Riley Puckett

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Riley Puckett

George Riley Puckett (May 7, 1894 – July 13, 1946) was an American country music pioneer, best known as a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers. His dynamic single-string guitar playing, featuring dramatic bass runs, earned for him an enviable reputation as an instrumentalist. Many aspiring guitarists who followed him have studied and copied his style. Although he was an accomplished musician on several instruments, his singing was most responsible for establishing him as an important figure in the history of country music.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 7, 1894 (Alpharetta), Died July 13, 1946 (East Point)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, speaker, banjo, composer, lyricist, whistling, leader

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 351-375 of 481 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	W148230	10-in.	4/10/1929	Go feather your nest	Hugh Cross ; Riley Puckett	Male vocal duet, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148233	10-in.	4/10/1929	Waiting for a train	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148234	10-in.	4/10/1929	Carolina moon	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148235	10-in.	4/10/1929	Will you ever think of me	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148240	10-in.	4/11/1929	Henry Ford's Model A	Oscar Ford	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W148241	10-in.	4/11/1929	Married life blues	Oscar Ford	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W148242	10-in.	4/11/1929	Don't let your deal go down	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148243	10-in.	4/11/1929	McKinley	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148244	10-in.	4/11/1929	I'm up in the air about Mary	Riley Puckett	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148254	10-in.	4/12/1929	Roll 'em on the ground	Fate Norris and his Play Boys	String band, with male vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148255	10-in.	4/12/1929	Johnnie get your gun	Fate Norris and his Play Boys	String band, with male vocal ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148264	10-in.	4/12/1929	Bring back my blue-eyed boy	Riley Puckett ; Arthur Tanner	Male vocal duet, with banjo and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148265	10-in.	4/12/1929	Gather the flowers	Arthur Tanner	Male vocal solo, with banjo and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W148266	10-in.	4/12/1929	Corn licker still in Georgia—Part 7	Tom Dorsey ; Clayton McMichen ; Fate Norris ; Riley Puckett ; Lowe Stokes ; Gid Tanner	Descriptive scene, with string band and male vocalist(s)	instrumentalist, guitar, speaker
Columbia	W148267	10-in.	4/12/1929	Corn licker still in Georgia–Part 8	Tom Dorsey ; Clayton McMichen ; Fate Norris ; Riley Puckett ; Lowe Stokes ; Gid Tanner	Descriptive scene, with string band and male vocalist(s)	instrumentalist, guitar, speaker
Columbia	W149276	10-in.	10/29/1929	Rocky pallet	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W149277	10-in.	10/29/1929	Soldier's joy	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal solo and talking	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W149278	10-in.	10/29/1929	Rock that cradle, Lucy	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W149279	10-in.	10/29/1929	There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W149280	10-in.	10/29/1929	Bonaparte's retreat	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with talking	instrumentalist, guitar, speaker
Columbia	W149281	10-in.	10/29/1929	Hell's broke loose in Georgia	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with dialogue	instrumentalist, guitar, speaker
Columbia	W149282	10-in.	10/29/1929	Giddap Napoleon	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W149283	10-in.	10/29/1929	Cripple Creek	Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner	String band, with male vocal solo and talking	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W149288	10-in.	10/29/1929	Lost love	Bill Helms ; Riley Puckett	Male vocal duet, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W149289	10-in.	10/29/1929	McMichen's reel	Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett	Violin and guitar duet	instrumentalist, guitar

(Results 351-375 of 481 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Puckett, Riley," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102247.

Puckett, Riley. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102247.

"Puckett, Riley." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.