Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers

Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers
The Skillet Lickers around 1926: from left Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett (seated) and Fate Norris
General information
Genre (s)	Hillbilly music
founding	1925
Founding members
Fiddle , vocals	Gid Tanner
Vocals, guitar	Riley Puckett
Fiddle	Clayton McMichen (until 1931)
banjo	Fate Norris (until 1931)
Current occupation
guitar	Phil Tanner
Fiddle	Russel Tanner
Mandolin, harmonica	Julian McDaniel
Dobro	Fleet Stanley
double bass	Doug Landress
Occupation at Bluebird 1934
Fiddle, vocals	Gid Tanner
mandolin	Ted Hawkins
banjo	Arthur Tanner
Fiddle	Gordon Tanner
guitar	Riley Puckett

Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers (also: Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers ) was an American country band that had its greatest successes in the 1920s and 1930s. The band is one of the earliest stars of old-time music .

Career

Beginnings

In 1925, Frank Walker, the A&R manager of Columbia Records, came to Atlanta to put together a string band . He relied on the musicians Gid Tanner and the blind Riley Puckett , who had already released a few records at Columbia. Together with the fiddler Clayton McMichen and the banjo player Fate Norris , the band called itself Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers . The name was based on McMichen's Lickskillet Band , with which Tanner had performed at the Atlanta Fiddler's Conventions before 1920 .

Their first record, which appeared in 1926 with Bully of the Town on the A side and Pass Around the Bottle on the B side, exceeded all expectations. With over 200,000 copies sold, the single was one of the most successful new releases of the year and promoted the group to a kind of “star status”.

successes

The next publication Watermelon Hangin 'on the Vine - Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane , released in September 1926, was almost as successful as the debut. Gid Tanner took over the vocals for the first time for both titles. He was to do this regularly over the next few years, but Puckett remained the actual singer. Within a year, Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers became the most successful hillbilly musicians of the time, alongside Charlie Poole and his North Carolina Ramblers . They made appearances in the WLS National Barn Dance and competed with the greats of the show business of the time by challenging the Fiddlers of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville , Tennessee to the Fiddler's Contest. They also went on extensive tours and were only in the studio twice a year, where they recorded all the titles of the respective year.

Her third single, A Corn Licker Still in Georgia , first featured comedy performances under the direction of Tanner, who was a talented entertainer. This varied musical variant was also extremely successful.

Ride Old Buck to Water , 1930

In the following period, all of the singles of the Skillet Lickers became hits, including Soldier's Joy , Slow Buck and A Fiddler's Convention in Georgia . The complementary fiddle interludes by Tanner and McMichen as well as Puckett's guitar playing, which later served as a template for double bass players, were particularly striking . He was one of the first musicians to use the walking bass principle, i.e. to pluck the strings one after the other according to the pitch (see Ride Old Buck to Water ).

Even though the group's releases accounted for around 20 percent of Columbia's entire Hillbilly D-Series , the old-time music release series , the members made mostly money from tours they took in the southern states and the north of the USA led. They toured with Lowe Stokes , Bert Layne , Arthur Tanner and Bill Helms , among others .

According to Helms, the band played mostly fiddle competitions that lasted three days: “ These conventions would last usually three days in one place, and the last night was usually contest night - you fiddled off and they had prizes for guitar and banjo players. … ”(“ These events usually lasted three days, and on the last night the competition usually took place - you did your best on the fiddle and there were prizes for guitarists and banjo players ... ”). Although there were already silent film cinemas in the south of the USA, the competitions were more popular, according to Helms: " [...] they was crazy about hillbilly fiddling and banjo picking and, man, you'd fill every place you went up. " They [the people] were crazy about hillbilly music and the events were always sold out. ”). According to Helms, the band made up to $ 400 in one evening, at a cost of 25 cents for adults; Children paid 15 cents.

Decline and reorganization

Although Clayton McMichen had been dissatisfied with the situation since the beginning of the Skillet Lickers, it was foreseeable in 1930 that the differences between the members were getting worse and worse. McMichen, together with Bert Layne, Lowe Stokes and a number of other musicians, had recorded various jazz- oriented pieces for Brunswick Records as early as 1928/1929 , and his new band, the Georgia Wildcats , showed the clear development towards western swing . The traditional style of the Skillet Lickers was therefore in contrast to McMichen's experimental sounds, so that it was clear for him to leave the band.

In addition to the internal disputes, the global economic crisis and the resulting poor situation in the record industry aggravated the situation of the skillet lickers. Columbia was hit hard by the crisis and tried to improve their situation through the band, which had guaranteed high sales and profit in recent years. The last session of the Skillet Lickers took place on October 24, 1931. Clayton McMichen had actually already left the group, mainly because of the differences with the other musicians. But since he was paid above average by Columbia for his recordings, he accepted the offer, as he now also had a family to support. Fate Norris was absent from this last session in Atlanta for reasons that have not yet been clarified, so that Gid Tanner had to step in on the banjo and Bert Layne on the fiddle replaced him. This resulted in a line-up with Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Lowe Stokes (fiddle), Bert Layne (fiddle) and Gid Tanner (banjo).

For Frank Walker it was clear from the beginning that the band would break up because the characters were too different. The liberal McMichen, who was particularly fond of jazz, and the conservative Norris had the greatest differences. Tanner, who often had to mediate, was able to hold the band together for six years with compromises, after which he too had to give up. McMichen later said in an interview: " Two or three in there [the Skillet Lickers] couldn't play " and that he didn't like playing with them: " They just was about 30 years behind us, or 40, in the music business ”(“ They lagged 30 or 40 years behind us musically ”).

Despite the economic crisis and sluggish sales, the Skillet Lickers continued to be extremely popular. When McMichen went to Covington , Kentucky with his new band in 1931 and performed at WCKY, Riley Puckett was brought in and performed as "Skillet Lickers". The owner of the station gave the band plenty of gigs in the area - at one concert the queue was even three blocks long. But McMichen and his band left WCKY to accept a more lucrative offer at WLW. The missing musicians were replaced by Gid Tanner and Fiddler Bill Helms.

Back Up and Push , 1934

In 1934 Tanner signed with Bluebird Records and formed new Skillet Lickers with Riley Puckett on guitar, Ted Hawkins on mandolin, his brother Arthur on banjo and son Gordon playing fiddle. Her last and biggest hit, Down Yonder , came from her session in San Antonio , Texas . It was the last time Tanner walked into a studio. However, all members continued to perform, in 1935 even together as a group on the WJTL radio station in Atlanta.

The Skillet Lickers today

During the folk revival in the 1960s, Gid Tanner's son Gordon brought his father's band back to life. Gid Tanner did not live to see this anymore, he died in 1960. Since the mid-1980s, the Skillet Lickers have been run by Gid Tanner's grandson Phil under the name Phil Tanner's Skillet Lickers . In 1992 the album The Tanner Legacy Now was released on Global Village Records , which contains new and old tracks. Phil's son Russel also plays in the band. In this constellation, the Skillet Lickers continue to perform at folk and bluegrass festivals.

In 1988, the Skillet Lickers were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame .

Musical work

Influence and performance

The Skillet Lickers are one of the most successful and influential bands in hillbilly music. The string band was supposed to have a far-reaching influence on the bluegrass and was also a model for later folk musicians. McMichen's and Tanner's fiddle style of playing was unmistakable at the time and Puckett's guitar playing also contributed to the special sound of the music. However, the Skillet Lickers were by no means professional musicians, only Riley Puckett earned his living with the music; because of his lack of eyesight, he had few other options. McMichen was a full-time auto mechanic and Gid Tanner was a farmer. Nothing is known about Fate Norris' activities, but it is likely that he was not a professional musician either. In a little dialogue before the recording of the piece Nancy Rollin , which was recorded, Norris talks about a company he works for ( […] the company I am workin 'for… ).

repertoire

The repertoire of the Skillet Lickers ranged from old traditionals like Old Joe Clark , John Henry or Cotton-Eyed Joe to then modern pieces like Wendell Halls It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo ' or Vernon Dalhart's Wreck of the Old Southern '97 to Gospel arrangements like Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan? or even marching songs like It's a Long Way to Tipperary . The majority of their pieces, however, were the traditionals, pieces that the members learned from relatives or acquaintances in their youth. Some tracks were completely the same melodically, only the lyrics were changed, as with Flatwoods and Cotton-Eyed Joe .

The skits made up a special part of their repertoire, which was completely new at the time and sold extremely well. The best-known example is probably A Corn Licker Still in Georgia , which had a total of 14 different parts, but not all of which were released. The first two parts appeared in 1926, divided between the A and B sides. McMichen was often the narrator and continued the story. Tanner, on the other hand, often mimed the clown, who occasionally made jokes or was funny because of his clumsiness.

A Corn Licker Still in Georgia was completely re-released in its 14 parts on an LP from Voyager Records. The publication received consistently good reviews from the trade press. According to Voyager, the sketch was originally sold over a million times from 1927 to completion in 1930.

style

Nancy Rollin ' , 1928

The Skillet Lickers were one of the first string bands ever recorded. Their "three- fiddle combination" of Tanner, McMichen and another fiddler was not at all common before and produced a "fuller" sound. For years it was argued that the Skillet Lickers only played with two fiddlers, but this was refuted. The confusion was caused by McMichen, who would later claim in interviews that Tanner was intentionally standing far enough from the microphone that only McMichen and Lowe Stokes could be heard. The statement, however, was completely unfounded and probably only built on McMichen's antipathy towards Tanner.

In reality, it was the combination of three fiddlers that set the Skillet Lickers songs apart from the average string band. While McMichen's and Tanner's instruments were tuned higher, a third fiddle was playing in the baritone register . It is not known who was the third Fiddler in the end. Since there were usually no official - or poorly kept - minutes of the recording sessions and the statements of the members vary widely, only guesses can be expressed. Bert Layne was the third Fiddler on the first few sessions, according to Tony Russell, author of Country Music Records . Over time this may have changed as Lowe Stokes was also a partial member. Other musicians such as Ted Hawkins and Bill Helms are also possible. Other sources cite Lowe Stokes as the permanent third fiddler.

The second component of this sound was Riley Puckett. His voice was a clear and smooth tenor that was unmistakable. His guitar skills are reminiscent of his use as a bass. McMichen later said of Puckett's role in the band, “ Riley proved the people wanted to hear sing. And if he didn't sing on the records, why, they didn't sell much "(" Riley showed us that people wanted to hear singing. And if he didn't sing on the records, they didn't sell well either. " ).

Fate Norris is very difficult to hear as a banjoist. In addition, he used his instrument strictly as a rhythm instrument. In the piece Polly Woddle Doo he can be heard as a singer in a verse. In the course of time, other members besides Puckett could be heard as singers; Lowe Stokes sings two verses in It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo ' and Gid Tanner sings the chorus in his high comedian voice in the same piece.

Discography

Singles

Columbia recordings were re-released in the mid-1930s with Vocalion Records and Bluebird recordings with Montgomery Ward .

year	title	#	Remarks
Columbia Records
1925	Bully of the Town ? / i / Pass Around the Bottle ? / i	15074-D
1926	Turkey in the Straw / You Gotta Quit Knockin 'My Dog Aroun'	15084-D
1926	Watermelon Hangin 'on the Vine / Hand Me Down My Walking Cane	15091-D
1926	Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan / Alabama Jubilee	15104-D
1926	Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand / Old Joe Clark	15108-D	A-side of Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett as a duo
1926	I don't love nobody ? / i / Shortening Bread ? / i	15123-D
1926	I Got Mine / Uncle Bud	15234-D
1927	Fiddler's Convention in Georgia / Fiddler's Convention in Georgia, Part 2		as McMichen + Tanner + Skillet Lickers
1927	Wreck of the Old '97 / John Henry ? / i	15142-D
1927	Dixie / run nigger, run	15158-D
1927	Old Gray Mare / Girl I Left Behind Me	15170-D
1927	Darktown Strutters Ball / Drink He Down	15188-D
1927	She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain / Polly Woddle Doo	15200-D
1927	Corn Licker Still in Georgia / Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Part 2		as McMichen + Tanner + Skillet Lickers
1927	Big Ball in Town / Old McDonald Had a Farm ? / i	15204-D
1927	Johnson's Old Gray Mule / Uncle Bud	15221-D
1927	Casey Jones ? / i / Buckin 'Mule	15237-D
1927	It's a Long Way to Tipperary / Bile Dem Cabbage Down	15249-D
1928	A Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Part 3 / A Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Part 4	15258-D	B-side of Clayton McMichen's Melody Men
1928	Slow buck ? / i / Sal, Let Me Chaw Your Rosin	15267-D
1928	Cotton Eyed Joe ? / i / Black Eyed Susie	15283-D
1928	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain Pt. 1 / Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain Pt. 2	15298-D
1928	Hen Cackle / Cumberland Gap	15303-D
1928	Settin 'in the Chimney Jam / Prettiest Little Girl in the County ? / i	15315-D
1928	A Day at the County Fair Pt. 1 / A Day at the County Fair Pt. 2	15332-D
1928	Pretty Little Widow / Liberty	15334-D
1929	Nancy Rollin ' ? / i / Old Dan Tucker	15382-D
1929	Cotton Baggin '/ Show Me the Way to Go Home	15404-D
1929	Going on Down Town / Mississippi Sawyer	15420-D
1929	It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo '/ The Rovin' Gambler	15447-D
1929	Hog Killing Day Pt. 1 / Hog Killing Day Pt. 2	15468-D
1929	Flatwoods / Never Seen the Likes Getting 'Upstairs	15472-D
1929	Cripple Creek ? / i / Bonaparte's Retreat	15485-D
1929	Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia / Rocky Pallet	15516-D
1929	Soldier's Joy / Rock That Cradle Lucy	15538-D
1930	The Census Part 1 / The Census Part 2	15549-D
1930	Sal's Gone to the Cider Mill / Nigger in the Woodpile	15562-D
1930	Soldier Will You Marry Me? / Devilish Mary	15589-D
1930	Georgia Wagner / Sugar in the Gourd	15612-D
1930	Leather Breeches / New Arkansas Traveler	15623-D
1930	Broken Down Gambler / Bully of the Town # 2	15640-D
1930	Don't You Cry, My Honey / Ride Old Buck to Water ? / i	15665-D
1930	Ricketts Hornpipe / Cacklin 'Hen and Rooster Too	15682-D
1931	Giddap Napoleon / There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight	15695-D
1931	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss / Devilish Mary	15709-D
1931	Miss McLeod's Reel / Whistling Rufus	15730-D
1932	Molly Put the Kettle On / Four Cent Cotton	15746-D
1932	Sleeping Lulu / McMichen's Breakdown	15777-D
Bluebird Records
1934	Georgia Wagoner / Mississippi Sawyer	BB-5433
1934	Whistling Rufus / Cumberland Gap on a Buckin Mule	BB-5434
1934	Skillet Licker Breakdown / Hawkin's Rag	BB-5435
1934	Prosperity & Politics / Prosperity & Politics Part 2	BB-5446
1934	Ida Red / Git Along	BB-5488
1934	Down Yonder / Back Up and Push ? / i	BB-5562
1934	Cotton Patch / Whoa Mule Whoa	BB-5591
1934	Tra Le La La / Hinkey Dinkey Dee	BB-5633
1934	Tanner's Hornpipe / Tanner's Rag	BB-5657
1934	Flop Eared Mule '/ Soldier's Joy Breakdown	BB-5658
1934	Keep Your Gal at Home / I Ain't No Better Now	BB-5805

Albums

Since there were no LPs in the 1920s and 1930s, only compilations can be listed here.

• 196 ?: Skillet Lickers, Vol 1
• 1973: Skillet Lickers, Vol 2
• 1977: Kickapoo Medicine Show
• 1981: A Day at the Country Fair
• 1996: Skillet Lickers
• 2000: The Skillet Lickers Vol 1 1926-1927
• 2001: The Skillet Lickers Vol 2 1927-1928
• 2001: The Skillet Lickers Vol 3 1928-1929
• 2001: The Skillet Lickers Vol 4 1928-1930
• 2001: The Skillet Lickers Vol 5 1930-1934
• 2001: The Skillet Lickers Vol 6 1934
• 2001: Complete Recorded Works

Recording dates

This listing contains all sessions of the skillet lickers. The place and date as well as the cast and the recorded titles are given. Gid Tanner, Fate Norris and Riley Puckett recorded other tracks of their own on many sessions, but these are not included here.

1926

Atlanta, GA , April 17, 1926 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle / vocals), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle / vocals), Bob Nichols (unknown) Hand Me Down My Walkin 'Cane ; Columbia D series Bully of the Town ; Columbia D series Pass around the bottle ; Columbia D series Alabama Jubilee ; Columbia D series Watermelon Hangin 'on the Vine ; Columbia D series Don't You Hear Jerusalem Moan ; Columbia D series Ya Gotta Quit Kickin 'My Dog Aroun' ; Columbia D series Turkey in the Straw ; Columbia D series Atlanta, GA , November 2 to November 5, 1926 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (?) (Fiddle) November 2 Polly Woodle Doo ; Columbia D-Series / Regal Records Rock Road to Milledgeville ; unpublished Uncle Bud ; Columbia D series November 3rd Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand ; Columbia D series She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain ; Columbia D series I Don't Love Nobody ; Columbia D series Hop light ladies ; unpublished I got mine ; Columbia D series Shortening bread ; Columbia D series Old Joe Clark ; Columbia D series November 5th My Boarding House on the Hill ; unpublished The Fate of William Cheek ; unpublished The Drunkard's Courtship ; unpublished Don't Forget My Little Darling ; unknown 1927 Atlanta, GA , March 28 to March 29, 1927 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle) March 29 Casey Jones ; Columbia D series The Wreck of the Old Southern '97 ; Columbia D series 28th March Dixie ; Columbia D series Run, nigger, run ; Columbia D series The Girl I Left Behind Me ; Columbia D series The Old Gray Mare ; Columbia D series John Henry ; Columbia D series Drink 'Er Down ; Columbia D series The Darktown Strutter's Ball ; Columbia D series Peter Went A-Fishing , unpublished results Atlanta, GA , October 31 to November 1, 1927 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle / vocals), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo) October 31 Old McDonald Had a Farm ; Columbia D series Bile Dem [Them] Cabbage Down ; Columbia D series Big Ball in Town ; Columbia D series It's a Long Way to Tipperary ; Columbia D series Buckin 'Mule ; Columbia D series Uncle Bud ; Columbia D series Polly Wolly Doodly ; unpublished November 1st Johnson's Old Gray Mule , Columbia D-Series 1928 Atlanta, GA , March 28 to March 29, 1927 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle) Casey Jones ; Columbia D series The Wreck of the Old Southern '97 ; Columbia D series Dixie ; Columbia D series Run, nigger, run ; Columbia D series The Girl I Left Behind Me ; Columbia D series The Old Gray Mare ; Columbia D series John Henry ; Columbia D series Drink 'Er Down ; Columbia D series The Darktown Strutter's Ball ; Columbia D series Peter Went A-Fishing , unpublished results Atlanta, GA , April 10, 1928 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Lowe Stokes (?) (Fiddle) Hen Cackle ; Columbia D series Cumberland Gap ; Columbia D series Cotton-Eyed Joe ; Columbia D series Black-Eyed Susie ; Columbia D series Prettiest Little Girl in the Country ; Columbia D series Slow buck ; Columbia D series Sittin 'in the Chimney Jam ; Columbia D series Sal, Let Me Chaw Your Rosin ; Columbia D series Atlanta, GA , October 22 and 23, 1928 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Lowe Stokes (?) (Fiddle) October 22nd Liberty ; Columbia D series Nancy Rollin ' ; Columbia D series Old Dan Tucker ; Columbia D series Devilish Mary ; Columbia D series 23rd October Pretty little window ; Columbia D series Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss ; Columbia D series

1929 Atlanta, GA , April 8, 1929 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle), Lowe Stokes (fiddle), Arthur Tanner (?) (Banjo) Mississippi Sawyer ; Columbia D series It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo ' ; Columbia D series Going On Down Town ; Columbia D series Flatwoods ; Columbia D series Never Seen the Likes Gettin 'Upstairs ; Columbia D series Show Me the Way to Go Home ; Columbia D series Cotton Baggin ' ; Columbia D series The Rovin 'Gambler ; Columbia D series Atlanta, GA , October 29, 1929 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle), the rest of the cast is unknown Rocky Pallet ; Columbia D series Soldier's Joy ; Columbia D series Rock That Cradle Lucy ; Columbia D series There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight ; Columbia D series Boneparte's Retreat ; Columbia D series Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia ; Columbia D series Giddap Napoleon ; Columbia D series Cripple creel ; Columbia D series 1930 Atlanta, GA , April 14-15, 1930 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle), Lowe Stokes (fiddle), remaining cast unknown April 14th Leather breeches ; Columbia D series New Arkansaw Traveler ; Columbia D series Sugar in the Gourd ; Columbia D series Georgia Wagner ; Columbia D series Sal's Gone to the Cider Mill ; Columbia D series Nigger in the woodpile ; Columbia D series April 15th Devilish Mary ; Columbia D series Soldier, Will You Marry Me? ; Columbia D series Atlanta, GA , December 4-5, 1930 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Fate Norris (banjo), Bert Layne (fiddle), Lowe Stokes (fiddle) December 4th Ride Old Buck to Water ; Columbia D series Don't You Cray My Honey ; Columbia D series Cacklin 'Hen and Rooster Too ; Columbia D series Ricketts Hornpipe ; Columbia D series December 5th Hand Me Down My Walking Cane ; unpublished Bully of the Town No.2 ; Columbia D series Broken down gambler ; Columbia D series Possum up the gum stomp ; unpublished The Darktown Strutter's Ball ; Columbia D series Peter Went A-Fishing , unpublished results 1931 Atlanta, GA , October 24, 1931 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (banjo), Clayton McMichen (fiddle), Lowe Stokes (fiddle), Bert Layne (fiddle) Miss McLeod's Reel ; Columbia D series Four cents cotton ; Columbia D series Molly Put the Kettle On ; Columbia D series Sleeping Lulu ; Columbia D series Whistling Rufus ; Columbia D series 1934 San Antonio, TX , March 29th and 30th, 1934 Riley Puckett (vocals / guitar), Gid Tanner (fiddle / vocals), Gordon Tanner (fiddle), Ted Hawkins (mandolin), Dan Hornsby (?), Probably Arthur Tanner (guitar [?]), The rest of the line-up is unknown March 29 Georgia Wagoner ; Bluebird B series Mississippi Sawyer ; Bluebird B series Back up and push ; Bluebird B series Rufus ; Bluebird B series Cumberland Gap on a Buckin 'Mule ; Bluebird B series Hawkin's Rag ; Bluebird B series Skillet Licker Breakdown ; Bluebird B series Cotton patch ; Bluebird B series Ida Red ; Bluebird B series Down Yonder ; Bluebird B series Git Along ; Bluebird B series Whoa, Mule, Whoa ; Bluebird B series Tra La La La ; Bluebird B series Keep Your Gal at Home ; Bluebird B series Hinkey Dinkey Dee ; Bluebird B series March 30 Prosperity and Politics No. 1 & 2 ; Bluebird B series Practice Night with Skillet Lickers No. 1 & 2 ; Bluebird B series Tanner's Hornpipe ; Bluebird B series Soldier's Joy ; Bluebird B series Flop-eared mule ; Bluebird B series

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles K. Wolfe: Classic Country , Pluto Press Australia; P. 79
2. ^ Donald Clarke: The Penguin Encyclopedia of Popular Music , London 1989/1990, ISBN 0-14-051147-4 , p. 945, p. 288
3. ↑ All Music Guide: Gid Tanner
4. ^ Wayne W. Daniel: Pickin 'on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia ; University of Illinois Press, 2001
5. ↑ All Music Guide: Riley Puckett
6. ^ Theodore Roosevelt: The Winning of the West, Volume 1 . BiblioBazaar, 2006, ISBN 1-4264-5680-8 , p. 134
7. ^ ^{A b} Theodore Roosevelt: The Winning of the West, Volume 1 . BiblioBazaar, 2006, ISBN 1-4264-5680-8 , pp. 135 f.
8. ↑ Richard L. Matteson Jr, "Mac and the Skillet Lickers - Part 5," Bluegrass Music and Artwork blog
9. ↑ Richard L. Matteson Jr, "Mac and Slim: On the Road Again," Bluegrass Music and Artwork blog
10. ^ Wayne W. Daniel: Pickin 'on a Peach Tree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta . University of Illinois Press, 2001
11. ↑ All Music Guide: The Skillet Lickers
12. ↑ A Corn Licker Still in Georgia by Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - Voyager Records
13. ^ Zell Miller: They Heard Georgia Singing , Mercer University Press; P. 290ff
14. ^ Tony Russell: Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 , Oxford University Press; P. 885ff
15. ^ Charles K. Wolfe: Classic Country , Pluto Press Australia; P. 79
16. ^ Discography from: Tony Russell and Bob Pinson: Country Music Records: A Discography 1921–1942. Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-513989-5 , pp. 887-892.

Web links

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• Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers in the Georgia Encyclopedia
• Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers in the All Music Guide
• Official website of Phil Tanner's Skillet Lickers
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