I discovered this video on youtube a couple of years ago knowing nothing about American traditional music (I'm Australian) and it's led on a fantastic journey of discovery. Introduced me to a whole new world that's made my life richer. You do a wonderful job of interpreting these beautiful old things

Never thought I'd see the return of true Appalachian/ mountain music. Thanks for bringing it back.

I have always heard this song sung as a fast paced Irish drinking song. So interesting to hear how the same song can be so different in different cultural contexts.

I learned this song from George Gibson of Knott County, Kentucky. In the liner notes to his 2000 album, Last Possum Up the Tree, Gibson said, "This song appears to be of Kentucky origin. I learned a verse or two from a neighbor, John Hall. I decided that the song sounded best in the above tuning [GDGAD]. I never heard my father play the song until he visited me in Florida when he was about ninety years old. He picked up the banjo one evening an played the song in the relative tuning GDGBD. His version sounded very close to the version I play."

I cannot believe it took me this long to discover you

Should be the theme song for " moonshiners"

You play with such feel man well done Greetings from ireland

I love Alison Morrer's version of this song. But this a great version too. So good to see this music being played by someone young like this guy. Keep it up, Clifton.

The imperfections make it seem like I'm sitting there.

Hauntingly good

This is brilliant. I could loop the riff around 0:10-0:15 and listen to it for days on end. Thanks for such a sweet sound, man. Sincerely

You are the real thing!!!! I very much enjoy the conviction in your playing and voice!! Great player! Well, ya' got a fan on Hawaii's Big Island!! Thank You for what you do!! peace from the middle of the Pacific Ocean!

Yeah I figure even nowadays people sit around out there in Kentucky and Tennessee and out there on the Southeast up in the Appalachian mountains and all kinds of mountains there's mountains all around that's got mountain people playing old country songs and ballads and folk songs and sitting around their front porch singing and having a good time especially years ago in the 1718 and early 1900s and even to this day people basically are poor and they'll sit around and pick and pick and sing and entertain each other and have a great old time have a great old time I'll tell you that right now ain't nothing better than a bunch of friends and family and neighbors getting together having a good old shindig. Yep I love the old folk songs and I like the old folk music of all kinds I love the way how it's played not real fast and I like the way it sung where you can understand it you can actually hear the words you can actually hear what's being sung that's cool and think about it this way, music is a form of storytelling people have been storytelling for years and years and years on end storytelling and for the longest time people I mean just think about it people been storytelling through their music for years ever since people have been playing music that's been storytelling that's the way it is music is a way of telling a story, so if you got a story grab yourself a guitar or grab yourself a banjo and get the strumming or picking or doing something or playing your fiddle yeah or get some symbols out start banging away on that something or maybe some good old fashioned drums there's some two or three drums made with some real fashioned leather you know something maybe like a an American Indian might have made that'd be pretty cool I'm in favor of getting a couple of those yeah I've been wanting to do that for a while I just got to find some probably at a probably at a will they call that a trading post they got a few around Oklahoma city's got a few and they got some drums set up in there too of all different sizes plus I know a couple of real Indians and maybe they know a couple of people maybe I can get some real authentic drums made from somebody that knows what they're doing. Yeah that was a better way than make some music and irritate the neighbors banging on a drum for an hour or two one or two drums for an hour or two burning a bonfire having a great old time maybe have a couple people doing some singing and banjo playing and all that kind of stuff be pretty cool

My boy

What a Georgia cultural treasure! I am only recent into his styles and choice of song, each has been a perfect pick of the litter where our traditional songs are held. Thanks, man. Your music is great.

3:26 "God Dammit..." Awesome as always, man.

literally one of the best music channels.

A banjo is meant to be played!

Hey man I don't comment much for you I will please keep on keeping on yer music is my soul

WAAAYYYYY different rendition from anything I've ever heard with this song before. Love it.

Great music as always god damnit

Hi Clifton i listen your songs since one year now . it's a big pleasure all the time .particulary this one that i listen every morning . i'm a banjo beginer (english beginer too , sorry in advance) . i know you don't have any tabs for your songs but if you could make a slowly version of this song you'll make an happy guy !! very happy guy . thanks

Enjoying your picking that banjo and a jar of some White Lighting. 😉🤪

I play that tune on guitar and banjo. And in a minor tuning. I know of a handful who moonshine as a way to get by as well as ginseng digging and selling copperheads and rattlesnakes to churches around here. Hard living.

Oh Jesus! I clicked on the thumbs down to see who on earth could give you a thumbs down and it registered a thumbs down from me!! Nothing could be farther from what I intended, sir. This is the best country blues I have ever heard. I have been listening all day!

One of my favourite pieces of music on KZfaq. I always wondered why I'm so drawn to this music & years later learned the history of the Appalachian folks, being from the UK it all made sense all of a sudden.

Really good mate. It's so interesting to see the mark Britain left musically in your country and mine. Similar, yet with subtle differences.

Love this one , real old time sound !..

Hey thank's for the great music one of the best banjo player iv heard your playing remind's me a lot of Frank Proffitt i also play music i play fiddle guitar and banjo

Yup.

love it

So Good!

Thanks for putting this up

amazing

Thsnk you for the inspiration! What you do - it's epic!!!!

This sounds so awesome!

Thanks for posting...great performance

Very good!

You are legend 🙏💪✊👏

Nice arrangement of this ol` tune.

Incredible, powerful. Deep and poignant. Keep up the great work.

great song

Amazing dude, your banjo notes have floated down the river to me

Love that up-pickin'. Got to try to learn that.

Love your picking and singing ! Greetings from Québec.

great dude, just great

Brilliant, enchanting 🌸🎉⭐💛⭐💛⭐💛⭐💛⭐💛⭐🤐💚wow🎶

You must do this. I'm a fan of your work. Carry on.

Shit. Broke my heart and healed it. Bless you brother.

I know this song from Bob Dylan's version off his bootleg album. It has different verses, and different lyrics in a place or two, but it's a damn good song for singing, either version : )

Fuck this is heavy

Clifton, I love your picking and singing. I'd buy everything you record. What kind of banjo do you play? Do you ever give lessons?

I taught myself this song today In Moonshiner Tuning DAGDG I play it striaght in that I pick out the notes without chords. I suppoe if I had to say what my style is it is alot like Frank Proffit in that I do single note playing. Could you do a video on that style of playing? You a great person to learn tunes from Clifton you play it real and striaght easy to pick out by ear. Your a gifted man sir. Keep rolling on!

The movie Chrystal with Billy Bob Thornton brought me to Roscoe Holcomb I really like your cover you have a very unique voice of your own. I was thinking, the jingling noise the dog made while you were playing, I couldn't help but think, what if you added that to it or one of your original works? just thinking out loud. 😋

I've been enjoying your videos a lot and your discussions about music. I would love to hear your thoughts on songwriting, especially coming from a traditional perspective.

I've been subscribed to this channel for a while -- not sure how I didn't see this yet? Awesome song!

this video is not more listed, some reason ? became hard to find. Love to hear your songs in rainy days. Hugs from a Brasil fan.

this is so beautiful, gives me chills everytime i listen. would you ever consider going back and recording this song out in the woods like some of your other beautiful videos?

My record player would love play your music. I'd love to listen to it that way.

Yeah Clifton sure does have a good voice, actually beautiful voice for front porch picking that's for sure I mean that's where it's all about front porch picking sitting around with the boys sitting around with the friends sitting around with the dog cold glass of lemonade sitting there picking and having a good old time maybe barbecuing oh yeah that's the way to do it sitting around with family and friends and picking away here and there not necessarily all day but it's really nice especially in the summer evenings

come to vancouver. asap.

I’d love to see a chord chart of this if possible man. Beautiful playing

You and seasick Steve should do a song

One more thing think you could do a video of you playing Poor Ellen Smith thanks Dustin

been checking out a lot of your videos, do you have a cd or anything?

Darling Corey please.

Check out jesse stewarts version of the song

I'd love to play this Clifton, is there a tab you'd be willing to share? Thanks.

Wow, goosebumps! Is this how you picture early appalachian music? Or is there some historical evidence?

Hot

Like the sound of your banjer. What kind is it?

clifton can you post the lyrics please !

what is your banjo tuned in?

You are looking a bit younger in some of your vids these days, must be the pumpkins there lol

Can't get the sound to work on this video anymore. Why is that?

Sounds like fCFCF?

Do you have tabs? It took me a while to learn your version Darling Cora (not really, a week). I need to learn this one. Regardless, keep this up. There's so little two-finger banjo on youtube

I've been playing this song but I think it sounds better at least to me in a A#. Does that make sense or am I way off?

dad horse experience does a fantastic version of this song check it out: /watch?v=KzunxBpaZjw

Audio is awful. Sad. Great tune. Great banjo player.

he is a good singer, but he needs some good songs,,,,black jack David he sings is great,,

Sorry but some one has to say it The song is bloody awfull

he is a good singer, but he needs some good songs,,,,black jack David he sings is great,,

he is a good singer, but he needs some good songs,,,,black jack David he sings is great,,