends that love it hats off to you sir for keeping it alive

[@joeydurant6267]

I'm stealing this. Joey Durant on FB. Work with me as a dm.

[@RonOhio]

My grandmother was born in 1904 in Tennessee. I can remember her talking about "going to the city" to play the banjo on the radio with some group. It sounded like it must have been a regular, live show. It also must have been a considerable trip for a poor girl to make in the 1920s. Thank you for keeping the roots of the music from being lost or mainstreamed into wonder bread. Sadly when she and grandpa sold the farm in the 1970s she put the banjo at the farm auction and no one in the family thought to preserve it.

[@williamshivers7173]

Clifton might be playing that banjo today

[@oceansams5886]

I love this song, I lost my husband 9 years ago. Still grieving, he was everything to me. Our dog died less than a year after he died. Our dog loved him so much. Blessed to have been his wife. This song makes me think of my true love

[@spriggan1437]

I’d love to see Old Leatherstocking do his rendition of “The Cruel Mother”

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Thanks for the suggestion, that's a Hell of a song.

[@jillyripper]

Heck, I just got a Leatherstocking inspired tattoo!

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

We'd like to see that. Feel free to email pic to [e-mail]

[@richardphilpott1225]

need

[@brianvellone9125]

“The cold breath felt upon my neck breaks my spine, lord I’ve never felt so fine” -unknown

[@charliehubbard1400]

Thank you Mr.Hicks your pickin brings back some great old memories. I was a problem child and would be sent to stay with my dad's older brother who raised him + 11 more he was born 1919 the only picture I have in my home they were hill people from southeastern Kentucky only hero I ever had. His stories were amazing. My dad tried I was just a bad kid. My uncle knew how to handle me. God I miss him. Thanks for your videos and stories. PEACE OUT 🐝🐝😎😎🐝🐝

[@apancher]

I'd love to hear this recorded on old equipment, pressed to record, then played on an old Victrola

[@humboldtharry4248]

That’s a really good idea 👍💀

[@apancher]

@@humboldtharry4248 Cliffton's style is so genuine that the crackle of an old record would really feel right.

[@ronniewrong1539]

I had the same thought.

[@jamespuleo3269]

Jean Ritchie, 1951, Library of Congress: blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2017/10/ghost-stories-in-song-for-halloween/ No surface noise, tho, sorry. Plenty of info.

[@peterzimmermann6173]

As a fan of heavy metal, I'm used to the heaviest, loudest down tuned guitars you can imagine, BUT the sound of the banjo is I feel the most evil sounding instrument of all!!

[@ericzeb9103]

This is cool. I like Ween's version of Cold blows the wind.

[@JDLeonard74]

I had a really vivid dream along these same lines just a night or two before you made this video. Had to put on my Rev. Leatherbeak outfit for you Cliff. I was walking up to this small but beautiful house on top of rolling hills. Early spring, green grass and blue sky, scattered budding trees on the rolling hillsides. It felt loverly to say the least. As I walked into the house there was this sealed glass and wooden casket on one side of the room. It looked like an old time wake at a family home, but it had been abandoned for a long time. Inside this glass topped casket were bones, a full skeleton. I raised the glass lid of the casket and the slight sound of air hissing into a vacuumed chamber came from it. The skeleton then gasped and began running it's hands up and down it's bones, and then suddenly slipped and passed away. Just as that occurred a beautiful lady all in white like a wedding dress appeared over my left shoulder. She said "do you know what you just did?" and in a way that spoke to my mind like a thank you, it felt like she kissed the back of my jaw. With a warmth like a ray of sun beaming on your face, and she was gone. That dream was imprinted on my eyes when I woke up, and has stuck with me. Freeing imprisoned souls is a really nice dream. Even when it is a good bit creepy at one moment.

[@justforever96]

I grew up with my dad singing this stuff to us. I had no idea what we had at the time. This is as genuine as music can get. And i adored the old ballads as a kid, they go so well with kids vivid imaginations.

[@marcellahayward4064]

Ah right!!! He came back!!!! I've said it before Clifton you need to give old leatherstocking a story and turn him into a graphic novel/comic book character. I think it would be an awesome story to tell.

[@haggard_hermit]

He’s based off something.

[@horatiod3579]

that stare in combination with the mask might be the most unsettling thing i've seen in years, wow

[@muscovyducks]

the spring is fall when old leatherstocking is around

[@toadnaishes4674]

Babe wake up, old leatherstocking dropped a new track.

[@8wheeledassassins.]

Even the sound feels different when Ol Leatherstocking shows up to play! I can never get enough!

[@NoQuestions4sked]

The first Leatherstockings was on Halloween, then the next was on the Winter Solstice. Is this one set to premier on the Ides of March, Clif? Very clever. Ave, Caesar

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Old Leatherstocking don't give a damn about no Roman calendar! Look for him during Ostara (spring equinox).

[@NoQuestions4sked]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo Damn, my next guess was Tax Day

[@jimmyjoe8225]

Et tu leatherstocking

[@jinndoe7068]

@@CliftonHicksbanjo 🍃🦉🍃

[@newdeal2143]

5.37 comes early.

[@mycoboto]

Oh man thanks for waking him up! I been waiting since death and the lady

[@emergencyvehicle6995]

Old leather stocking is so iconic

[@michaelamos3836]

I love ole leatherstocking!

[@keithsmyly2395]

There's a reason why there are sooo many views and likes and comments on old leatherstocking videos.....because its brilliant! Its turned me into music I never would have listened to before. But isnt that the point? Much love, Sir!

[@hnormizzle]

I have to share this story. My brother and I are 10 years apart in age. He is the youngest of four. He died on January 29, 2021. We were best friends. We often shared music with each other late into the night. “Check this song out!” When I started listening to folk and Americana and began learning that the banjo was more than just an instrument on Deliverance, I reluctantly shared this beautiful music with him. He liked metal, EDM, and rap. But he was also a brilliant musician and could pick up any instrument and pick out a song by ear. He loved the talent and musicianship of a good banjo picker. He loved bluegrass and the stories sung through the lyrics. And I loved him all the more for it. I woke up on February 6, 2021 to get ready for his memorial service. I stood in front of my bathroom mirror and stared at my reflection and realized that I’d never be the same again. My favorite person, the one who knew my dreams and darkest demons, the one who I protected and who did the same for me, the one who was truly my twin, born a decade later (almost to the very day) was gone forever. How do I live without him? For some reason, as I stood there in front of that mirror trying to will myself to get dressed, I opened up my KZbin app. And this video was staring back at me. A skull - death. On this day of all days. A song - about death. On this day of all days. And a man holding a banjo - that beautiful, timeless instrument. On this day of all days. And I knew. Aaron was right there with me, sending his love the only way he and I knew how - through music. This video is the first of many signs that I’ve been given since he left this earth. I come back here often to remember him and the gift that he gave me when I was just beginning my journey with grief. Music transcends all. Thank you for being a bridge between my heart here on earth and his soul up in the ethers. For all time, sweet brother.

[@PhosphoricKnight]

Ol’ Leatherstocking parted his dry lips and sang us a ballad of old, and goddamn does it stir something so

[@nataliemoore2673]

I said Goddamn!

[@adamstewart481]

More old leatherstocking videos would be cool and I think they would continue to be popular!

[@dialedinduenorth707]

Old Leatherstocking was rolling in his grave with joy on this one 💀

[@stephensevenpounder5447]

I been waiting for this. The old music should never be forgotten. Never.

[@popsxbox]

Bringing back true culture! Thank you !

[@Gibson_Branch]

My daughter is 8, and she can't get enough "leatherface" 🤣

[@gentleasa5728]

This man is so very talented! Playing in gloves could not be easy! My boys don’t get this, I told them you live the life I have for 55 years, and find yourself still standing y’all, you’ll understand 💯

[@robynlatham6451]

I think i saw him in the Walmart parking lot last night.

[@pgc8509]

🤣

[@robinworkman3621]

I love this stuff! I honestly think this is better than 99.9% of the stuff they call country today

[@MrLTW2009]

My favorite “new” music

[@jupiterlegrand4817]

Aside from the fact that Mr. Hi...excuse me...Leatherstocking plays amazingly pure and true traditional folk music, the presentation is about as eerie and timeless as anything I've ever seen. I can't help thinking John Fahey would have loved this, and probably would have wanted to do a duet. Superb.

[@codyr2733]

The soul of the Appalachia’s reside somewhere in between those cords. Your music speaks in ways words alone can’t touch. Thank you so much for this upload you truly are a legend in your own right!

[@liampuccinelli4883]

I’ve watched the other old leatherstocking videos for the past 4 days now and I’m happy there is another

[@seanshamim1471]

So happy he's back, I get we hope to see plenty more of him

[@gringofett3944]

This is why I love bluegrass. The full range of the human condition, boiled in Scot /Irish tradition and seeped in the oldest and most haunted mountains in the world.

[@YorkyOne]

English song and English tune.

[@scottmartin7717]

The vibrato in Clifton's voice is so beautiful. This shit is something else man, next level 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@thinkpad20]

Yessss more Old Leatherstocking!

[@PhuriousStyles]

Cannot tell you enough how much I love old leatherstocking! It’s a feast for the ears, nourishment for my weathered soul, and warmth on my tired old bones!

[@soulstripper3305]

Love everything you do my friend keeping these mountain songs alive thank you

[@sandramorey2529]

Most of these didn't start out in the mountains of America. They were brought over with the IMMIGRANTS from Ireland and Scotland when they had to leave. These have been passed from parent to child over the centuries and frequently it is difficult to tell how they started. Words and tunes get changed, but the story lives on. Get your hands on the Frances James Child collections and you'll find almost all of these ballads many of which have tunes.

[@hossv1147]

Good solid songs continue to stand tests of time and thrive. This still reigns true with this tune, having my wife passed now just over 2 yrs that love, hurt, and loss does not go easy. Thanks good Ol' Leatherstocking.

[@drudgeness]

The mountains are in my blood, thank you for this

[@jasonnonanon7206]

Old Leatherstocking is my favorite!!

[@PHIKrieger]

Greatest

[@Ontario_Rockhound]

I feel like a rendition of Wayfaring Stranger by Old Leatherstocking would be amazing.

[@chaddressler8783]

Please, do NOT stop releasing these!!! I love music...every genre of rock n roll. These videos and songs absolutely mesmerize me. One suggestion: MERCH💀, MERCH💀, MERCH💀 !!! Thx, man!

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Love Old Leatherstocking! 💀👍👍

[@Snuffaluffachris]

New leather stocking video? The hype is real

[@Furby098]

Old Leatherstocking is awesome!! Bought my first Banjo 3 days ago - and love it! Thanks for the inspiration!

[@FloppyDIsk4]

Whoever disliked this must suck at playing banjo

[@bdb2329]

They just suck period!!!!!

[@richardportman8912]

Well yes they do suck at playing banjo.

[@lmbrjcksn]

Or they are just afraid of skeletons....or as they say down south, askert.

[@mototoad1242]

I was literally watching your other Ol Leatherstockin videos just last night thinking "man I hope he does another one soon!" I love all your playing but this guy is absolutely my favorite. 🤘 And I'm a complete stranger to this kind of music. I grew up on punk rock and metal...but I enjoy all genres as long as it's something real and something that hits you in the feels. This is both. Thanks for sharing 🤘

[@johnheber2535]

My sentiments exactly ! I like the cut of your jib !

[@mototoad1242]

@@johnheber2535 thanks my guy

[@DaisyHead666]

Same! Im in multiple metal bands and have been playin and listenin to metal for nearly my entire life. Something about the banjo is just so fun though

[@mikeinmilltownnj1267]

Outstanding

[@ggmann13]

This is so good. Yo Old Leatherstocking is awesome.

[@drusasachamian1168]

So happy to see this, this song is ageless.

[@jon-paultaylor]

Love the old leatherstocking tunes....👌👍👍

[@benjaminsnyder6729]

That song hit home why do I love music like that just put you in that world You can imagine that song that’s in your position where are you put out it’s great I think more people have to listen to you it’s better When I’m on my bad day your music puts me in a better day

[@100gnomes3]

Jeez Clifton, the song was creepy enough without you going and making the chords even scarier and adding that warbling voice. What a rendition.

[@dubl-d1443]

Please do more old leather stalking I love those songs you do as him please please please thank you a loyal fan

[@americanmadejustice2168]

Yes old leather stocking! Been waiting for him

[@DonTheMoron716]

This is some of the baddest shit ever. Macabre.

[@masongoser5627]

Love Ol' Leatherstocking

[@donaldlewis4742]

I could learn a lot from this dude.

[@salcorbit6330]

Requested this one awhile back. Thanks Old Leatherstocking!

[@Lizardmanisbest]

Oh death and oh life, Oh ease and old strife, My leather licks my knife, Wearing me away. Bearing for flight on weight of light, On breath We fly away. - Just a poem for all of us inspired by this ageless tune. Thank you for this wonderful work of Old Art.

[@veneraberens4653]

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL BROTHER STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY AND GODS BLESSINGS ON YOUR HOUSEHOLD AND HEAVENS PANTRY SET YOUR TABLE ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL BROTHER

[@tedkolterman]

Wish I could buy a whole album of old leather stocking songs

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

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

[@jasongee1970]

Man,I'd love to listen your music on vinyl.Your vocals and playing are gold.

[@archibaldmaclaine6506]

Agreed. So much better than any electronic "music".

[@craigcather1262]

THE LONG HAIR WAS COOL. THE NOSE RING LITTLE FREAKY.. LOL NOW THE OLD BOY CLEANED UP... GOOD ONE CLIFFY. AS USUAL..

[@joebuckhoff]

I always watch your eyes 100% the 2nd time on your old leatherstocking videos purely for the entertainment of the exaggerated movement. It fits the look skull with some big ol eyes

[@MyelinProductions]

WOW! Brings back old memories. Thank You. Peace & Health.

[@TheMagisterprimus]

I'm really upset today and listening to this beauty was a relief to my "unquiet" day. Thanks a lot man, you made me the day

[@cavelvlan25]

I think it's the mortality in the leather stocking song that really resonates. I am a fan all around.

[@brianstearskingnothing]

Still love it I listen to it a few times a week

[@johnstorace1967]

Another one for me to convert to guitar. Thanks Mr. Hicks!

[@mamaEBrooke1111]

I truly love listening to everything you remake. It makes me proud of my Appalachian English/Irish heritage. It makes me realize in my older age how deep these folk songs run. Also, I adore Old Leatherstocking.

[@zachwarren8844]

I can picture me hiking the appalachian trail listening to this

[@gilleyink]

Great song

[@kylecreek6735]

Clifton, we need merch, I desperately need a hoodie!!

[@CliftonHicksbanjo]

Merch 👉 banjoheritage.org

[@fegorino9282]

Doood.....straight gangsta

[@fegorino9282]

I can't stop playing..

[@LowSkillSurvival]

With that persona and costume, yeah, i'd buy merch. I'm not a kid tho at 31yo.

[@keithsegler8049]

posters would work

[@paulguzman1634]

This was a Pleasant surprise for me having never listened before to Old Leatherstocking. But then I have always Loved the sound of the Banjo, it has a spiritual quality to me and this guy is GOOD!

[@wallis69]

I was summoned here and now I shall never leave..

[@terralwallace7646]

Love ol Leatherstocking

[@830toAwesome]

Cold blows the wind over my true love Cold blows the drops of rain I never had but one true love And in Camville he was slain I'll do as much for my true love as any young girl may I'll sit and weep down by his grave for twelve month and one day But when twelve months were come and gone This young man he arose What makes you weep down by my grave I can't take my repose One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips, one kiss is all I crave One kiss, one kiss of your lily white lips and return back to your grave My lips they are as cold as my clay My breath is heavy and strong If thou was to kiss my lily white lips Thy days would not be long Oh don't you remember the garden grove where we used to walk Pluck the finest flower of them all, twill wither to a stalk Go fetch me a nun from the dungeon deep And water from a stone And white milk from a maiden's breast, That babe ere never known Go dig me a grave both long, wide and deep as quickly as you may I'll lie down in it and take one sleep for twelve month and one day Cold blows the wind over my true love Cold blows the drops of rain I never had but one true love And in Camville he was slain I'll do as much for my true love as any young girl may I'll sit and weep down by his grave for twelve month and one day

[@lilyhempt515]

Incredible authentic voice

[@Sultan-mj7sr]

Leatherstocking's voice just hits different. Gives me shivers!

[@RustyCastIronPot]

I’m replaying Red Dead Redemption 2 and this music plays along to it so well.

[@crazypayz9362]

Can't get enough of these tunes ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@josephperkins4080]

I just want to thank Old Leathermask for reintroducing me to Bluegrass music

[@wbnc66]

I do not understand why I find songs like this oddly comforting and relaxing...but then again I don't need to understand just enjoy ...

[@willf5768]

🙂👍👍👍👍Can't get enough of Cliff Creepy. 😳👏👏👏👏👏