Skillet Lickers
The Skillet Lickers were an old-time band from Georgia, United States. When Gid Tanner teamed up with blind guitarist Riley Puckett and signed to Columbia in 1924, they created the label's earliest so-called "hillbilly" recording. Gid Tanner formed The Skillet Lickers in 1926. The first line-up was Gid Tanner, Riley Puckett, Clayton McMichen and Fate Norris. Between 1926 and 1931 they recorded 88 sides for Columbia, with 82 of them commercially issued. Later members were Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne, Hoke Rice, Arthur Tanner and Hoyt "Slim" Bryant. Their best-selling single was "Down Yonder", a hillbilly breakdown, in 1934 on RCA Victor. They disbanded in 1931, but reformed for occasional recordings after a couple of years with a changing line-up. "Back Up and Push" was another well-known recording. The Skillet Lickers, together with fellow North Georgians Fiddlin' John Carson and the Georgia Yellow Hammers, made Atlanta and North Georgia an early center of old-time string band music, especially the hard-driving fiddle-based style employed by each of these performers. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1926
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1934
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
Notes: Leader, Gid Tanner.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 76-100 of 111 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | W148202 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Going on down town | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band,with male vocal solo and male vocal duet | Musical group | |
Columbia | W148203 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Flatwoods | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo, male vocal duet, and talk | Musical group | |
Columbia | W148208 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Never seen the like since gettin' upstairs | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and male vocal duet | Musical group | |
Columbia | W148209 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Show me the way to go home | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo, male vocal ensemble, and whistling | Musical group | |
Columbia | W148210 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | Cotton baggin' | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with talking and vocal effects | Musical group | |
Columbia | W148211 | 10-in. | 4/8/1929 | The rovin' gambler | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149276 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Rocky pallet | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149277 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Soldier's joy | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149278 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Rock that cradle, Lucy | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
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 | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149280 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Bonaparte's retreat | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149281 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Hell's broke loose in Georgia | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with dialogue | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149282 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Giddap Napoleon | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | W149283 | 10-in. | 10/29/1929 | Cripple Creek | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150200 | 10-in. | 4/14/1930 | Leather breeches | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150201 | 10-in. | 4/14/1930 | New Arkansas traveller | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150202 | 10-in. | 4/14/1930 | Sugar in the gourd | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150203 | 10-in. | 4/14/1930 | Georgia Wagner | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150204 | 10-in. | 4/14/1930 | Sal's gone to the cider mill | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150205 | 10-in. | 4/14/1930 | Nigger in the woodpile | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and talking | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150222 | 10-in. | 4/15/1930 | Devilish Mary | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | W150223 | 10-in. | 4/15/1930 | Soldier, will you marry me | Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
Columbia | W151024 | 10-in. | 12/4/1930 | Ride Old Buck to water | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and vocal effects | Musical group | |
Columbia | W151025 | 10-in. | 12/4/1930 | Don't you cry, my honey | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with male vocal solo and vocal effects | Musical group | |
Columbia | W151026 | 10-in. | 12/4/1930 | Cacklin' hen and rooster too | Clayton McMichen ; Riley Puckett ; Skillet Lickers ; Gid Tanner | String band, with vocal effects and talking | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Skillet Lickers," accessed September 18, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106155.
Skillet Lickers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 18, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106155.
"Skillet Lickers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 September 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Skillet Lickers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89653414
Wikidata: Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1523075
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/157246367
MusicBrainz: Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3618d303-3c1b-4370-a1a2-8e4c2693edfb
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