Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers

by Gid Tanner, Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers

Overview

The Skillet Lickers were a multi-fiddle powerhouse in the 1920s, the old-timey equivalent of a feuding rock & roll supergroup, whose jazz ensemble flash made them arguably the greatest and most exciting string band of all time. Ace fiddlers Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Bert Layne, and one-handed Lowe Stokes were all members, in various combinations. Anchored by Riley Puckett's steady bass runs on guitar, they blazed a path through the dance reels of the day, taking them to soaring heights. This four-disc set is the most complete collection of the Skillet Lickers currently out there, covering sessions recorded in Atlanta and San Antonio between 1926 and 1934. Fiddle standards like "Hell's Broke Loose in Georgia," "Cripple Creek," and "Sugar in the Gourd" are all tackled here at breakneck speed, which is pretty much how these guys did everything. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	04/24/2012
Label:	Jsp Records
UPC:	0788065715526
Rank:	98054

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Soldier's Joy
2. Rock That Cradle Lucy
3. Bonaparte's Retreat
4. Cripple Creek
5. Hell's 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

Disc 2

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 Hear 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

Disc 3

51. The Darktown Strutters' 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's 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

Disc 4

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 Kickin' 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

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers   Primary Artist
Gid Tanner   Primary Artist,Banjo,Fiddle,Vocals,Soloist,Spoken Word,Vocal Harmony
Clayton McMichen   Primary Artist,Spoken Word,Soloist,Featured Artist,Whistle (Human),Fiddle,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Riley Puckett   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Soloist,Spoken Word,Vocal Harmony,Featured Artist
Bob Nichols   Primary Artist
Lowe Stokes   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Spoken Word,Vocal Harmony,Featured Artist
Bert Layne   Primary Artist,Fiddle,Spoken Word
Fate Norris   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals,Spoken Word,Vocal Harmony
Bill Brown   Primary Artist,Spoken Word
Uncle Fuzz   Primary Artist
Faith Norris   Primary Artist,Banjo,Vocals
Tom Dorsey   Primary Artist
Gordon Tanner   Fiddle,Mandolin
Frank Walker   Spoken Word
Dan Hornsby   Vocals,Spoken Word
Ted Hawkins   Vocals,Mandolin

Technical Credits

Gid Tanner   Duet,Harmony,Vocal Effect
Pat Harrison   Annotation,Discography,Remastering
Faith Norris   Duet