You sound like hank williams ..

@BibleStorm

3 жыл бұрын

Better, I think

@jaredison2708

3 жыл бұрын

@Brit Sehnsucht This song is definitely sung in the style of old 1800s black blues.

@joeyj6808

3 жыл бұрын

I agree and that's a very high compliment.

@matthiasbohme3746

3 жыл бұрын

hehe, williams sounds like williams, rebel within' never work thou, i've seen..

@squirrel8171

3 жыл бұрын

@@BibleStorm don't no one sound better than old hank sr. But he definitely uo there with him lol.

He sings like it was 1920, love it.

TO BE ABLE TO SING LIKE THAT WHILE he's WORKING?! PIPES, BITCH, PIPES. This is one of my favorite songs, I'm so glad this video exists.

One of the only times someone could be too loud while I’m tree stand hunting and I would not give a damn

@lindamaemullins5151

3 жыл бұрын

😂👍❤️

@squirrel8171

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@zackerythomas4536

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

Medicine for the southern soul thank you so much

He's a living legend already. I listen to the old stuff, he time warps across a few generations, maybe five, with his voice and picking all styles. Sounds as real and as heartfelt as the day it was first sang/played in my mind. Incredible, gives me the shivers. Thanks man!

@robynlatham6451

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

The sound of a chain gang. Hammers hitting in time.

@jasonh.8362

2 жыл бұрын

Hit it and snatch it back!

Just discovered this Hicks fella. Utterly captivating.

@zsakrock

3 жыл бұрын

I said it before. Him, and Mean Mary brought back the country boy in me that I forgot was there. A truly gifted man, indeed.

@overthenever4262

3 жыл бұрын

Do you get goose bumps to

@d.riprock1546

3 жыл бұрын

Captivating is the term that sprang to mind for sure. I hadn't heard of him until 10 min ago. Wonderful baritone.

@christophercoates5893

3 жыл бұрын

Lol white boy

@lindamaemullins5151

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

We should all sing more, Thank you Mr Hicks 👍

I'm a man and didn't know I could cry but maybe it's the shine.

" In the pines , lonely pines , where the sun never shines , and I shivered when the cold wind blew . " atmospheric .

@robynlatham6451

2 жыл бұрын

the Longleaf Pines* They are historic and prehistoric on our land

Ain't seen that much work in a corn field in long time since I was a kid Louisiana

@swampmagiclouisiana1490

3 жыл бұрын

Ain’t it the truth👍

There's a body beneath those corn plants

@jimmyjoe8225

3 жыл бұрын

Go snooping around them and there'll be 2.

@mototoad1242

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimmyjoe8225 🤣

@oldschoolcop8568

3 жыл бұрын

🤫 shhhhhh!!! no body no crime 😁

@jackieblue787

3 жыл бұрын

Moto toad did not kill himself.

@mototoad1242

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackieblue787 🤣🤣

Howlin' Cliff !!!

@CliftonHicksbanjo

4 жыл бұрын

🌽🐺🌘

@d-nice8834

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Pops, Tell me you have done a version of "Paths Of Victory "..?... and I just can't find it

That's the way my people lived!

It's cool to see music used as a tool

@jimmyjoe8225

3 жыл бұрын

Singing these songs working in the field is where a lot of them come from.

I remember my grandad and granny working the field of corn and singing gospel songs . Wood heat and wood cook stove . Nothing handed to them .

Ran a pick and shovel from the cascades south to the Sierras out east to the blue ridge and back, the sound of steel against stone rings as true to my soul as this dear man's voice. Take good care and thank you sir

@jasonh.8362

3 жыл бұрын

I heard steel on rock every time he hit it. Hit it and snatch it back is what tha boss tells ya.

This is my all time favorite Lead Belly song. Great cover & just as eerie. Thanks! ❤

@lindamaemullins5151

3 жыл бұрын

Yep ❤️

@imAdolff

3 жыл бұрын

Well, You're quite beautiful

@thomassmart997

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@justforever96

9 ай бұрын

Leadbelly did it but it's not his song, and this is a different version. I thought Nirvana actually did a pretty good job with this too. I don't care for most of their stuff, except the unplugged album, and that I think is one of the all time greats.

@jrayproductions7790

8 ай бұрын

@@justforever96 Crazy thing is...no one knows where this song came from. Even Leadbelly said he never knew exactly where he picked up the song.

Wow. I don’t have any other words. Another world. My granddaddy used to sing this. Chilling💀

Reminds me of those old prison song recordings by Lomax! Leadbelly B. Smiling!

Haunting version of this classic..and, I must say, nice on the eyes, too...

I love the haunting sound of the ooo's

In wet swamp on hill going to top o the mountain till I find that place where I be welcome to show my face. CLIFTON FOR PREZ!!

one of the best ,or even the best version of this of this song

Now that's some "country boy" stuff right there. Hoeing the corn, singing like Hank Williams, with the lightning bugs flying. Don't get no better.

1.4K views? How about that? I love work. I can sit and watch it all day long.

Damn...just Damn

I was weeding some grass just like you today as the sun went down hearing this, truly touches what it feels living in the farm, working hard, living hard, cheers from the middle west country side of Brazil, we are all over the world.

I need this guy in my weedy garden …sing good too.

man now you're cooking - I think the unaccompanied a capella is a great addition to this channel, in the tradition of roscoe (a village churchyard) or alan lomax (tangle eye blues a particular favorite). also presenting it like this where you're doing work is a great way of getting over the pretension or awkwardness of sitting direct in front of a camera belting it out. so damn glad i signed up to this patreon and that you're so generous with your life and skills my dude

@simonvarney5261

2 жыл бұрын

The village church yard is a very old baptist song. It’s sung in many of the old regular baptist and primitive baptist churches. Mostly found in eastern Kentucky (where I’m from) and southwestern Virginia. If you like the sound of that singing though, I would recommend looking into old regular baptist line singing!

Beautiful singing brother man Clifton! Those lyrics and your sweeping wails give a nice haint to the field. That definitely made for some better tasting corn on the cob, no doubt! May that field always be yours, and your families.☦️💗 Like the Kulak people had before the Bolsheviks and Stalin pogromed, purged, and finally starved what was left of them into collective farms with man made famines. For the greater good of da pipples of course. Ahhh, Subjectivist Utopia..... Everything else doesn't care....

Glad I ain't the only one who sings while he works in the garden.

This is fucking amazing.

That pain in those pipes. It's beautiful. Don't stop singing and performing to us that need to hear it. You know what I'm saying. 😉

You done mowed me down with that one Clifton. Thank you for your sincerity.

Smithsonian folkways has leadbelly recording. Besides Hicks’ rendition, i enjoyed seeing firelies. Havent seen those in over a decade. And the corn, reminds me of visits to my grandma’s farm.

all I have to say is this hits home

This is absolutely amazing. And the setting? Perfect!!!

@jasonh.8362

3 жыл бұрын

Would only be half as good without tha visual I agree!!

Never heard that version but then again I don't know who Gibson is love Leadbelly while I'm on that love some Clifton Hicks keep bringing that shit son

@joehardin9954

3 жыл бұрын

I'm just saying Ralph fucking Stanley about the only one can pull some acapella off please meet you hope you guess my name in case you know I'm not him I'm just your fucking average Joe And I usually side with the original so to think you pulled that off against ledbetter on an acapella fucking amazing friend

Real music

I absolutely love this guy.

One if the best versions right there with leadbelly and nirvana your great man

simply amazing. the beat of the yard work puts this superbly over the top

Holy shit man that right there 🏴‍☠️

Reminds me of my upbringing. Family music straight out of Ulster. Well done Mr. Hicks

Sing it man hell yeahhhhh

I love this so damn much

POWERFUL

YESSSS!!!

That was great. Thanks

The gun shots in the background makes this so much better

So many people, ignorant of both rhoticism in the English language and of the Bible, transcribe similar verses about Noah's dove as if it was about someone named Norah. I'm glad to see it rendered properly here.

@CliftonHicksbanjo

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Dan. I try real hard to enunciate when singing, and when writing lyrics I stick close to "correct" modern grammar.

That totally stopped me in my tracks. Amazing!

I've never had a friend In the pines Lol Yes

Well done! Thank you!!

Fantastic

Now that I think I can blow on my harp, Dang buddy you stop at a crossroads to get that voice.

I love working and singing, this man has the absolute best life. Take care of that food and that dog brother. I'd love on your property, help work, and sing with you

@chickenfarm09

3 жыл бұрын

me too

❤

The rake-work as an instrument 🤯

Amazing voice

Profound words

I remember that song in the sixties as a pop song and didn't realise it was an old American folk song. You made a really good job portraying it.

@clifton hicks this is bad ass, dude.

Gave me goose bumps Clifton. Beautifully sung brother 👍🏻

should have more views

Just beautiful! 🤩

I must say I couldn't enough for the application out here on the river bank of Cumberland river of south central KY from my hand build farm just a wonderful old sounding versions of one of my all times favorite song much respect my brother

Leadbelly love it! Would love to put a banjo to this!

This boy grows some nice corn!!!!

precious! goosebumps, yeah. hear it over and over in the last few days (not only this song) ... for gods sake you take me closer to banjo sounds, knowlege in sound is the word.

Kurt Cobain's version couldn't hold a candle to this version. All Power to the People brother Clifton. From, an anti imperialist war veteran

@mesk412

3 жыл бұрын

Dude let's not bring Kurt into this, haha. I love Nirvana's cover! This is amazing tho.

@michaelclark1811

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone’s always gotta be a competition

@jesusoftheapes

8 ай бұрын

YOU ARE CRAZY ! Kurt made this song relevant again after 100 years. His power vocals at the end of that song (butchered for modern audiences) is a part of Rock n Roll history at a level few songs are ever taken . Kurt is the soul this song was made from when singing this song . The pain of Kurt's vocals in that song are beyond music and make you literally shiver down the spine . You are wrong about it and there is no better version of that music . Right now after you read this listen to the song here then put on Live in NY and Unplugged and listen to Kurt . There is no better version to the song than Kurt's version . MY GIRL MY GIRL .. Better than Black Girl anyways. Makes the song much more relevant to everyone.

@josephkeigley1493

4 ай бұрын

@@jesusoftheapes while I agree with you about Kurt’s version (which I absolutely love btw) there’s something magical about this too just the way that this was most likely a field song sung from the soul like this there’s something beautiful about it

Clifton Hicks, you are the best showman/talent I have seen in such a while. I love each video. It’s enchanting.

I'm a big Leadbelly fan, and gardener, so singing it toiling in the garden just makes it awesome.

Clifton, the real shit.

I'm saving up to purchase a banjo. Love your music with or without instruments u rock it

The cold winds blowing is a reference to the sound it makes when someone's head is chopped off. It's a hiss or a wind sound. Morbid fact huh

Dear God please do more in this fashion! Visual really drove it home for me. Listening from southern middle Tennessee

Field holler at its finest. Well done my brother, well done😎

What cool art Clifton! Holy f___! That was great. Several things happened to me watching this/feeling this/listening to this. #1, that verse that starts at 1:26 is juicy. JUICY. As potent as anything any man, black or white, has ever offered the world. What a lament!! 'Answer me: where did you sleep last night? Cause I'm going crazy. I cried all night pacing the floor for you black girl. Don't tell me no lies. Are still my best friend?' The pace of your mournful wail echoing off the hills of the ravine (or hollar sp?) conjured to my mind injured, lovelorn souls from decades, centuries past being aroused by your tormented questioning. lingering in the mists seeing who is doing the singing. #2 it inspired my to create something original. You are one cool dude Clifton. If you were in my neck of the woods I'd find you out and we'd be friends. I like your daring and creativity and your bravery in sharing all that you do. #3 I remember asking that same question myself and raisin hell when the answer came 'I was home alone.' *I think Kurt Cobain covered this song for obvious reasons. I related to its honesty. Cool provocative art. A suspicious questioning man laboring in the sun working the fields with his dog. All under the watch of a merciless world.

I love this shit. It echos in my bones

Love it thank you

Awesomely inspiring

I bought Lead Belly's album. I like the way you sing it better. But still there is something about that song that I just love. Thank you for making me aware of it.

Great job!! Very nice

This is great.

This has been on my playlist probably since you posted it. NOTHING BUT A GENUINE RECORDING.

@jesusoftheapes

8 ай бұрын

Nirvana Unplugged and Live in NY. Track 14 . The Genuine recording Kurt made of this song was not a studio made song. The only version you can hear was the first time anyone ever heard Kurt sing the song and he sung it live with no electric accompaniment . He put his soul into this song more than any song he wrote or performed in his life. The man leaves his body when he sang this song. He meets whatever higher power there is in the universe and then brings that power to his voice when he sing it. " In the Pines is the original tracks name however they retooled the song a hair so they renamed it "Where did you sleep last night" for the album . There is no better version of this song and no matter what you think of Nirvana or anything Kurt Cobain said or did. He made this song feel . You truly become engrossed in his vocals and this song will never leave you after having heard it by Kurt on that very famous night where Rock n' Roll history was shook to its core by a guy with an unplugged Guitar and a voice that was give to the world by angels .. Mind you they did change the words because lets face it the originals lyrics are not cohesive nor do they make much sense however the song they turned out is legendary and has as much soul as anything ever written and sung. Nirvana Live and Unplugged from NY track #14 . " Where did you sleep Last night". You will never regret it.

So awesome!

Love this dude. Real music

Sing it Brother I sing at work like that I'm a welder and mostly by Myself working so I have a lot of time to put songs together sometimes I record Myself on My phone and then go home and put the banjo to good use .. so keep it up it makes a hard days work go fast cul Clif

Awesome! Thanks.

Amazing

This was truly quality. Thank you.

Great love this old singing and banjo playin

Strange this makes me feel like I stepped back in to batter time in America.

Wonderful!

Genuine work song ...brilliant !....

Clif. I busted the head on my Luscomb today. So... sad. But DAMN, dude, I'm tossing the banjo and am just gonna sing now. This is awesome!

Love it! That’s all need be said…