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Oct 22 Sat, 2022 2:30 pm	Brooklyn Folk Festival: Solo St. Ann’s Church Brooklyn NY

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clintonrossdavis

Thanks to everyone who came out to my special cand

Thanks to everyone who came out to my special candlelight concert at the old bath house ruins of Jacumba. Definitely the most magical, beautiful place I’ve ever played. You could see the stars and Milky Way overhead. And I was blessed to share the evening with family in from Kentucky. For me it was the perfect intertwining of music, people, place, and time. I’ll never forget it!

Very thankful for @jacumbahotspringshotel and @impossiblerailroadtradingpost who helped organize, for those who showed up and enjoyed the night with me, and those that shared these beautiful pictures with me. It’ll be hard to top this show, but I’ll try :)

Photos from @stackaly @urbanhousewife @fleur.de.lisa_

Helluva time at @subduedstringbandjamboree with @

Helluva time at @subduedstringbandjamboree with @timmcnalley and @marakaye.

SAN DIEGO: Please join me for a very special conce

SAN DIEGO: Please join me for a very special concert in the century-old ruins of the Jacumba Bath House. The ceiling caved in long ago so I'll be playing old southwestern fiddle tunes and cowboy songs under the desert stars, lit only by candlelight. Beautiful image by @manbehindalens
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#oldtimemusic #oldtime #sandiego #sandiegolife #sandiegomusic #sandiegomusicscene #sandiegomusicians #sandiegocounty #eastsandiego #jacumba #jacumbahotsprings

Goin coast to coast for festival season

Goin coast to coast for festival season

Over the moon to share I’ll be performing at thi

Over the moon to share I’ll be performing at this year’s @bklynfolkfest . It really knocked my socks off to learn the headliner is Bonnie “Prince” Billy. This will be the second time I’ve gotten to see Will Oldham. I grew up an hour outside of Louisvillle, so that city was my cultural mecca, and Will Oldham was the town’s mysterious, revered cult music figure. I remember driving to ear-x-tacy one day and he crossed the street right in front of me while I was stopped at a red light at Bardstown & Grinstead. I nearly dropped my jr bacon cheeseburger. Thank you Brooklyn Folk Fest for giving me a second chance to see one of Kentucky’s finest. 😆

I'll be the guest teaching artist at this year's Z

I'll be the guest teaching artist at this year's Zig Zag Old Time Music Campout in beautiful Mt. Hood, Oregon. This Labor Day weekend, I'll lead workshops on banjo, fiddle, guitar, and listening skills. For more information and registration, visit https://bubbaguitar.com/zig-zag-old-time-camp/

Recently started production on two new volumes of

Recently started production on two new volumes of video lessons for @stefangrossmanguitarworkshop . These will focus exclusively on my fingerpicking arrangements of fiddle tunes from Doc Roberts, and piano compositions from Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, and Charles Cooke. If you want to be notified when these are released, sign up for my newsletter in my linktree. Thanks to ace videographer @reeceamiller and to @laureldrums for letting us film our ragtime guitar in her Indonesian gamelan studio (only in soCal 😆)
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#guitar #guitarist #thumbpick #thumbpicking #boomchuck #stefangrossman #guitars #guitarplayer #music #guitarporn #guitarsdaily #guitarsolo #guitarsofinstagram #jellyrollmorton #ragtimeguitar #jazzguitar #nolamusic #guitarlessons #acousticguitar #ragtime
#bluesmusic #bluesguitar #bluesguitarist #countryblues #onlineguitarlessons
#oldtime #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #oldtimeisagoodtime

San Diego will have some rare opportunities to cat

San Diego will have some rare opportunities to catch @zacsokolow sitting in on banjo with the stringband this weekend!

FRIDAY 6-8pm @grandolebbqflinnsprings
SATURDAY 2pm @leucadia101mainstreet Summer Fun On The 101 Festival

This is a clip from my 2021 album release show in LA (thanks for the shot @kelly_marie_martin!). The tune is "Old Virge" which comes from Bill Livers (1911-1988), a black fiddler that lived a few miles away from where I grew up in Northern Kentucky. The tune is named for, and passed down from Bill's grandfather Virgil, who was born into slavery.

Coming to North County San Diego soon for the @leu

Coming to North County San Diego soon for the @leucadia101mainstreet Summer Fun on the 101 Music Festival. Special guest @zacsokolow will be joining the band on banjo and who knows what else!

Beautiful week of traveling to my favorite places

Beautiful week of traveling to my favorite places in California, culminating with some great sets with @skilletlicorice at the @californiabluegrass Father’s Day Festival main stage!

Very excited to announce I’ll be playing at the

Very excited to announce I’ll be playing at the @subduedstringbandjamboree in beautiful Bellingham, Washington August 11-13. I’ll play a solo set, back @marakaye, and give some workshops . Shoot, I might even get to play a square dance out in the woods if I’m lucky. Tix just went on sale so check out their ig for links.

Shot at my parent's barn in Carroll County, Kentuc

Shot at my parent's barn in Carroll County, Kentucky with cameos from Gus and Drummer. In 1932 a band of musicians from Carroll County, led by fiddler Andy Palmer of Anderson County, recorded this tune for Gennett Records. My Dad knew their guitar player. That man passed before I could meet him, but I've gotten to meet and play music with his son, who also plays guitar and fiddle.
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#oldtime #bluegrass #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #oldtimeisagoodtime #fiddle #fiddletunes #fiddler #fiddlemusic #fiddletune

Gonna hit the ground running in June. Shows in Ari

Gonna hit the ground running in June. Shows in Arizona and across California, including my first time at the CBA Father’s Day Fest with Skillet Licorice. Hope to see you there. More info in my bio link.

My guitar arrangement of Jelly Roll Morton's piano

My guitar arrangement of Jelly Roll Morton's piano composition "Kansas City Stomp." The tune was actually named for the Kansas City Bar in Tijuana, Mexico where he sometimes played during his California years c.1917-1923. Played here on Dad's guitar at Mom's barn on an insanely beautiful spring day in Carroll County, Kentucky. For the full video, online lessons, albums, and performance news, check the linktree in my bio.
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#jellyrollmorton #ragtimeguitar #jazzguitar #nolamusic #guitarlessons #acousticguitar #guitarsolo #guitarsdaily #ragtime #ragtimeguitar #blue #bluesmusic #bluesguitar #bluesguitarist #countryblues #onlineguitarlessons #guitar #guitarist #chetatkins #merletravis #thumbpick #thumbpicking #boomchuck

The most Kentuckinest trip a Kentuckian ever did K

The most Kentuckinest trip a Kentuckian ever did Kentucky. Miss this place all the time and all the things ya just can’t find in California.

Yesterday, in the middle of my gig, I was surprise

Yesterday, in the middle of my gig, I was surprised and honored to receive the commission of Kentucky Colonel from my banjo student, fellow Kentuckian, and unbeknownst to me, Colonel Sammy Knight. “The Kentucky Colonelcy is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” It is issued by the Governor upon the recommendation of other Colonels “in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments and outstanding service to our community, state, and nation.”

Ever since I was a kid I’ve seen fellow Kentuckians I admire awarded these - sometimes even other musicians - and would imagine how cool it would be to be a colonel one day. Early on in my Friday gig, I recognized Sammy in the audience and couldn’t help but notice his formal dress, complete with western bow tie and regal walking cane, but I didn’t think twice about it. Towards the end of my set he walked up to the stage and told me he’d been given permission from the venue’s management to make an announcement, and then he made my day! Thank you Sammy for nominating me for my study, performance, and teaching of Kentucky music, and for the surprise presentation!

This now officially extends my title to Col. Dr. Clinton Davis.

For online banjo lessons or my new album, which @d

For online banjo lessons or my new album, which @deeringbanjos called “simply sublime,” check out the link tree in my bio :)
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#oldtime #bluegrass #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #banjo #banjomusic #banjoplayer #banjolessons #clawhammerbanjo #clawhammer #frailing #dropthumbsnotbombs #vegabanjos #deeringbanjos #scruggs

Arizona is pretty awesome. Just back from a week o

Arizona is pretty awesome. Just back from a week of hikes, friends, gigs, and honky-tonkin. And I got a new fiddle ta boot. Come hear me play it in San Diego at @grandolebbqflinnsprings this Friday 6-8 with my stringband.

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Looking forward to a return to Prescott, AZ next w

Looking forward to a return to Prescott, AZ next week. And, I’ll still be holding things down in San Diego with my monthly residencies at @blackcatbar619 and @grandolebbqflinnsprings

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