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My father was lovingly known as “Boatmin” or “OBM” (ol’ boatmin) as he was an old white bearded man living on a boat. I grew up on a sailboat until about 8 and moved back onto a boat with him sophomore year of highschool until my early 20s. As is life, my ol’ boatmin father passed away 2008 shortly after his 2 birds of sons left the nest. I immediately shared this song with an old friend who came up with the “OBM” term for my dad to much agreement. I really need to pick up a banjo again. I did it for a short-year long ago. Life had its Storm and I wonder where it is now. 🤔 Had my tuner n’ all. I wonder…

Yew ! ⚓

I love this more than the modern banjo. I love the fretless sound. I play the oud.

I absolutely cannot believe that you have created this video. One of my absolute favorite songs - on the exact instrument and style which I am learning!

Best Patreon membership, bar none. Bunch of content and music.

Fretless gut string with resonator. Very different and beautiful!

Perfect for a Sunday morning. Thanks Mr. Hicks

Love the old resonator banjo!

Sounds immaculate on that instrument!

Thanks Clif! Great lesson, that old banjo sounds lovely. He's right about the community, great bunch of people!

Awesome video lesson! Instant fan here!

Beautiful melody

Just pure awesomeness!

Love it!

Awesome

Thanks for the lesson:)

Absolutely beautiful instrument, looks straight out of a Jules Verne novel. Sounds great, too. xP

Thanks, Clifton!

Great lesson,and beautiful old banjo !

Beautiful old banjo 😍🪕‼️Great tune, your singing is damned fine!!

Great music great lesson Thank very much ! martin

That was freaking amazing;)

Cool tune, easy to learn. It's similar to cripple creek, and more fun to play.

Priceless! - I watched a second time, and I can't stop dancing. Something's going on here, and I think it's good whatever it is. Happy dancing music?

I’ve been missing videos by the fire!!! Guess it’s already that time of year... I hope you, Robyn and the pups have a nice holiday season. Thank you for so many hours of music and lessons! 🧡🤎

Great little lesson. Someday I'll get good at playing the darn thing. On a side note, I see them multicam pants, the pattern works very well in the Fall here in GA.

Keep up the great work sir.

Thanks Cliff

Great video. I wanted to tune my banjo down to match yours because it makes it easier to learn if i can do so both by eye and by ear simultaneously - matching my hands to yours while being in a different root makes it tougher. So, if anyone else feels that way, I'll save you some time and tell you Clifton is just about in Eb here (eb-Bb-Eb-G-Bb). It's not exactly there but that's the closest you can get without microtuning :) its probably just a handful of cents off.

BLESS BROTHER

Thank you always for your informative and fun videos. Where do you find the songs like this I only know your common jam session songs, cripple creek, Angeline the baker Etc. Etc. What are some of your favorites you have videos for that we should consider learning.

Great man, I follow you.

Where is the banjo listed for sale ?

what kind of strings do you use?

the exact tuning he is in is d#A#D#GA#

Where can I find the banjos you sell?

Leaner and meaner by the video ! Not long and I'll only recognize you by your singing voice.... Lol. You gotta let me in on that bad ass diet your on so I can get healthy too.

Love this one

Cliff, have you or would you ever do this music on an electric instrument with effects pedals and stuff like that? I think that might sound pretty good.

I like a Banjo at,,,B.R. 549. 😁👍🪕

Love it!