Ed Hicks

Ed Hicks is a banjo player, songster, irreverent folk-activist and performer. He has toured the country as Sleepy Ed Hicks – a self-styled Appalachian troubadour – played in a Belgian Klezmer Brass band, sung for a Dixieland clown trio and taught banjo to journalists, brokers and anarchists. Ed studied clown with Fraser Hooper and taught himself Old Time Fiddle whilst sitting next to rivers. Ed is also a member of street theatre company, Ramshacklicious and co-founded the Cockney Awkestra.