The original members were Gid Tanner, Riley Puckett, Clayton McMichen and Fate Norris. The members had been performing in various combinations around Atlanta before 1924, but it was in that year that Tanner (a fiddle-playing chicken farmer) and the blind guitarist Puckett recorded to become Columbia Records' first hillbilly talent.
In 1926 with McMichen and Norris, they recorded for the first time as Gid Tanner And The Skillet Lickers. Over the years there were line-up variations and other important members included Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne (both outstanding fiddlers), Hoke Rice (guitar), Gid's brother Arthur (banjo, guitar) and teenage son Gordon (fiddle). By 1931, in some combination or other, they had cut 88 sides for Columbia - all but six being released. Their material included fiddle tunes, traditional ballads and pop songs, plus little comedy skits such as their noted "A Corn Licker Still In Georgia". In 1934, Gid Tanner And The Skillet Lickers were credited with a million-selling record for their recording of "Down Yonder". Quite possibly the greatest stringband of all time.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ACCEPTING MY REQUEST AND ADDING ME TO YOUR NETWORK OF FRIENDS. THE VERY BEST TO YOU IN ALL THAT YOU SET OUT TO DO IS MY WISH FROM ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO. ROCK ON AND CHEERS, CHUCK CHAVEZ
HOTT DOGG!! Looking forward to seeing you at the 2008 Uncle Dave Macon Days in Murfreesboro, TN, July 11-13!! Don't forget, UDM Days adds its first ever jug band competition on Friday night!!
We thought it might interest you to hear that our debut CD is now available on CD Baby. Click on the little picture below and listen to some samples. Hope you like what you hear :-)
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Well, thank ya kindly for the Add there, fellers. That Add there's the best thang that happened all weekend so far, you know. Yer spirit o' fun is alive n well with me. Keep on...
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Thanks for the friendship, I've loved the Skilletlickers for a very long time now, "Cotton-Eyed Joe", "Possum Hunt On Stump House Mountain" & of course "Dark Town Strutters Ball"(Covered here by Ted Mullery & an Australian Hit), all your songs hold a special place in my life, love yr stuff! peace!!! ~A~ XXX
It's the moment you have all been waiting for... Episode #12 of It Burns When I Pee ! The Valentines Day Massacre is here! We have been gone for almost two months, but we are back to fight the good fight for underground/ Alt-country. On this episode we feature an interview with Bill Anderson (of the Meat Purveyors ). In the interview we talk about his career, the in and outs of The Meat Purveyors, and what he is doing now a days. We are also going to premier our new comedy skit, The Trailer Park Dating Game. This is probably the most extensive skit we have done thus far. The show is as usual filled with music from the likes of The Von Ehrics, Stacy Dean Campbell, Joecephus & The George Jonestown Massacre, OldBoy, Hank Williams Sr, and of course some tunes from The Meat Purveyors. And if that wasn't ENOUGH... we have our pal Jared Morningstar back on the show to read an essay he has written. Of course there is more, but we can't give it away! So come join us at www.section86.com and download the show.
