Beautiful song Matt! This is a joy to listen to. You guys are awesome Clifton!
@FFGG22EКүн бұрын
The black banjo had no strings though. It was a drum.
@earodeafchildКүн бұрын
You have a fan in Germany!
@gregpryne47362 күн бұрын
Good job sir
@blackbutteforge2 күн бұрын
That's a great story.
@howlinhobbit2 күн бұрын
awesome claw hammer going on there, and on a fretless to boot. great vocals as well.
@TheMostTruth2 күн бұрын
Heya Clifton, i love you, i love John Snipes, i love a lot of the old timers... but it doesn't matter what we think is correct, if it is now called clawhammer that's what it is. Language and words evolve, like it or not (personally i don't like it :) )
@CliftonHicksbanjo2 күн бұрын
I don't conform to every trend that happens along.
@Travis-hp4jr3 күн бұрын
Great content! A record of this is really needed. You are doing important work. Thanks again.
@NelsonBly3 күн бұрын
Stabb is a pretty common German last name. While some Jews use the last name it's not specifically Jewish. Staab's history isn't well documented but what I did find just identifies him as German with no mention of being Jewish. His wife Diana Uvedale Ashton seems to be the daughter of a Reverend which leads me to believe there is no Jewish connection there. I did find mention that Staab played piano at a meet up in his home town of Chicago for Lincoln during his presidential campaign which is interesting and definitely lends credence to the assertion that this is a protest song of sorts.
@nickmaurer83023 күн бұрын
It’s a Kabbalah tree of life, not “satanic” artwork
@CliftonHicksbanjo3 күн бұрын
I seem to have angered the Devil worshippers.
@Tbowie133 күн бұрын
Ahhh yes! Were you reading my mind Clifton? I dont know how I didnt see this sooner. Ive been stuck on Levon Helms FHLB for the last couple of weeks, and here I see you pop up with it also! I miss seein you more often, hope work is going well for ya. Next time you're around Buffalo National, you should come visit us in Mountain View Arkansas, I think you'd really enjoy the little town. Maybe you've already visited? But every weekend there's old time music played on the square, people from around the world come to the pickin park.
@beararms69453 күн бұрын
Finally someone else who plays , I think I might be the only picker in Pennsylvania ha, what head ya have on your sweetheart?
@blackbutteforge3 күн бұрын
I saw that head shake. Played live music over 30 years now, I know what that means. Whatever note you thought you miss freted was only audible to you my friend. That was a great take. You've taught me a ton since I found you. Thanks!
@phillbenjamin47153 күн бұрын
I love how he makes the deep driving sound of that banjo compete for front center stage with his darkly sung lyrics. A brilliant piece of art painted around the message of the song. Reminds me a lot of why I think Led Zeppelin was so great. 😁
@SuperLoopholes4 күн бұрын
Oh way back in England lady did dwell Way back in England Lady did dwell Her name was pretty polly was I loved her so well Polly, pretty polly over yonder she stands x2 With gold rings on her fingers and lily white hands Polly, pretty Polly come take me in kind x2 Let me sit down beside you, I tell you my mind My mind is to marry and never to part x2 Lord the first time I saw you, you wounded my heart Polly, pretty polly come go along with me x2 Lord before we get married, some pleasure to see He took her over mountains and valleys so deep Took her over mountains and valleys so deep At length Pretty Polly, Lord she begin to weep Saying Willy, oh dear willy, I'm afeared of your ways Willy, oh dear willy, I'm feared of your ways I fear you will lead my poor body astray He took her over mountains and valleys so deep Took her over mountains and valleys so deep At length Pretty Polly, she begin to weep Saying Willy, oh dear willy, I'm feared of your ways Willy, oh dear willy, I'm feared of your ways I fear you will lead my poor body astray They went on a piece farther and what did they spy went on a piece farther and what did they spy But a newly dug grave with a spade lying by Polly, pretty polly you guess just bout right x2 Lord I dug on your grave the best part of last night She fell to her knees and she pleaded for her life fell to her knees and she pleaded for her life Saying let me go abegging if I cannot be your wife But he stabbed her through the heat and heart's blood did flow stabbed her through the hear and heart's blood did flow And down in the grave Pretty Polly did go He threw a little dirt over her and started for home He rolled the cold clay over her and started for home Leaving nothing behind but the wild birds to moan It's a debt to the devil poor willy must pay debt to the devil willy must pay For akilling pretty polly and running away
@Jeff-re9ds4 күн бұрын
For the record, Leo Frank was wrongly convicted and given a posthumous pardon. HE WAS INNOCENT
@CliftonHicksbanjo4 күн бұрын
"Without attempting to address the question of guilt or innocence... hereby grants to Leo M. Frank a Pardon." - Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles (1986)
@Greycat-zf5juСағат бұрын
@@CliftonHicksbanjo It is because he was murdered before his appeal. "but in 1986 Georgia pardoned Frank for failing to protect him while in custody, without addressing his guilt or innocence. With few exceptions, contemporary scholarship sustains claims of Frank’s innocence." Encyclopedia Britannica
@Greycat-zf5juСағат бұрын
@@CliftonHicksbanjo His murderers literally restarted the KKK... "Frank’s saga was national news, and the fallout from his lynching influenced the early years of the ADL, which had been founded in 1913 and eventually won Frank a posthumous pardon. It also gave rise to the renewal of the KKK, which was re-formed out of a hate group that was named after the murdered girl." Encyclopedia Britannica
@Greycat-zf5juСағат бұрын
@@CliftonHicksbanjo The person who wrote this song was even a KKK member.
@davidf7984 күн бұрын
Just superb! I'd love to hear you play a Stephen Foster melody. Perhaps Beautiful Dreamer or Massa's in De Cold, Cold Ground. I know Fred Bacon performed an instrumental banjo version of the latter. It might be interesting.
@grum71404 күн бұрын
Good song! All of the people angry about this song clearly didn’t see the trial verdict or any of the facts around the case
@GuerthysGrowlers4 күн бұрын
Amazing.
@baningobarge4 күн бұрын
Now that you’ve started reading this message it’s too late, if you stop reading now you will be cursed by floppy heads for all eternity. Pass on this message to 10 comment sections or Old Leatherstocking will be standing at the foot of your bed when you wake up tomorrow morning.
@coonplatoon4 күн бұрын
Lately I’ve been more into this style of music with one instrument and a singer. I feel I appreciate the talent more. Seems the older I get the more I enjoy folk music and the such.
@MC-yv5ln5 күн бұрын
Ole Clifton got a face ya can't quite pin an age on, could be 20 could be 47.
@CliftonHicksbanjo4 күн бұрын
39
@MC-yv5ln4 күн бұрын
@@CliftonHicksbanjo I thought it was right around that age. Keep doin what you do best Mr. Hicks.
@blackbutteforge5 күн бұрын
Oh it helps us mere mortals -you're just a natural it seems.
@waltzingpeter5 күн бұрын
Damn dude you have such a good voice, you really are in my top 3 and blow any so called country star out of the water. Beautiful playing as well but damn you can sing.
@GeneralHarvey5 күн бұрын
You should do crying shame as the intros slowness
@mtc4him2016 күн бұрын
Does everything in this world have to be us against them? I don't have a dog in this fight and I can't understand why anyone should care. Live your life.
@CliftonHicksbanjo5 күн бұрын
As long as Satan owns this world, yes.
@VintonChowderhead6 күн бұрын
Who's playing harmonica in the back? Sounds like Noah Lewis, some pre-war stuff.
@krux55066 күн бұрын
Is this the same tuning you use on the old leatherstocking recording?
@BanjoPickinGirl6 күн бұрын
That's beautiful...
@allitinglz6 күн бұрын
😍
@RonnieTrash7 күн бұрын
Awful Song Killer should not have been there !!
@CliftonHicksbanjo6 күн бұрын
No laws were broken until Rosenbaum assaulted Rittenhouse.
@basemandog3 күн бұрын
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
@CliftonHicksbanjo3 күн бұрын
@@basemandog God is the best planner.
@MikeVasq-gi3fb7 күн бұрын
Very well done, he is a modern poet of great degree, and I give my gratitude to thee.😎👍
@allitinglz7 күн бұрын
bahnjo - fancy 😂
@charlenecullen21167 күн бұрын
Should I mulch the gourd plants with straw? They are at the edge of a field. If not, it’s going to be hard to keep weeds from growing big. Thank you.
@CliftonHicksbanjo7 күн бұрын
Yeah mulch usually good
@ItsOnlyRyan7 күн бұрын
I’m ex 2 para, one of the lads scaled up the mosque and he cut the loud hailers off because their mosque was right next to our base…. Like just got in to your fart sack at 4am and they’d start that cry…. Or you get in your pit at 10pm, just starting to nod off and that call to prayer would fuck your sleep up… used to do your head hearing that every single day, 5 times a day, every day… I know you shouldn’t laugh like, but honestly the paras are some of the funniest people I’ve ever known… the humour in para reg is absolutely hilarious… hats just don’t get it… I think you need to actually be para to understand how dark their humour is…
@Kodama6668 күн бұрын
when i cant sing to what im playing it usually gives me a sign that i need to change somethin about what im playin, add some flavor to it in a certain spot cuz its not lining up with how i sing it
@yourcelebrant8 күн бұрын
Never afraid to simply strum away and keep it going without all the business of other styles. Love it!
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Lovely stuff.
😎😎😎 greetings from Germany Peter
Beautiful song Matt! This is a joy to listen to. You guys are awesome Clifton!
The black banjo had no strings though. It was a drum.
You have a fan in Germany!
Good job sir
That's a great story.
awesome claw hammer going on there, and on a fretless to boot. great vocals as well.
Heya Clifton, i love you, i love John Snipes, i love a lot of the old timers... but it doesn't matter what we think is correct, if it is now called clawhammer that's what it is. Language and words evolve, like it or not (personally i don't like it :) )
I don't conform to every trend that happens along.
Great content! A record of this is really needed. You are doing important work. Thanks again.
Stabb is a pretty common German last name. While some Jews use the last name it's not specifically Jewish. Staab's history isn't well documented but what I did find just identifies him as German with no mention of being Jewish. His wife Diana Uvedale Ashton seems to be the daughter of a Reverend which leads me to believe there is no Jewish connection there. I did find mention that Staab played piano at a meet up in his home town of Chicago for Lincoln during his presidential campaign which is interesting and definitely lends credence to the assertion that this is a protest song of sorts.
It’s a Kabbalah tree of life, not “satanic” artwork
I seem to have angered the Devil worshippers.
Ahhh yes! Were you reading my mind Clifton? I dont know how I didnt see this sooner. Ive been stuck on Levon Helms FHLB for the last couple of weeks, and here I see you pop up with it also! I miss seein you more often, hope work is going well for ya. Next time you're around Buffalo National, you should come visit us in Mountain View Arkansas, I think you'd really enjoy the little town. Maybe you've already visited? But every weekend there's old time music played on the square, people from around the world come to the pickin park.
Finally someone else who plays , I think I might be the only picker in Pennsylvania ha, what head ya have on your sweetheart?
I saw that head shake. Played live music over 30 years now, I know what that means. Whatever note you thought you miss freted was only audible to you my friend. That was a great take. You've taught me a ton since I found you. Thanks!
I love how he makes the deep driving sound of that banjo compete for front center stage with his darkly sung lyrics. A brilliant piece of art painted around the message of the song. Reminds me a lot of why I think Led Zeppelin was so great. 😁
Oh way back in England lady did dwell Way back in England Lady did dwell Her name was pretty polly was I loved her so well Polly, pretty polly over yonder she stands x2 With gold rings on her fingers and lily white hands Polly, pretty Polly come take me in kind x2 Let me sit down beside you, I tell you my mind My mind is to marry and never to part x2 Lord the first time I saw you, you wounded my heart Polly, pretty polly come go along with me x2 Lord before we get married, some pleasure to see He took her over mountains and valleys so deep Took her over mountains and valleys so deep At length Pretty Polly, Lord she begin to weep Saying Willy, oh dear willy, I'm afeared of your ways Willy, oh dear willy, I'm feared of your ways I fear you will lead my poor body astray He took her over mountains and valleys so deep Took her over mountains and valleys so deep At length Pretty Polly, she begin to weep Saying Willy, oh dear willy, I'm feared of your ways Willy, oh dear willy, I'm feared of your ways I fear you will lead my poor body astray They went on a piece farther and what did they spy went on a piece farther and what did they spy But a newly dug grave with a spade lying by Polly, pretty polly you guess just bout right x2 Lord I dug on your grave the best part of last night She fell to her knees and she pleaded for her life fell to her knees and she pleaded for her life Saying let me go abegging if I cannot be your wife But he stabbed her through the heat and heart's blood did flow stabbed her through the hear and heart's blood did flow And down in the grave Pretty Polly did go He threw a little dirt over her and started for home He rolled the cold clay over her and started for home Leaving nothing behind but the wild birds to moan It's a debt to the devil poor willy must pay debt to the devil willy must pay For akilling pretty polly and running away
For the record, Leo Frank was wrongly convicted and given a posthumous pardon. HE WAS INNOCENT
"Without attempting to address the question of guilt or innocence... hereby grants to Leo M. Frank a Pardon." - Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles (1986)
@@CliftonHicksbanjo It is because he was murdered before his appeal. "but in 1986 Georgia pardoned Frank for failing to protect him while in custody, without addressing his guilt or innocence. With few exceptions, contemporary scholarship sustains claims of Frank’s innocence." Encyclopedia Britannica
@@CliftonHicksbanjo His murderers literally restarted the KKK... "Frank’s saga was national news, and the fallout from his lynching influenced the early years of the ADL, which had been founded in 1913 and eventually won Frank a posthumous pardon. It also gave rise to the renewal of the KKK, which was re-formed out of a hate group that was named after the murdered girl." Encyclopedia Britannica
@@CliftonHicksbanjo The person who wrote this song was even a KKK member.
Just superb! I'd love to hear you play a Stephen Foster melody. Perhaps Beautiful Dreamer or Massa's in De Cold, Cold Ground. I know Fred Bacon performed an instrumental banjo version of the latter. It might be interesting.
Good song! All of the people angry about this song clearly didn’t see the trial verdict or any of the facts around the case
Amazing.
Now that you’ve started reading this message it’s too late, if you stop reading now you will be cursed by floppy heads for all eternity. Pass on this message to 10 comment sections or Old Leatherstocking will be standing at the foot of your bed when you wake up tomorrow morning.
Lately I’ve been more into this style of music with one instrument and a singer. I feel I appreciate the talent more. Seems the older I get the more I enjoy folk music and the such.
Ole Clifton got a face ya can't quite pin an age on, could be 20 could be 47.
39
@@CliftonHicksbanjo I thought it was right around that age. Keep doin what you do best Mr. Hicks.
Oh it helps us mere mortals -you're just a natural it seems.
Damn dude you have such a good voice, you really are in my top 3 and blow any so called country star out of the water. Beautiful playing as well but damn you can sing.
You should do crying shame as the intros slowness
Does everything in this world have to be us against them? I don't have a dog in this fight and I can't understand why anyone should care. Live your life.
As long as Satan owns this world, yes.
Who's playing harmonica in the back? Sounds like Noah Lewis, some pre-war stuff.
Is this the same tuning you use on the old leatherstocking recording?
That's beautiful...
😍
Awful Song Killer should not have been there !!
No laws were broken until Rosenbaum assaulted Rittenhouse.
Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
@@basemandog God is the best planner.
Very well done, he is a modern poet of great degree, and I give my gratitude to thee.😎👍
bahnjo - fancy 😂
Should I mulch the gourd plants with straw? They are at the edge of a field. If not, it’s going to be hard to keep weeds from growing big. Thank you.
Yeah mulch usually good
I’m ex 2 para, one of the lads scaled up the mosque and he cut the loud hailers off because their mosque was right next to our base…. Like just got in to your fart sack at 4am and they’d start that cry…. Or you get in your pit at 10pm, just starting to nod off and that call to prayer would fuck your sleep up… used to do your head hearing that every single day, 5 times a day, every day… I know you shouldn’t laugh like, but honestly the paras are some of the funniest people I’ve ever known… the humour in para reg is absolutely hilarious… hats just don’t get it… I think you need to actually be para to understand how dark their humour is…
when i cant sing to what im playing it usually gives me a sign that i need to change somethin about what im playin, add some flavor to it in a certain spot cuz its not lining up with how i sing it
Never afraid to simply strum away and keep it going without all the business of other styles. Love it!
Damn
You were locked in 😂 awesome playing