Banjo History | Emergence Period (1600-1750)
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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.
I was wondering where you came up with 'Old Leatherstocking' and now I know. Very cool. Just ordered your tshirt earlier today.
Loved the “The Banjo” ... Dubois’ book got me started on my historical mission. A nice discussion about our mutual love for the instrument.
I'm so glad I found your channel, you put so much great info into each video. Have you thought about collaborations with any history youtubers? One of my favorites is "Townsends" which does 18th century reenactment, and I think could really use more music-related content.
Townsend is running a great project over there--although he could use more banjos! I've had little success in stirring up interest in banjo history among 18th-century reenactors, even though the instrument was fairly commonplace by 1750.
Hey if you guys haven't seen the movie the librarian and the Banjo I highly recommend it. Clifton you've probably seen it. If you haven't it's on Amazon prime. Excellent.
I like your style good sir. Good, solid info
I can't take my hicks clan history back to the euro days but I can tell you that both my hicks and godsey side of my family are rooted in southwest Virginia. I have my 2nd great fathers banjo and he was born in 1864. Both sides of my family were so deep in the Appalachian mountains that they didn't even know what they were fighting for during the civil war. The godsey side of my family was Republican and the hicks side was mostly confederate but if you ask both sides today they hate "including myself" the thought of slavery. Our family's in the Appalachian were far to poor to own slaves. I'm glad that we were brought up in a way of self reliance instead of using slaves for self gain. Slavery disgust most Appalachian people because we have always depended on ourselves for our own independence from dependence.
vfl rockytop most poor whites came over as indentured servants that worked for the rich English white class.
Like your music glad to find you
Thanks man you seem like a pretty smart guy...I can tell you're a builder ....nice to know a little history. I'd go to the east coast and check out my mom's side of the family but I don't think it's a good idea just yet lol thanks for sharing. I really like get along good with Carolina people.
I have a book called 'records of the Castlemaine pioneers' written by diggers who were present at the beginning of the goldrush in 1851 Victoria, Australia.
One describes music played on a banjo around a diggers camp late at night. I'll dig it out!
Great vid btw, and love the song & playing 👍
How much have you read or researched about Native American banjo players?
I’ve always wondered about Native Americans playing Banjos. I would expect with the drums that many tribes made, I would expect some Native Americans to make and possibly play Banjos after seeing Black Slaves and Whites playing the instruments.
there are black native americans back then too, i wonder !
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Very interesting video! You should hook up with Anna & Elizabeth at the Brooklyn Folk Festival. They just signed with Folkways Records. I bet they could help get you signed with them if you were interested in doing so. I bet Folkways would sign you in a heartbeat.
Myself and a number of other banjo players were actually recorded in 2008 by Mike Seeger for Smithsonian Folkways Records. Unfortunately, Mike died shortly thereafter and his final project has never been completed. For ten years now we have communicated off-and-on with Seeger's former colleagues and with Folkways, politely advocating for the release of this important work--to no avail. Check out "Banjo Tales with Mike Seeger" (2012) here www.imdb.com/title/tt2304499/ . I urge anyone interested in traditional banjo music to contact Smithsonian Folkways Records and ask them to make Mike Seeger's last album of field recordings a higher priority. Contact information for Folkways staff can be found here: folkways.si.edu/folkways-staff/smithsonian
PS I saw Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle perform somewhere between 2008-2012 at a folk festival in VA or NC and they were great. They used this hand cranked machine they'd built to unravel a long tapestry-like story board that showed lots of lovely images made to accompany a particular ballad they would sing together.
I`m a big fan of Mike Seeger. I`ll see if I can contact Folkways. Mike would want his last album released.
Yes A&E are doing important work unearthing long forgotten folk gems. So are you by helping to keep old time banjo tunes alive.
I just sent them an email and it went thru. Here is a copy of what I requested.Hello,I would like to request if at all possible the release of Mike Seeger`s final album project. I understand there are many incredible and important recordings of various old time banjo compositions by contemporary musicians. Knowing Mr. Seeger`s passion and desire to preserve this cherished music and art form, he would greatly appreciate the release of this important work. In particular there is a very accomplished old time banjo player and singer by the name of Clifton Hicks, who`s highly advanced and diverse styles of playing banjo and old time music would be an enormous benefit in this quest.Sincerely,
Be nice to see those early bottleneck banjos. Even better to play one, I'm sure they were pretty rough. Though trial and error make for a better instrument. I want to see one at its pinnacle of pre factory craftsmanship.
I really enjoyed that! and your house is cool...did you ever hear "Swamp Thing" by The Grid? I've never heard anyone play that live that was any good...I bet you could though..
hey, whats the name of that song you played at the beginning there?
"East Virginia" ~ gDGCD.
three cheers for ol' leatherstocking
Amen. I think Old Leatherstocking (who hunted deer in 1790s east Kentucky) was a white banjoist--and not the first one, either.
@@CliftonHicksbanjo was good to hear this info- i was aware of sweeny of course but it never seemed to follow that he was the first of the white settlers to pick up a banjo. people that play music tend to gravitate to others that play music, even over vast sociocultural or ethnic lines. the 1830s seemed way too late for that to have taken place