Re-Creating the Early Gourd Banjo
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Oldtime banjo close ups and demonstrations of overhand, clawhammer, two finger, thumb lead, 2 finger, frailing and stroke styles plus traditional southern Appalachian mountain hoedown and early minstrel show techniques. History, anthropology, folklore, research and musicology including breakdowns, blues, waltz pieces, tin pan alley, some Afro-Caribbean and West African history, occasional Cajun and zydeco references, also Métis, Creole, Melungeon and indigenous North American music traditions. Mountain music, southern culture. George Gibson, Ernie Williams, Cousin Emmy, Dock Boggs, Rufus Crisp, Virgil Anderson, Lily May Ledford, Roscoe Holcomb, Tab Ward, Frank Proffitt, Tommy Jarrell, Kyle Creed, Lee Sexton, Morgan Sexton, Lead Belly, Pete Steele, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, JD Crowe, Clarence Ashley, Fred Cockerham, Dwight Diller, Gaither Carlton, John Snipes, Dink Roberts, Clifford Essex, Joe Sweeney, Archibald Ferguson, Dan Emmett, John Hartford, Picayune Butler, Gus Cannon, Art Rosenbaum, Grandpa Jones, Snuffy Jenkins, Buell Kazee, Bascam Lamar Lunsford, Uncle Dave Macon, Tommy Makem, Luke Kelly, Charlie Poole, Ola Belle Reed, BF Shelton, Hobart Smith, Samantha Bumgarner, Peggy Seeger, Mike Seeger, Jean Ritchie, Ralph Stanley, Odell Thompson, Wade Ward, Hedy West, Fred McDowell, Uncle Homer Walker, Mississippi John Hurt old time, folk, trad roots pickers songsters. #banjo #oldtimemusic #history Riley Baugus, Dirk Powell, Gillian Welch, Maybelle Carter Family. Morgan Sexton, Black Banjo Songsters, Lee Sexton, Clyde Troxell, Blanche Coldiron, Banjo Bill Cornett. 
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i wonder what in the world they used for strings and who they got to make them
The most common materials for strings were twisted or braided horsehair, stinging nettle fibers, and straps of animal intestine. People made their own strings.
@@CliftonHicksbanjo hi, thanks for your amazing videos, you are a true blessing for wannabe banjo makers
Do you have any kind of documentation on those stinging nettle strings ?
The smile says it all.. Love it... :-)
Man that's just cool. Like shooting a flintlock. Killer connection to the past. Used to make all kinds of instruments when I was a kid. Don't know why I stopped. Great plucky sound. Well done.
You might appreciate this absurd gun video I uploaded years ago: ruclips.net/video/-IGkNfIaxj8/видео.html
Thank You Clifton for all wonderful music, Donald Fransson in Sweden
I like the clicky/chirpy sound that it makes. 🔥
Man, I have a lot to say about this. First off, the fact that you built this is impressive. That you built it without power tools is even more impressive. That it only took eighteen hours is that much more impressive. That it looks and sounds amazing is most impressive! I guess the point that I'm trying to make is that you did an admirable job. It's nice to see, especially in today's consumer culture, someone put the time and energy into their passion. Dude, you even grew the gourds! Talk about dedication... Very inspiring!
This sounds incredible. And beyond that, it represents a lot, and is capable of inspiring people to learn about history and why things are the way they are, musically and otherwise. I think that is invaluable. Thanks, and great work as always Clifton
Not being nostalgic, I'm impressed! It's beautiful to look at and listen to.
Sounds great, Clifton. You play it well.
Amazing! Well done.
that is super cool, I couldn't build anything half as awesome as that even if I used modern tools. Hearing you play this banjo is like stepping into a time machine
So cool
Excellent video. Excellent work. Excellent information!
Bravo Maestro
Thanks I'm hoping to make one later this year.
It sounds really nice!
What a beautiful sound.
Wonderful sound, great work, thanks for posting.
In the USA there were 3 classes of slaves: house, field and skilled labor. Skilled labor slaves were carpenters, blacksmiths, tinsmiths, furniture makers, etc. They would have had access to tools and were the most expensive slaves.
Another masterpiece, Sir...!
Beautiful and clever work. What a great achievement!
I love crazy instruments, it's what drew me to the banjo in the first place!
Stunning work.
Oh my!
What a peculiar sound. Awesome, simply put awesome! And what an adventure building it must have been, golly. Exceptional work!
Thanks.
Wow that is cool....great job!
What a great sound, great performance, great instrument! The archeological experiment is a huge success!!! Wow!!!!
God i love this. Your the man clifton
Cool banjo.
This is very cool! I''m in the process of gathering my materials together to build a gourd banjo, and I really appreciate the videos you have put up on the subject. I love your drive to honor the authenticity--it's a very important way to honor the original builders, who, as you pointed out, were working under very difficult conditions. With music available everywhere in our day, we almost can't imagine the transformative effect even a rudimentary instrument must have had on an atmosphere in which every day means backbreaking work with every day the same as every other. Keep up the good work--as a builder and as folklorist!
That's an amazing instrument! Your playing of it is real cool.
Peace Brother
I watched this video earlier this year and it got me very interested in making my own gourd banjos, in my own builds I tried a couple with tuning pegs and a couple of banjos with tied on strings like the akonting. Long story short, I thought you might be interested to know how amazingly stable the tuning is with tied on strings, I’ve picked up the things after a few weeks of not touching them and they were still within a half step of where I had tuned them.
Thanks, that is interesting. I've not tried tied-on strings.
That's fun I don't care who you are.
I like it a lot 🤗.
I made one myself about 2 years ago with 5 strings and a gourd. These hold tuning very nicely.
I like yours better with 4 string😍
God bless and keep you through Jesus Christ our Lord amen.
It speaks of the Earth.
0:16 the dog 😂😂
Far freaking out
Simple and way cool! Thanks for sharing and also taking time to always share the history along with your instruments. Can you explain more fully how the hide is attached to the gourd? Thanks and keep cranking 'em out!
Thanks, J. I used the same method described in this video: ruclips.net/video/c2irzH5a8gM/видео.html
Hey Brother wanted to say love your videos 😀!!! Always wanted to build a gourd banjo. Much love and Respect from North GA!! Cheers!!!
Were are you at, Jones? I live in Fannin County.
Hey Clifton Im in Dawsonville
Back a loooong time ago, I would visit Georgia on business and there would be "manmade trees" with many large gourd birdhouses hanging from the branches. These were everywhere out in the country. Gourds must be a lot rarer in Georgia than they were 35 years ago! lol
Yes, the custom of growing large gourds to hang up for martins and other birds is nothing like what it was a few decades ago. Most people who are really into martins buy the plastic birdhouses for them and so forth.
Hey Clifton, if you're still having problems with growing gourds I'll send you some seeds. I have a good heirloom strain going. Zone 5 here
Very cool. The very high action would probably bother me, though it's certainly accurate historically speaking. First thing I do when I get some african ngonis is sanding the bridge down to get lower action
I love it. Like. No shit
Excellent banjo, Clifton!
I must ask though, is it difficult to finger with the action being so high? I imagine that would require some serious dexterity to press on one string and not mute another.
Yes, I've since figure out ways to lower the action to a more comfortable height.
Ah man, PLEASE do a cover of Rove Riley Rove!
Beautiful instrument. Since the action is so high as you go down the neck, I am assuming it can only be played on the first 3 or 4 frets (or where the frets would be if it had any). Of course, you could play it farther down the neck using a slide. I’ve experimented with a slide on my own fret less banjo and it seems to work OK.
Like your thinking. With global weather issues we all might be getting back to basic lifestyles 🇦🇺👍 thinking of growing Gourds. What seed did you use.? So happy for you.
Could you please play Georgia Buck on that banjo or and other of your other gourd banjos?
🤘🏿🔥🤘🏿
If you're interested in the banjo and its history please consider supporting this project here: patreon.com/cliftonhicks
Hey Clifton. I am a beginner banjo player and maker. Could you give me any direction as to where I can find some old instruction, or drawings of gourd banjos so that I might try my hand at making my very own banjo?
Beautiful! When you coming out to Colorado?
Somebody needs to hire me to play something out that way and I'll gladly come on up. Preferably on a cannabis farm.
... Nice !... and wht is its tuning please ?
... Do you have a special chapter for 4 string only list ?... Thank You very much by advance...
I believe this is the painting you mentioned... en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Displaying_the_Arts_and_Sciences
May I ask if you would be willing to build one just like that for me? If so, how much would it cost? Thank you.
Great job on yours, and that was some fine playing.
Take care.
yes its crude yes its primitive but its history
You talk like nicoulus cage in raising arizona
I realized it would be very unpopular for you to agree with me on this point, but have you ever considered how many native Americans were enslaved or indentured in America? In seventeen hundred, it was actually illegal to bring Africans into America. By eighteen twenty, it was made punishable by death.
From what I can ascertain, most colored people were not actually inslaved or indentured. They were free people of color, people who were never inslaved or indentured. And not from Africa.
African American is a very recent term. When I was born, African Americans and native Americans were both called colored.
I realized you might think this is irrelevant or off-topic. But lots of banjo lovers are either black or have black friends. It's not right to insist it's African or a slave instrument when it's so unlikely and you have no proof. Just call it black or colored. You don't have to say African or enslaved.
It's not nice to assume a man is desended from African slaves simply based on the color of his skin. Every continent and most countries have a history of black indigenous people. And anyone can be a slave.
Despite my complaint I still appreciate your wonderful videos. 2:47
This sounds incredible. And beyond that, it represents a lot, and is capable of inspiring people to learn about history and why things are the way they are, musically and otherwise. I think that is invaluable. Thanks, and great work as always Clifton