Clifton Hicks - Barbara Allen - Clawhammer Banjo
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I learned "Barbara Allen" from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. My instrument is a Thompson & Odell "The Luscomb" banjo tuned f♯DGAD.
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Hey Clifton,
I listen to your videos on my way to work every morning. I love it, but it eats up the data. Have you ever considered uploading just the audio of some of these songs, with an Old Leatherstocking logo in the background or something. (Love the t shirts btw) Either way, thank you so much for what you do. Your tutorials have helped take my banjo picking where I want it to be.
You can stream audio for free at cliftonhicks.bandcamp.com or any of the big streaming platforms like Spotify and iTunes. If you join the Patreon at patreon.com/cliftonhicks you can stream audio-only via RSS feed.
All summer I smoked meat for my family listening to this shit. Damn it was a good summer. The nosy ass neighbor (while never complaining of the mean gifted) always made note, "he's at it again, I hear Clifton Hicks out back" LOL.
I truly enjoyed this. I'm in East Tennessee and my Papaw used to sing this to me. It's funny, through our mountains the words change a little bit.
I love the old traditional ballads and your style far more than modern bluegrass. Preseving our traditions.
Fantastic. I've listened to this several times. The first time I heard it 6 months ago, it inspired me to buy a banjo and learn the clawhammer technique. Happy to be able to play a few songs now after not really doing anything instrumentality for the first 55 years of my life. Thank you for the inspiration!
you make my dogs cry in the holler
Great video and song. Keep Appalachian history alive ❤
My grandpa was born in 1895.He used to sing this ancient ballad and he also played it on the banjo(clawhammer style) and guitar as well.He also would sing and play old songs like,"BATCHELOR'S HALL","BONAPARTE'S RETREAT",LITTLE BIRDIE",AND"NEW RIVER(W.VIRGINIA)TRAIN"...(BUT HE WAS FROM JACKSON COUNTY,KY) WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE FELLOW,HIS MOTHER'S THREE OLDER UNION CIVIL WAR VETERAN BROTHERS LIVED NEARBY....if you haven't heard "BATCHELOR'S HALL" TH-cam has it by an English folk band who specialize in ancient and old ballads named,"STEELEYE SPAN"(named after a type of bridge built in England in the 1800s) BATCHELOR'S HALL (the song) is on their excellent album,"ALL AROUND MY HAT"....(also check out a devilishly humorous old church like, pilgrim hymn type of song on the album called "CADGWITH ANTHEM"It is supposed to be as though the villagers of CADGWITH have gathered in a church or some public place singing this pious sounding hymn,but by listening to the lyrics,you learn that everyone in the village are robbers and highwaymen AND THEY'VE WRITTEN A SONG BOASTING ABOUT THEIR ROBBERIES !!! Also on the album is a short simple fiddle tune called "SUM WAVES"It's the only fiddle tune I ever bothered to learn to play.It almost sounds like a bagpipe tune...
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So many good versions of this song out there, and this one is VERY high on the list.
My source for this song is George Gibson: th-cam.com/video/BII6ZmjKRL4/w-d-xo.html
@@CliftonHicksbanjo thanks man, I really appreciate it.
i love hearing you play on the banjo makes me think of my grandma .she was from west ashville .her name was Joy bell goforth her son was my uncle howard goforth both have gone Home . thank you for sharing
I really like that little repeating banjo hook that ties the whole song together.
just so you know cliff, you opened my eyes to great music. yup it's your fault I love the banjo now
I found Clifton Hicks late in 2023 but still, this song made it at #10 on my Top 100 of 2023… behind Cypress Hill doing “When the Sh*t Goes Down” but ahead of Lee Perry’s “War in Babylon”
I've heard scores of versions of this song, and this is by far my favorite. Thanks for posting it.
Can't get more old-timey than a Child ballad.
Well done clifton..love the puppy..D
The leaves on the trees look like May. I like to hear this song in May.
Checked utube as I laid down at 1:30 A.M. nice tune to put me to bed. Thank you Mr. Hicks 😎night
This is a song that makes you happy that you can feel sad
Thanks!
There's a beautiful restraint in Clifton's version of this song. It reminds me of a very different version from over 50 years ago by Tom Rush on slide guitar.
Man I can't thank you enough for all your music I really appreciate it and I really love it
Your songs and sounds touch my heart, Clifton. I´m deeply moved - and know now which banjo style I want to learn. Good luck and best wishes from Berlin, Germany.
Thank you for taking me back to my roots love what you’re doing
Dang that was nice Clifton. Good tuning. Thanks.
From England - love this song!
Beautiful thank you
Beautiful..
Brilliant.
i can remember my mother singing this song "barbara allen" when i was a child... wonder how old this song actually is...
Old enough that the work 'slowly' is actually 'hooley' in the original...
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Not so.
The earliest printed lyrics from 1675 actually say 'slowly'.
@@Wotsitorlabart ... well, it's still an old song.
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It certainly is.
I never heard this ballad played this way, very nice and suggestive rendition!
Bar-bra Allen! Is the new Suzy Q
Great rendition of this song. I suppose this was the original way it was prob written. Great Job Clifton. 😀
Could you upload to Spotify?? :)
Works.....
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Where you from I'm from Johnson county Kentucky my favorite instrument is the banjo Thanking about trying to learn how to play you make it look easy with two fingers tried the three finger it's so tuff
Like the sound of claw hemmer
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I think you are the the greatest banjo player I have heard in recent times. Are any of your recordings available on CD.
Lemme get my money right and im in ! Im related to Allens from Tenn ky Missouri My Biological Grandfather James Ondell Akins was from Dyersburg Tenn love it down there !
do you live in kentucky? i live in madison and you got me to pick up the banjo!
too nice to not sub
well done
Excellent singing, playing and setting for the video Clifton!
I grew up listening to the Dave Evans version of this song. God rest Dave Evans but i do enjoy this one a bit more
love your hound dog.
Love it. That Kershner seems to do the trick. Growling is an art form and you make it happen. I used to dig bluegrass but them days are over. No disrespect meant, just seems going backwards in time is whats gonna save us.
I think bluegrass is okay. It's just okay. Too many people just think that was what people were listening to in the 19th century. No, bluegrass is modern music. And it just tries too hard to be up tempo and cool. I like the old timey style a lot better.
Wonderful haunting melody plus great singing too. Trying to catch the key. I see you are in another place when you play. God bless you are keeping alive this great tradition. No banjo here but autoharp ukelele fiddle autoharp and banjolin ( violin neck and strings on banjo body). Oh and tin whistles. A pipe organ but only one pipe at a time😉. Prefer clawhammar style to new mile a minute bluegrass. Reminds me of Jean Ritchey (rip)
Man this is probably the craziest question anyone has ask you on TH-cam I'm gonna just ask it so would you play at my service when my ashes see spred out?
My Mother's Name. Blue Ridge Vanguard. Thank You.
nothing but great!
My history goes back to the Irish I would like to play like that tried and lost heart never had know encouragement and support
@@harvdog5669 I know what your saying, best encouragement speech ever!
@@harvdog5669 thanks Brother
I,lol be watching for you out here brother. P.s. I am getting attacked by the devils children on some u tube channels and around town,, they are rejecting the good news of JESUS and GODS living Word.....this is persecution to Gods Children, I have never had So many people in one town and the devils children on the tube channels denouncing GOD. just like God said would happen in the end days... Keep yur eyes on the sky,, JESUS is coming when we least expect him to receive his own unto him self...talk soon ,if God is willing......me brother harv, sometimes known as brother Barnabas.. Son of Encouragement......
@@richardphilpott1225 GOD is using me for sure.....God bless you Richard... May God watch over yur family and guide them and keep you filled with His HOLY SPIRIT.
I love your music. Touched my soul.
Clifton your verison is very close to the verison I learned in 2005. Though th words to mine is a bit different. Wonderful as ever!
I often get a little... cheerful...and sing this. First heard of it from an LP by Hylo Brown.
Brilliant!
Wonderful! Thank you!
Simply beautiful.
That was beautiful.
All that's missing is Jesco dancing on a picnic table.
Aaaaaah, finally! Can't wait to try this :)
What a great jam!
First heard performed by the great pete seeger! Very good version! You still haven't done the video on singing in the correct key! James from Ireland!🎵🎵🎵🎶🎼
James, what exactly would you like me to cover as per "singing in the right key?" I can't find your earlier request. Does this video address your subject: th-cam.com/video/4rvMuW2IWp8/w-d-xo.html ?
Beautiful
Wow! That was amazing
Your voice sounds so great.
Excellent! Well done! Thank you for the video.
Just wonderful! 💚
I knew a girl once, another folk singer like me, and we were having a “who’s the most folkie” contest. After a few opening salvos I said, “I’m so folkie, I know the fourth verse of Four Nights Drunk.” She replied, “Oh yeah? I know a one verse version of Barbra Allen.” And she did. It had everything, even the roses twined in a true lover’s knot. I had to take off my hat.
But unfortunately I didn’t learn it off her. Can someone point me to it?
Very nice. And good tuning.
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Are there instruction videos? Like to do this style on mandolin or autoharp or dulcimer by adapting style.
Iv seen your dog on a few videos just wondering it's name?
Have you ever been up to West Virginia? I'd love to get together and share some songs! I attend Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia, and we have an Appalachian Ensemble( music and dance) also it's the home of the Augusta Heritage Center, and we have the Appalachian Music and Dance Club when school gets back in if you'd be interested I'd love to have you come up and maybe teach a masterclass and perform! I'd have to get approval and the money from the college, so let me know and then when school is in (mid to late August) I can start working on the details!
Thanks, Riverside Fiddler. I have been to WV several times for the Clifftop Festival or to visit Harpers Ferry. If you can secure approval and funding from Davis & Elkins I'd be honored to do the work. You can find my email address in the "About" section of this TH-cam channel if you'd like to contact me directly.
Do you use a particular string gauge on your steel string banjo?
I use the cheapest medium gauge strings I can find. I think the "phosphor bronze" string packs might sound the best. These strings are also several months old and should be changed.
Clifton Hicks thank you for your answer
Clinton, I first head this lovely tune when I was 4 y.o. (1952) BTW, do you happen to hail from KY???
Born in Jacksonville, Florida but learned to play from Alabamians & Kentuckians.
Hello Clifton. Great version. Could I ask what tuning you use here?
This may be too late to be helpful to you, but I think he's tuned eBEF#B
He gives his tuning in every description, #fDGAD of what listed
@@KittSpiken That 5th string is G, octave higher than the third string...Clifton must have missed that error.
I found your music and channel from the Ballad of Kyle Rittenhouse... but I'm staying as your music is so very wonderful !
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Beautiful version, this. The Movie "Songcatcher" does a great job of showing how songs like this made it over with the Scots Irish and English immigrants to the Appalachians th-cam.com/video/rRgH_0zxqQEh/w-d-xo.htmlttps://th-cam.com/video/rRgH_0zxqQE/w-d-xo.html.
This doesn’t sound like what porky pig sings in the Robin Hood daffy toon. 😉🤣🤣
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