Hard Times Come Again No More - Clawhammer Banjo 

I heard this version playing in my head, as I finally surrendered and dragged myself into rehab to take back my freedom from addiction. Your take on this fills one with hope, while not being afraid to acknowledge the pain. Thank you

For anyone wondering, it looks like his banjo is tuned to Double C. Trying to piece it together

Lukas, your interpretation of Foster's tune has long been my favorite. It captures the essential southern soulful introspective he must indeed have had in mind when he composed this in the mid 19th century. The version you play today is sublime and so beautiful! You have evolved a distinct mastery in your unique style of playing this over the last few years. Thank you so much for posting.

You make is ok to use the words clawhammer and elegant in the same sentence. 👍

I gotta tell you, this song, well your previous version is why I fell in love with the banjo, I bought one and started playing it, still learning but listening to this song helps me calm down and often moves me to tears, you are a great player, I aim to become a great player like you! 💪🏻

That is so pretty I could cry

The most beautiful version of this beloved song ever played. Wow.

I didn't know this song could get any better. Stunning.

I love the sensitivity of your performance. Subscribed.

Beautiful. Please make this a lesson

Lukas Pool of the Ozark banjo co. : Twelf points and a golden C-clef !! Beautiful played and arranged !

Thanks for the tune! I love checking in on your site, good tunes, great presentation and you both play well together ( especially with the new member of the family) . Now that I have time and most of the house projects are caught up, I’ll be working on this for awhile. Stay safe and be easy on yourselves, long way to go.......

Beautiful and so fitting in these hard times...

I'm so glad I found this channel. Beautifully done

Thanks times are a changing. Love the depth of this banjo peace.

This is a really lovely performance of a very sophisticated arrangement of this poignant old song.

I watch this this video over and over. This is so beautiful and calming. I'm new to playing banjo. I wish I could play like this. AWESOME.

A stunningly beautiful & understated but intricate & moving rendition of this classic/timeless tune & song.♥️ Bravo 👏 and thank you.👍🙏

never had a song explain freedom like that before.

This is ethereal. Lukas, this is truly inspired. Awesome. I hear something new each time I listen. Brilliant.

Best octave harmonics I have ever heard.

Those chords from 00:46 - out of this world gorgeous. Please, please will you give us a tutorial video on your website of some of these most beautiful chord variations that just lift a piece into something transcendental?!

So beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing this, it’s so fitting for the times we’re facing....

Absolutely beautiful ! So encouraging during these crazy days.

What a beautiful tune and beautifully played. This is a great song for our present Hard Times.

What beautiful, warm tone you have! Reminds me a lot of how my dad plays clawhammer. Stay healthy!

Bravo!!! This is a beautiful rendition of this song. Truly moving. Thank you.

That was absolutely beautiful! Thank you for sharing. Now, I've got to listen to it again.

Great dynamics, space, depth and contrast - excellent playing!

You can learn the Banjo but you are surely born with a feel for it like that?! You are an artist and an inspiration - many thanks...

this is breathtaking bro...

Stunning

That was BEAUTIFUL!

the other side of banjo wonderful ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Beautiful

Thanks for posting! You made my day.

Soulful and mesmeric...beautifully expressed...👍

Great tone, great tune. Really dug the harmonics! Thank you very much for posting!!!

Really well played. Very musical and a life in every note!

Thank you! I've always loved your rendition of this tune, it's such an appropriate song for these times. And thanks to you, it'll be my first song I learn in Double C, I just got into this tuning and it is so hauntingly beautiful. Always look forward to watching your videos.

What Tim said

Exceptional, and beautiful.

Beautifully played dude

Just gorgeous

🔥

Absolutely amazing! Such great playing Thank you!

Wonderful! Thank you!

great tune pard *LIKED* and *SUBSCRIBED*

Well performed! Holy cow

This is where it is at. 100%

Inspiring, thanks Lukas

Awesome banjo player

Wonderful style!!

beautifully played thank you.

Lovely♥️‼️

Beauty..👏

Is this arrangement closer to your version 1 or version 2 tab?

the link in the description doesn't work anymore

This is very pretty, and I'm glad I heard the song. I hope it's not too obnoxious or intrusive to ask, but I'm rather new to the banjo. I have a middling resonator model which I like well enough, but I keep hearing videos that ditch the very bright tone of most banjos for the mellower, warmer, maybe even darker tone of yours. I've looked into the comparison of resonators versus open-back, and I know that's part of it, but I'd appreciate any tips you might have for warming up my banjo. And I'm seriously a novice, so speak slowly? ;)

I just wish I had your touch

Beautifully played. Do have a tutorial or written tabs available on how to play this?

Your playing is stunning. So beautiful. I have 3 questions - what wood is this banjo, what kind of tone ring does it have, and what kind of head is on this banjo?

Love it! Is the tuning DCGCG?

Lukas, could you do a video on banjo head tuning?

Lydia from Timcast sent me.

2 people desire additional hard times

whoa, that's pretty.

Can you share the banjo tuning for this please?

No more American song than this one.

your link provides no tablature anymore. That said, I'd happily buy a tablature book if you sold one having heard several renditions of your songs now. You have a beautiful method and I'd happily patronize it by buying a book if you ever put on out.

Lukas. What strings do you use on your banjos?

Howdy there! Just chiming in to say l love what you do. Also, may I ask what brand/make your Banjo is?

Link for the tab is dead

Beautiful tune but is there a wolf note on the top string, on the fret below the fifth string tuner? (I'm a violinist and one of my violins has a wolf note on the D string).

Lush man

Please cut an album.

Beautiful

Beautiful