Old Leatherstocking - O Death (Conversation With Death)

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  • Banjo Heritage 👉 / cliftonhicks
    Although many have attributed "O Death" to Baptist preacher, Lloyd Chandler, printed evidence of the song has been found in Britain dating to the 17th century. Besides Chandler, contemporary versions have also been recorded by Berzilla Wallin, Nimrod Workman, Dock Boggs, and Ralph Stanley.
    This song bears many similarities to the English ballad "Death and the Lady" (Roud 1031), which I first heard sung by Norma Waterson.
    Oh Death oh Death,
    Please spare me over 'til another year!
    What is this that I can't see
    With icy hands taking hold of me?
    I am Death none can excel
    I open the door to Heaven or Hell,
    Oh Death someone would pray
    Could you call some other day?
    The children prayed the preacher preached
    But time & mercy is out of your reach...
    I'll fix your feet so you can't walk
    I'll lock your jaw so you can't talk,
    I'll close your eyes so you can't see
    This very hour come go with me,
    Death I come to take the soul
    I leave the body and leave it cold,
    I drop the flesh off of the frame
    The earth and worms both have a claim...
    O Death consider my age
    Please don 't take me at this stage
    My wealth is all at your command
    If you will move your icy hand,
    The young the old the rich or poor
    All alike with me you know
    No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold
    Nothing satisfies me but your soul...
    Mother come to my bed
    Place a cold towel upon my head,
    My head is warm my feet is cold
    Death is moving upon my soul,
    Oh Death how you treating me
    You close my eyes so I can 't see,
    You hurt my body you make me cold
    You run my life right out of my soul...
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  • @royaljell604
    @royaljell604 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    I run a work crew doing hard labour in northern British Columbia. I taight them this song, and it's our chant when it gets really ugly.

    • @yonahshifren1161
      @yonahshifren1161 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Who cares if it’s racist..

    • @The1RealSlimShady
      @The1RealSlimShady 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      @@yonahshifren1161 Good thing that race wasn't mentioned once throughout the entire song. (Seriously though, what point are you trying to make?)

    • @Youtubz12
      @Youtubz12 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@The1RealSlimShady some people can't help but show off their ignorance. Its a cry for help.

    • @danielkwestfall7585
      @danielkwestfall7585 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@yonahshifren1161 How is it racist?

    • @AqquaTuna
      @AqquaTuna 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I run a work crew of 4 in Northern Ontario. We build retaining walls for the wealthy. On private lakes. I also taught them this song. We work ugly 6 to 6. Racism has nothing to do with it. All of us are knee deep in mud. Some physically, some mentally.

  • @HenryFarfenuggen
    @HenryFarfenuggen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    We need a full Old Leatherstocking album

    • @midnightmosesuk
      @midnightmosesuk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Hell, I'd buy it and I'm a dyed in the wool Cockney.

    • @LonelyAssassin96
      @LonelyAssassin96 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'd buy one for all my friends.

    • @HenryFarfenuggen
      @HenryFarfenuggen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@LonelyAssassin96 it's out

    • @93gmc666
      @93gmc666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@HenryFarfenuggen where?// nevermind, bought it lol

    • @DonTheMoron716
      @DonTheMoron716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And tour. Cliff would tear it up!

  • @ericphillips3810
    @ericphillips3810 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Banjo picking and singing are top notch, but what's truly amazing are the range of emotions he's able to express while wearing the skull mask using only his eyes!!

  • @wildfiremicro6877
    @wildfiremicro6877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This gives me the feeling of being near a comfy shack in the backwoods of Kentucky listening to a friendly stranger sing to me a somber song after we talk about life

  • @randaljameslynch3863
    @randaljameslynch3863 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Still never gets old!

  • @tonysartorio7781
    @tonysartorio7781 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have officially made me love the banjo 👏

  • @kisheacox8147
    @kisheacox8147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Begging death for more time.. I feel this song.

  • @richardkelley3644
    @richardkelley3644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nice picken!! Great rendition!! Most people would not know it wasn't written by Ralph. He was good but this is just as good if not better.

  • @thomasag2765
    @thomasag2765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My daughters mother died last week from an overdose...instead of having her half the week I have her full time now..my princess is taking it super well considering our first week of straight crying....this song reminds me of her and makes me want to live long as hell for my baby girl. I’m all she has now death.

    • @lurk7967
      @lurk7967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sorry for your loss
      At least your daughter still has a loving father there's many kids that aren't that well-off

    • @thomasag2765
      @thomasag2765 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@lurk7967 thank you brother

  • @mixusup
    @mixusup 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    its fasinating cause the way youve done yoru costume makes it feel like claymation

  • @captainflops474
    @captainflops474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Ima be getting a banjo in a week or so and now i was only gonna learn bluegrass but now...

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Bluegrass is cool as Hell, but the two centuries of banjo music that existed before bluegrass was absolutely mysterious & wild. My mentor, George Gibson, calls it "untamed Southern music."

    • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
      @MarkWYoung-ky4uc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo Amen Clifton, Amen!

  • @mrnobody6726
    @mrnobody6726 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    FANTASTIC!

  • @brianstearskingnothing
    @brianstearskingnothing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yup

  • @stephenabril7084
    @stephenabril7084 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mans got a bent sense of humor

  • @mafia_dave32
    @mafia_dave32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +521

    My grand father use to say that a man born to hang will never drown .

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      That's a good one I've never heard. Sounds OLD.

    • @Walkerbtween
      @Walkerbtween 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      But a child born on the winter solstice can neither be hung nor drowned. (West Virginia dad, Alabama mom)

    • @Viriatus1
      @Viriatus1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Was your grandfather Russian?

    • @babyboy7359
      @babyboy7359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Viriatus1 Perhaps the russian president?

    • @nicknick5168
      @nicknick5168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@williamshivers7173 I bet he knew how to party though.

  • @eriktegnanderandresen7393
    @eriktegnanderandresen7393 3 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    This song really helped my grandpa to accept his imminent death (he found it himself). the last thing he listened to before he passed in the evening of the 28/05/21 was this. thank you man

    • @harley97ful
      @harley97ful 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Sorry for your loss. We all get there in the end. May your grandpa rest in peace.

    • @brianstearskingnothing
      @brianstearskingnothing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sorry for your loss

  • @olezhkaeosboy3963
    @olezhkaeosboy3963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    I’m from Russia and I don’t know what I’m doing here. But it’s fire 🔥

    • @stuartbrent6506
      @stuartbrent6506 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Привет

    • @TheSodomundGommorah
      @TheSodomundGommorah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I'm from Serbia брат and this Appalachian Американец is rocking it hard!

    • @clydejohnson4251
      @clydejohnson4251 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Appalachian mountains!! We some tough son of bitches over here

    • @Ulfhednars-lair
      @Ulfhednars-lair 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Оооо Землякам привет 😄

    • @joshuajim65
      @joshuajim65 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "From Murica with love."

  • @jerbear9283
    @jerbear9283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +588

    I'm a cashier. My district manager let's me choose my music. I play this all the time. Many new fans writing down your name. Amazing music universally interesting

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Cool! Thanks a lot. 🍻

    • @kevinc.8869
      @kevinc.8869 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You should play it in the store

    • @Cowboy684
      @Cowboy684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      your district manager has a monster dong

    • @ThePaPappy
      @ThePaPappy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo Your song haunts me.
      This coming February 2022 we would have been married 40 years.............modern medicine failed us. Sometimes I play along on the harmonica and think of her.
      It's a true song of remorse.
      Thank you.

    • @nothingnobody6688
      @nothingnobody6688 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My shops play Bob Marley ECT is love to walk into a shop and hear this good on you love from Australia xxxx

  • @lamichiganr326
    @lamichiganr326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    *My almost 4 year old Grandson can not stop singing this song and "Death and the Lady."*
    *He has my love of the macabre.* *Much love to you from my family here in Traverse City Michigan.*

    • @gordonyork6638
      @gordonyork6638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. Great music. An Oregon transplant from Grayling MI.

  • @chadowens8565
    @chadowens8565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    He has to wear gloves cuz his fingers are bones 🦴. It would buzz somethin awful!...😄

  • @prayface777
    @prayface777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    “Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back.”
    Marcus Aurelius

    • @sheepdogministries896
      @sheepdogministries896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Truth

    • @jaegerwoods6685
      @jaegerwoods6685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      everybody needs to read meditations by Marcus Aurelius, the man was a legend.

    • @amanda.collaud
      @amanda.collaud 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@jaegerwoods6685 Jesus was the legend, king of jews, invisible God manifest in the flesh.

    • @jaegerwoods6685
      @jaegerwoods6685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@amanda.collaud I agree.

    • @jimmythe-gent
      @jimmythe-gent 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Marcus was a boss tho..

  • @d614gakadoug9
    @d614gakadoug9 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I am impressed not only with Leatherstocking's playing and singing but with the extremely masterful exploitation of the mask by his eyes.

  • @randyherrin138
    @randyherrin138 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Wake each day prepared for death. Be right with your God, yourself and everyone you love.

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Sleep soundly and arise with confidence. God is the best of planners.

  • @caleb1rshelton
    @caleb1rshelton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +452

    absolutely killer. Between the somber nature of the song, and the skull mask, that rich voice, and how expressive his eyes are this truly is a haunting performance.

    • @The73ryan
      @The73ryan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Then you should definitely check out his other video for Death and the Lady: th-cam.com/video/cceCw_1pVK8/w-d-xo.html

    • @sheepdogministries896
      @sheepdogministries896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Haunting melody

    • @theyearwas1987
      @theyearwas1987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      His voice resonating off the mask is definitely a cool effect! 😎

    • @drasvader1
      @drasvader1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Clifton goes!!!!

    • @RJDCR
      @RJDCR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cannibal Corpse should cover this one

  • @VaultTecAi
    @VaultTecAi 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    Its not blackface it’s adding to the eerie character he is portraying. As a BLACK man i love it lol keep jamin brother.

    • @Wastelander-420
      @Wastelander-420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is good stuff, ain't it?😊

    • @soulance8342
      @soulance8342 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "The skull is appropriating the living impaired! "
      It's always some suburban white woman whining about how something offends other people... But most other people don't care at all.
      This man is culture, anyone that doesn't understand that is sad.

    • @robertklebe9236
      @robertklebe9236 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      He's portraying death how do you not see that

    • @soulance8342
      @soulance8342 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@robertklebe9236 obviously. Whomever reported my comment clearly doesn't understand sarcasm.

    • @ezachleewright2309
      @ezachleewright2309 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Who is saying it's blackface?

  • @ryanfromcc5834
    @ryanfromcc5834 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +314

    The people saying this is racist are the same people who would try to ruin a 9 year olds life just for supporting his favorite football team and taking pride in his Indigenous heritage.

    • @GeneralHarvey
      @GeneralHarvey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

      In what way is his racist? Oh yeah blackface, so what? Looks cool

    • @stevestowell-virtue3781
      @stevestowell-virtue3781 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +52

      @@GeneralHarvey A skull mask is not blackface. Goodness people look for ways to be insulted, don't they!

    • @GeneralHarvey
      @GeneralHarvey 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@stevestowell-virtue3781 no not the mask, he's wearing black paint under it and people are saying it's blackface

    • @stevestowell-virtue3781
      @stevestowell-virtue3781 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

      @vipers1184 I say bullshit. Go be a SJW somewhere else.

    • @samwest8962
      @samwest8962 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      @@stevestowell-virtue3781 the person you are calling sjw is clearly not taking offence. If fact there saying it cool. You're way too quick with that term

  • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
    @MarkWYoung-ky4uc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    And all this time I thought the grim reaper carried a scythe. Who knew he carries a 5 string banjo...Great job Clif! 💀🤣👍

    • @mattthatsme8799
      @mattthatsme8799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      them licks cut deeper thn the scythe cn slice

    • @MarkWYoung-ky4uc
      @MarkWYoung-ky4uc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mattthatsme8799 Amen Brother! 💀🪕

  • @charliemansonUK
    @charliemansonUK 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Clifton, i know you probably wont see this but for years now ive come to listen to this rendition of yours whenever im in a tough place.
    Im a 🇬🇧 veteran diagnosed Severe complex combat specific PTSD...im waiting for and am ready for death, but im always going to want another year...
    From one Vet to another....thank you brother

  • @thegreatders344
    @thegreatders344 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This song was the nail in the coffin for me to actually get a banjo. Its been a fun year

  • @RobertoWCruz
    @RobertoWCruz ปีที่แล้ว +184

    Is this particularly hard to play for someone who’s only picked up a banjo a couple of times (have been playing guitar for about 10 yrs)

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  ปีที่แล้ว +42

      This one is relatively simple. Tablature and lesson video available here: www.patreon.com/posts/o-death-lesson-42794014

    • @aquarius5264
      @aquarius5264 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      bruh if you've been playing guitar for 10 years you can probably play a banjo just fine
      i say probably for unless you somehow still suck after 10 years. they're really similar instruments except banjo is more fingerpicking

    • @kpcraftster6580
      @kpcraftster6580 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo I imagine it's rather tricky to pick with disposable gloves on though. Kudos!

    • @SofaKingShit
      @SofaKingShit ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I haven't played banjo but this song is about me l can feel something growing inside l just hope its hyperchondria and not the big C or cychosis or what not. No cash to pay docs and around here they're all bandits anyway so not much help love from Morocco.

    • @BUKWulfSh0t
      @BUKWulfSh0t ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@SofaKingShit greetings from southern California... i hope to visit Morocco one day

  • @CliftonHicksbanjo
    @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    Oh Death oh Death, Please spare me over 'til another year!
    What is this that I can't see with icy hands taking hold of me?
    I am Death none can excel I open the door to Heaven or Hell,
    Oh Death someone would pray could you call some other day?
    The children prayed the preacher preached but time & mercy is out of your reach...
    I'll fix your feet so you can't walk I'll lock your jaw so you can't talk,
    I'll close your eyes so you can't see this very hour come go with me,
    Death I come to take the soul I leave the body and leave it cold,
    I drop the flesh off of the frame the earth and worms both have a claim...
    O Death consider my age please don 't take me at this stage
    My wealth is all at your command if you will move your icy hand,
    The young the old the rich or poor all alike with me you know
    No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold nothing satisfies me but your soul...
    Mother come to my bed place a cold towel upon my head,
    My head is warm my feet is cold Death is moving upon my soul,
    Oh Death how you treating me you close my eyes so I can 't see,
    You hurt my body you make me cold you run my life right out of my soul...

    • @lonekiterrocky
      @lonekiterrocky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Oh death please spare the good and start with the rotten ELITES!
      Great stuff brother👏👏👏👏

    • @julianevans9874
      @julianevans9874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Qqqqqqqq+

    • @jpf77302
      @jpf77302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The best. Thank you so much!

    • @theasayre3348
      @theasayre3348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Toe stomping tip Tappy branger.. .

    • @wfatube
      @wfatube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damn fine pickin n a great voice too mate 💀👌🪕

  • @justgotohm4775
    @justgotohm4775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I can’t get enough of Ole Leather Stockings, the playing, singing, theatrics of it all is outstanding.

  • @lorenbou
    @lorenbou 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    It's a minor thing, but I respect this guy for playing a fretted instrument with gloves on. He's adding an additional level of difficulty just to keep with the costume/ motif.

    • @nickscurvy8635
      @nickscurvy8635 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I was thinking the same thing. Ive tried playing guitar with gloves in the cold and i just couldnt get it.

    • @darienjohns808
      @darienjohns808 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      so badass. touches my roooots ❤

  • @brandyhouston2105
    @brandyhouston2105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

    Fucking weird that I tune in as my wife died yesterday. We don't know when it's time but as in the olden days death was the great friend. Thanks for making the video.

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      I'm sorry to hear it.

    • @joshjones8335
      @joshjones8335 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Damn sorry for your loss.

    • @stihlguessin210
      @stihlguessin210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      She's on to a better place... My condolences.

    • @fredrickneidhardt8064
      @fredrickneidhardt8064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know all too well how that feels. It's hard to continue on after that, but you can do it.

    • @Coops889
      @Coops889 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So sorry for your loss brother. They say it gets better with time. It’s doesn’t really, just gets a little more comfortable.

  • @OpenProof
    @OpenProof 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    This was creepy as fuck. I like it.

    • @kratomseeker5258
      @kratomseeker5258 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HAHAHAHAHA

    • @mototoad1242
      @mototoad1242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kratomseeker5258 green maeng da is the best

  • @Conriocht
    @Conriocht 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    The most chilling words you will hear today:
    (Death speaking) “No wealth, no land, no silver, no gold-nothing satisfies me like your soul.” 💀

  • @finchfreehart1253
    @finchfreehart1253 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    this feels like i took Benadryl while watching primus

  • @nealdmiller
    @nealdmiller ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Clifton makes most "death metal" bands look about as dark and hard as Alvin and The Chipmunks...
    Even Death is going, "Wow...Do I really seem that grim to you? A lot of people are actually happy to see me...I'm kind of hurt..."

  • @oneabove1111
    @oneabove1111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    Listening to this with stage five renal failure, it just hits different.

    • @edwardz.rosenthal9946
      @edwardz.rosenthal9946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Death ain't an unfair twist in the game, it is the game. Always has been, an' always will. Blink a few times, smile a couple, then you' out. No crime, no foul, just game...

    • @harvestblades
      @harvestblades 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And I sit here struggling with depression & desire to end my own life. Obviously you don't know my struggles, but I could only imagine how frustrated I would be for someone to willingly take their own life when I am fighting for every day I have. I am sorry that you are going through this, but thank you for making me think about how I would feel if the situation was reversed. It is just so hard to sit here & fight against my illnesses while failing to provide financially or emotionally for my wife & kids.

    • @teresawright8615
      @teresawright8615 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@harvestblades
      May God Almighty wrap u in his Loving arms and give you his Precious Peace please ! In Yeshua mighty name.

    • @jackyflowers3493
      @jackyflowers3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    • @douglaswegener9086
      @douglaswegener9086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Two time cancer survivor. Death (Odin) came into my room for me. Wife got me to ER full on septic shock. Death is real deal shit. If your not ready don't go with him!!!

  • @skeletalwreck8780
    @skeletalwreck8780 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    G’day from Australia
    The world needs more “old leatherstocking” .........please

  • @FUJISAN992
    @FUJISAN992 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    With 2024 looming we'll need more Old Leatherstocking for the Apocalypse Bingo 2024 OST

  • @bethelliott3593
    @bethelliott3593 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This might be a strange question but I need one of your shirts in a 5T. I have an autistic nonverbal son that loves to listen to you all the time and somehow he saw that you have shirts and he keeps pointing it out to me and when I say do you want me to get that for you he says Yass! His birthday is in August so I am trying to get it by then.

  • @norske9228
    @norske9228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    This is the song I listen to before I give my soul to the ocean to do with me whatever it will. Take me away from my family to make me rich or poor take me away from my family but please bring me back. Here comes another crab season on the ocean 2021 watch over me and my family. To go where few have ever seen.

    • @joewilson5635
      @joewilson5635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Stay safe brother

    • @shaneries2182
      @shaneries2182 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you rock

    • @fraserrisk1836
      @fraserrisk1836 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Give your BODY to the ocean, you ARE a soul that will live on for eternity! !

    • @BjornOdinsson1
      @BjornOdinsson1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I shall raise a horn to Aegir and Njord to ye

    • @sarahsteinbach5361
      @sarahsteinbach5361 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fraserrisk1836 98mchevy

  • @youdeservethis
    @youdeservethis 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Unfortunately for my neighbors, you've convinced me to learn the banjo and American traditional music!

  • @Steel-toad-Jack
    @Steel-toad-Jack 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The fact your still running around this comment section proves you're one of the few worth a durn.

  • @darrylmistelske7295
    @darrylmistelske7295 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Of all the covers of this profound gem, Brother Clifton sir this is a haunting captivating solo. WOW.

  • @chadglasner4755
    @chadglasner4755 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    To me this is like the Dock Boggs version. It seems personal if that makes any sense at all? Great rendition Mr Hicks

  • @JesseWilliams-i4f
    @JesseWilliams-i4f 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    The fact you be doin this with gloves on is dope as f#&$, too.

  • @pierreldcantra
    @pierreldcantra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    What kind of banjo would you recommend for getting first time

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Gold Tone AC1.

    • @pierreldcantra
      @pierreldcantra 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @CliftonHicksbanjo thank you i’ll look into it

  • @gregbarnsdale4293
    @gregbarnsdale4293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    So what do you listen to
    - hardcore gangsta rap, street stories about killing and dealing (crowd ooo's)
    - viking death metal, tales of battle and raiding and hel (crowd ooo's louder)
    - cowboy gunfighter ballads (crowd reaches pitch)
    ... ole leather starts pickin
    (crowd goes quiet)

    • @jimmykanuk9092
      @jimmykanuk9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sounds like mine
      -cholo Mexican rap
      -natsoc black metal
      -gunfighter ballads and trail songs
      -old leather stocking
      -lotr soundtracks

    • @uraphag8314
      @uraphag8314 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jimmykanuk9092 forgot stoner doom

    • @DeezNuts-vj4ws
      @DeezNuts-vj4ws 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jimmykanuk9092
      nigga tf natsoc black metal???? link me some of that shit

    • @mattydoogs3768
      @mattydoogs3768 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @jimmykanuk9092
      @jimmykanuk9092 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DeezNuts-vj4ws pest noire, burzum, Graveland to name a few lots of underground groups as well when you look hard enough

  • @weaponizedham826
    @weaponizedham826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    where does leather stocking come from, is there a tradition of wearing a skull?

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +371

      The skull mask tradition has existed for a long time in various cultures. I got the idea from European artwork dating to the 14th century, around the time of the Black Death (bubonic plague pandemic), and from the Welsh Mari Lwyd tradition, Santa Muerte, and Dia de los Muertos.
      Old Leatherstocking himself was an historical figure, perhaps named after Cooper's fictional character Natty "Leatherstocking" Bumppo. The historical Old Leatherstocking, who was also known as Mr. Rector, lived in eastern Kentucky during the 1790s and is said to have used deer intestines or sinew to make banjo strings.

    • @tedbear8168
      @tedbear8168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo I love that you can actually educate folks. Thank you !

    • @RuthlessDJs
      @RuthlessDJs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo great info, shall have to look up the Welsh connections being from Wales myself 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍🏻

    • @jasonnonanon7206
      @jasonnonanon7206 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo The world needs more Old Leatherstocking.

    • @bigworkfitnessfactory9789
      @bigworkfitnessfactory9789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo !bb¹

  • @alfredocarpaneto5976
    @alfredocarpaneto5976 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Not sure why this showed up in my suggested videos. but for some reason it was exactly what I needed to hear today. Thanks for sharing this. Also had a Hillary Klug fiddling and dancing video show up today too. I have an Appalachia vibe going on now.

  • @SD-oc9dw
    @SD-oc9dw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    TH-cam algorithms finally did something right. So rad!
    🖤💀

  • @kenbach1574
    @kenbach1574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    Finding fantastic footage like this makes all the crap on the internet worthwhile.THANKS.

  • @JB-ni8lr
    @JB-ni8lr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Playing this rendition every week.
    Keeps me motivated and stepping.
    Keep doing what you do, brother.

  • @joseph2832
    @joseph2832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    surprised gems on vhs has not contacted you to film a video with you...you are a folk king Clifton.

    • @PermacultureAppalachia
      @PermacultureAppalachia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      We might be too country for Gems.

    • @Adamaeus88
      @Adamaeus88 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PermacultureAppalachia Yeah, too authentic and not hipster enough.

  • @BBoardman81
    @BBoardman81 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Absolutely NO DISRESPECT to the LEGEND Ralph Stanley...
    But...
    ...this is my favorite version of this song.

  • @doingthings244
    @doingthings244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    As a Yankee boy. This song rings true as the elders start to pass, you realize your own mortality.

  • @fish97826
    @fish97826 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My Father was a mortician for close to 50 years, unfortunately he's no longer with us God rest his soul, but I know for a fact he would've loved this song
    Love you pops, Thanks for the help for keeping death spare me over till another year

  • @danmurray2210
    @danmurray2210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    Years ago (summer of 2005, I think) I helped install a septic system for John Chandler, who was a cousin of Lloyd and Dillard Chandler. I spent a lot of time talking to the Chandlers, and playing John's banjo, and at the end of it all, they gave me a "pirate" copy of High Atmosphere (which, apparently, they have the legal right to distribute, so it's not a real pirate copy, I guess) and told me all about how they feel somewhat defrauded by Folkways Records. John said that "God gave him [Lloyd Chandler] that song [Conversation with Death/O Death] to win souls for God," and was angry that Ralph Stanley claimed to have written it. They were also offended at the song's use in Songcatcher, a movie which they found to be in conflict with their Christian beliefs. They also felt that they never got the full royalties that were owed to them. I think the larger issue is that they felt that their culture was mined for its riches, and they weren't even given the credit.
    Anyway, this is a long-winded way of saying thanks for not just saying that the song was written by Ralph Stanley like so many people do.

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ❤️

    • @artsymamanana
      @artsymamanana 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is a bible story, basically

    • @1allstarman
      @1allstarman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Unfortunatly , the music business has many stories such as this one .

    • @doitnowvideosyeah5841
      @doitnowvideosyeah5841 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@shaneharrison4775 Well AP Carter didn't 'write', in our way of thinking today, much of anything he put his name on but originality was valued differently. A clever re working of a pre existing melody or lyrical theme was highly valued

    • @thomasre6451
      @thomasre6451 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've got a doc bogs record with that song, and I bet it's older than the 1930s

  • @jaywalker3087
    @jaywalker3087 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’m a Brit and spreading the word in the UK .
    Just ordered my first banjo and am starting to learn.
    I’m 62 and never learned to play anything before.
    Thankyou man , I appreciate what your music finally do .
    A promise to myself to learn to play an instrument.
    I used to say ‘that to go through life and not learning to play an instrument, was a waste.
    Thankyou again,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

  • @joeygrenova7635
    @joeygrenova7635 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    666k views that is sus

  • @michaellucio9935
    @michaellucio9935 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Your presentation is wild. I'm going to put it in my will to hire you to play on my funeral

  • @ianwyllie2332
    @ianwyllie2332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Thank you! Thank you for opening eyes. I referred a friend of mine to your channel. He told me today.."I'll never hear these songs the same way again. Thank you." I said "Don't thank me, thank the man who is preaching with a banjo."

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Thanks for the kind words and the insight. My great-grandfather was a Baptist preacher, as were his grandfather and great-grandfathers going all the way back to 1700s Yorkshire.

    • @Jorn-gy3yc
      @Jorn-gy3yc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ah must be true blood of English White rose, Greetings from The the white rose

    • @ianwyllie2332
      @ianwyllie2332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo I just feel that the music and songs you're playing are opening eyes to a dark part of American history. A part that should be learned so we stop living it. It is time we see one another as human. It is time we come together, and I truly hope your rendition of these songs helps with that. I thank you again,Sir.

    • @chrisspley99
      @chrisspley99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo you have Yorkshire heritage? Good lad, best part of the UK lol

    • @LazyIRanch
      @LazyIRanch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      When I clicked on this, I wasn't sure what to expect. What a delightful surprise! This is the music of my Mom's people; mountain music, and murder ballads!
      I LOVE THIS!!!
      I subscribed so fast!

  • @bullbapp
    @bullbapp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Do you know what I did after hearing this tune. I ordered myself a banjo...! I will certainly make an effort to learn some banjo. I've played som guitar before, so I choose a 6-string.

  • @djomegaminus
    @djomegaminus 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I've joined the ranks of others who have suddenly fallen in love with the banjo thanks to Clifton!!!

  • @mikeryan4742
    @mikeryan4742 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I'd love to hear Old Leatherstocking's version of Mother by Danzig !

  • @Goliath_actual
    @Goliath_actual ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ghost if he grew up in the south instead of england

    • @arch_6133
      @arch_6133 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ghost is swedish

    • @Goliath_actual
      @Goliath_actual ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@arch_6133 like simon riley, call of duty’s ghost

    • @arch_6133
      @arch_6133 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Goliath_actual lol I thought you meant the band 😂

    • @Goliath_actual
      @Goliath_actual ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@arch_6133 I can see how that could be confusing, My apologies.

  • @stacysolitude
    @stacysolitude 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    This is my 5-year-old's favorite song. He has asked for me to play "the skeleton song" for at least a year now. He's finally memorized "Old Leather Stocking" and is starting to remember the lyrics to this one. We're out visiting houses that signed up on the Halloween decoration map provided by a local news station and he just asked if we can listen to all of Old Leather Stocking's songs. Thank you for sharing your wonderful music.

  • @Get-Frogged
    @Get-Frogged 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    You know, if Death sings this sweetly when my time comes, i think I'll walk hand in hand with him.

  • @JB-ni8lr
    @JB-ni8lr ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You always put real life into these.
    You let the notes sing from your soul, become one with the music.
    Stuff keeps the working man going.
    Thank you.

  • @ExiledPiasa
    @ExiledPiasa หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Pure Appalachian/Scot/Irish song

  • @eecarolinee
    @eecarolinee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I soooooo wish there was a way to post multiple thumbs-ups.
    This music is soul-deep wonderful.
    Thank you... .and thanks to whoever you are channeling from beyond.

    • @eecarolinee
      @eecarolinee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have listened to and sung along to this a zillion times or thereabouts.
      This needs to be played and sung at my funeral... if there is one.
      Ab-so-lutely.

  • @jorismous1422
    @jorismous1422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Death never sounded this good

  • @willgingell5595
    @willgingell5595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Makes me think straight away of Brother where art thou. Well done Clifton. Sooooo good, I can't stop watching it - it's the eyes, they tell a story of their own.

  • @juliakrzyzanowska9776
    @juliakrzyzanowska9776 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Obviously the banjo playing is utterly gorgeous, but I've just realised exactly how stunning this dude's voice is: like someone swilling auditory Belgian chocolate round your eardrum. Wow, he's made me so happy, Old Leatherstocking. Yaaay

    • @darienjohns808
      @darienjohns808 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤🎉❤🎉❤

  • @richardvogel6307
    @richardvogel6307 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When COVID settles down, I will be first in line to buy Leatherstocking 2021 World Tour tickets.

  • @upyours5460
    @upyours5460 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    It's not my intention.to sound like a Fanboy, but your versions, of these songs, are amazing.
    I love listening to you speak of history when you are in your skin.
    Anyway, thank you Mr. Hicks.

  • @boogeymanblues99
    @boogeymanblues99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    He looks... Different!
    Did you get a haircut cliff?

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      That's my associate, Mr. Leatherstocking. He's getting on in years; I don't believe he's had a shave or haircut since about 1790...

  • @mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454
    @mattgoodmangoodmanlawnmowi2454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you Clifton for preserving and promoting this beautiful part of our history. I’m retired and trying to get a motorcycle on the road but I will try to send you something when I can $ wise. Always lifts my spirit when I listen.

  • @JohnSandate
    @JohnSandate 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Traditional Mexican music (corridos / rancheras) have similar themes and tropes ties to death or fatalism. Given all that, I’d be honored to have this played at my funeral. Beautiful as it is haunting. Respect ✊🏽

  • @johnathanogrady7334
    @johnathanogrady7334 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Death is not a fear of mine.
    It's the leaving of those who you love. I hope there is ghosts so I can watch over those I've left behind.

  • @JacobvsRex
    @JacobvsRex 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    The idea of playing banjo with gloves on makes me slightly panicky.....

  • @fuse557
    @fuse557 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I had a Massive heart attack a few months ago, technically died twice. The doctors call it the widow maker, most dont survive. This song is very comforting to me now. Creeps my friends out.

    • @KilerkRazorclaw
      @KilerkRazorclaw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good sense of humor and additude to life, keep going. Keep breathing and going, life is too short but worth living. Its too full of amazing things even if we have the downs. Without the down we couldn't appreciate the high. - A Search and Rescue ground pounder. Take care in life and hope things go better for you. (Also i feel that, i technicaly died seven times, thanks asthma...im a cyclist now.)

    • @gordonyork6638
      @gordonyork6638 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Cheers.from another widowmaker survivor.

    • @iloveFreedom.
      @iloveFreedom. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, I trust yre feelin good now dude, rock on

    • @fuse557
      @fuse557 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@KilerkRazorclaw I come back and read your comment every now and then. im still alive, and thank you for all you do

    • @fuse557
      @fuse557 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I hope your as full of life as me!@@gordonyork6638

  • @namelessentity5851
    @namelessentity5851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Greetings from Michigan. I cannot stop listening to this rendition, and I really dig "Old Leatherstocking" Wearing the mask let's you become something of an avatar of Death itself. By doing more then playing and singing, I would say that makes you akin to a troubadour... a singer of stories and keeper of traditions.

  • @stacysolitude
    @stacysolitude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My 3-year-old son asks for me to play "Skeleton Man music".

    • @DreamStalker2
      @DreamStalker2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ solitude my faux skeleton brood loves this song 🖤

  • @eecarolinee
    @eecarolinee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I have listened to and sung along to this a zillion times or thereabouts.
    This needs to be played and sung at my funeral... if there is one.
    Ab-so-lutely.

  • @disneyforthewin
    @disneyforthewin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I don't know what is leaving the bigger impression ....the soul punch of a song, playing in gloves, or how scary he looks when his eyes get big behind that mask. Performance art that I appreciate, but kinda wish I could unsee lol. Well done

  • @WillZill
    @WillZill 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    That is one of the cleanest sounds and the cleanest instruments I have ever seen

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's an 1888 Luscomb banjo I've played for almost 20 years. It does have a brand new head on it, though.

    • @jazzcatt
      @jazzcatt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo Holy Canoli! No WONDER that instrument sounds so nice! (And here I thought I owned a few vintage instruments)
      I have to commend you for playing it with Nitrile 'mechanics' gloves. I can't even wash dishes with them because I can't see well and have to feel the bits of food left behind to get them clean! You sir, amaze me!

    • @edwardz.rosenthal9946
      @edwardz.rosenthal9946 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jazzcatt So, when invited over your place for supper, I best bring my own plate, yeah?

  • @kmoews
    @kmoews ปีที่แล้ว +13

    best version ive ever heard.. many thanks fot that

    • @mydogbullwinkle
      @mydogbullwinkle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He did it with gloves, too.

    • @billyin4c514
      @billyin4c514 ปีที่แล้ว

      This would be the best version if I had either no ears or no taste.

  • @tonymyers862
    @tonymyers862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This video is at the Wilkes County NC Visitors Center. 🤣🤣🔥🔥

  • @matt01506
    @matt01506 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    "I'll drop the flesh off of the frame. The earth and worms both have a claim"
    STUPENDOUSLY CHILLING LYRICS !
    (Modern technology allowed me to discover you. I am not a fan of the Internet but it is an amazing tool for music lovers. It enabled me to discover another "old school" banjo player whose music i also fell in love with.
    "Olla belle reed")

  • @landonshanerthebanjokid5906
    @landonshanerthebanjokid5906 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Disturbing,yet very cool would you be willing to do a lesson on O,death Mr.Hicks Another Great Job.oh sorry Not Mr.Hicks,Mr.Leatherstocking😉Happy Halloween

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mr. Leatherstocking ain't much on teaching... but I'll see if I can figure it out and film a lesson.

    • @chewyflies8297
      @chewyflies8297 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo I love this song and your version is great. Thank you. May I ask the tuning please?

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      f# CGAD lesson coming soon, and the tab is already available here: patreon.com/cliftonhicks

    • @chewyflies8297
      @chewyflies8297 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CliftonHicksbanjo thank you for getting back to me ((:

  • @claytmadron2472
    @claytmadron2472 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dying's easy, its living that's hard and sometimes scary. When death dares knock on my door, I'll say, " you're late "

  • @musemuser777
    @musemuser777 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Definitely has to be a little harder to finger pick with those gloves on... Great job...💯
    🔥🎸🔥

  • @squidy3603
    @squidy3603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Banjos are coming in strong this year just watch

  • @notan7998
    @notan7998 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I love how this song goes through the throws of death, from the beginning to the end. You can almost feel the person in the song dying

  • @Tinblitz
    @Tinblitz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I love how good that costume looks for how simple it. Is.

  • @3wheelslifelonglivetheatc559
    @3wheelslifelonglivetheatc559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    He wears gloves cause that's someone else's banjo and he doesn't want his fingerprints on it

  • @juliaannegrider5734
    @juliaannegrider5734 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I just discovered you today on my you tube feed. You are amazing. You sound like recordings of the Appalachian and dust bowl musicians 100 years ago. Amazing!!! I am a fan now! I have some very bad recordings of my mother's family in the 1930's singing those tunes but can hear that same "sound" in you. I am glad to have found you!❤️

    • @CliftonHicksbanjo
      @CliftonHicksbanjo  3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Julia, I'd love to he your old family recordings. Feel free to email me any time at clifhicks@gmail.com