And The Skillet Lickers

And The Skillet Lickers
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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 its leaping, laughing, lively youth featuring some of its most expert exponents. If you want to know more about country music's origins it's essential.
Country USA
Brand JSP
Manufacturer Jsp Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 77155
Model 77155
ReleaseDate 2012-04-24
UnitCount 4
Format Box set
UPCs 788065715526
EANs 0788065715526

Country	USA
Brand	JSP
Manufacturer	Jsp Records
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	77155
Model	77155
ReleaseDate	2012-04-24
UnitCount	4
Format	Box set
UPCs	788065715526
EANs	0788065715526

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