Tanner,Gid & The Skillet Lickers CD

Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers was probably old time country music's best-known string band of the 1920s - they almost certainly had the biggest sales in the '20s and '30s. Their first visit to the recording studios was in April 1926. Two regular members of the band were Gid Tanner himself and guitarist/vocalist Riley Puckett who had already made records together. The success of those discs encouraged Columbia to form the Skillet Lickers as a studio band. A real innovation was the inclusion of three fiddle players in the line-up - prior to this twin fiddles had been the maximum. The three-fiddle format would become a regular feature on Skillet Lickers' records - adding to their distinctive sound. Their first issued sides by the group were released in June 1926 and sold over 207,000 copies. At this time, sales of 30,000 were considered a success. The Skillet Lickers (and Old Timey music in general) were on the map. The band would evolve to feature rustic comedy sketches which developed into series and exploited the imagined characteristics of country folk. Several of those sides are included here. Here's Old Timey music in it's leaping, laughing, lively youth featuring some of it's most expert exponents. If you want to know more about country music's origins it's essential.

1. Soldiers Joy 2. Rock That Cradle Lucy 3. Bonaparte's Retreat 4. Cripple Creek 5. Hell' Broke Loose in Georgia 6. There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight 7. Rocky Pallet 8. A Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Pt. 1 9. A Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Pt. 2 10. Pass Around the Bottle and We'll All Take a Drink 11. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane 12. Alabama Jubilee 13. Bully of the Town 14. Where Did You Get That Hat 15. Goodbye Booze 16. Mississippi Sawyer 17. Georgia Waggoner 18. Rufus 19. Cumberland Gap on a Buckin' Mule 20. Hawkins Rag 21. Skillet Licker Breakdown 22. Devilish Mary 23. Old Dan Tucker 24. Nancy Rollin' 25. Soldier Will You Marry Me 26. Sal's Gone to the Cider Mill 27. New Arkansas Traveller 28. Leather Breeches 29. Sugar in the Gourd 30. Georgia Wagner 31. Watermelon on the Vine 32. Don't You Heart Jerusalem Moan 33. A Fiddler's Convention in Georgia, Pt. 1 34. A Fiddler's Convention in Georgia, Pt. 2 35. Settin' in the Chimney Jamb 36. Prettiest Little Girl in the County 37. Black Eyed Susie 38. Cotton-Eyed Joe 39. Tanner's Boarding House 40. On Tanner's Farm 41. Down Yonder 42. Back Up and Push 43. Git Along 44. Whoa, Mule, Whoa 45. Shortening Bread 46. Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand 47. She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain 48. I Don't Love Nobody 49. I Got Mine 50. Old Joe Clark 51. The Darktown Strutter's Ball 52. Drink 'Er Down 53. Dixie 54. The Girl I Left Behind Me 55. The Old Gray Mare 56. John Henry (The Steel Drivin' Man) 57. Johnson' Old Gray Mule 58. Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Pt. 1 59. Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Pt. 2 60. Bile Them Cabbage Down 61. It's a Long Way to Tipperary 62. Old McDonald Had a Farm 63. Big Ball in Town 64. I'm Satisfied 65. Three Nights Drunk 66. Buckin' Mule 67. Sleeping Lulu 68. McMichen's Breakdown 69. Molly Put the Kettle on 70. Whistlin' Rufus 71. Miss McCleod's Reel 72. Four Cent Cotton 73. Cacklin' Hen and Rooster Too 74. Rickett's Hornpipe 75. Ride Old Buck to Water 76. Show Me the Way to Go Home 77. Cotton Baggin' 78. The Rovin' Gambler 79. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More 80. Going on Down Town 81. Mississippi Sawyer 82. Flatwoods 83. Never Seen the Likes Since Gettin' Upstairs 84. A Night in a Blind Tiger, Pt. 1 85. A Night in a Blind Tiger, Pt. 2 86. Ya Gotta Quit Kicki'n My Dog Around 87. Turkey in the Straw 88. Polly Wolly Doo 89. Uncle Bud 90. Liberty 91. Sal Let Me Chaw Your Rosin 92. Slow Buck 93. Cumberland Gap 94. Hen Cackle 95. Tra-Le-La-La 96. Hinkey-Dinkey-Dee 97. Keep Your Gal at Home 98. Cotton Patch 99. Flop-Eared Mule 100. Soldier's Joy