Gid Tanner
Gid Tanner | |
---|---|
Old-time music | |
Occupation(s) | Country musician, chicken farmer |
Instruments | Fiddle, banjo |
Years active | 1920s–1930s |
James Gideon "Gid" Tanner (June 6, 1885 – May 13, 1960) was an American
Biography
Tanner was born in Thomas Bridge, near
Tanner and Puckett traveled to
Legacy and influence
Many of the songs recorded by the Skillet Lickers were traditional American fiddle tunes that remain popular with
Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1988.[11] Following his death in 1960, Tanner's grandson Phil Tanner and great-grandson Levi Lowrey continued performing as the Skillet Lickers. Phil Tanner hosts an open jam session on Friday nights in a refurbished chicken house on his father's old farm in Dacula, Georgia. Levi Lowrey also continues in his footsteps as a country music artist, songwriting for Zac Brown and featured on Southern Ground Records in a multi-album record deal.[12]
Bob Dylan wrote and performed a version of Gid Tanner's "Down on Tanner's Farm", retitled and reset as "New York Town". It can be heard in Martin Scorsese's 2005 documentary on Dylan, No Direction Home
Discography
78 rpm
In various prewar lineups Tanner recorded singles for Columbia and later rival labels Bluebird, Victor, His Master's Voice (India), Regal (England), Regal Zonophone (Australia), Montgomery Ward, and Vocalion. Postwar, at least one Tanner 45-rpm reissue single is known on RCA Victor.
Postwar recordings
- Gid Tanner, Gordon Tanner, Phil Tanner's Skillet Lickers, Skillet Licker Music 1955–1991: The Tanner Legacy, Global Village CD-310 (1997)
Reissued recordings
- Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers, RCA Victor EPA-5069 (1958)
- Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Folk Song Society of Minnesota 15001-D (1962)
- The Skillet Lickers: Vol. 1, County 506 (196?)
- The Skillet Lickers: Vol. 2, County 526 (1973)
- Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Hear These New Southern Fiddle and Guitar Records Rounder 1005 (1973)
- Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers. The Kickapoo Medicine Show, Rounder 1023 (197?)
- Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers, Vetco LP-107 (197?)
- The Skillet Lickers, A Day at the Country Fair: Early Country Comedy, Old Homestead OHCS-145 (1985)
- Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Early Classic String Bands Vol. 3, Old Homestead OHCS-193 (1990)
- Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, A Corn Licker Still in Georgia, Voyager VRLP-303 (197?), reissued as VRCD-303 (1997)
- The Skillet Lickers, Old-Time Fiddle Tunes and Songs from North Georgia, County CD-3509 (1996)
- The Skillet Lickers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 1: 1926–1927, Document DOCD-8056 (2000)
- The Skillet Lickers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 2: 1927–1928, Document DOCD-8057 (2000)
- The Skillet Lickers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 3: 1928–1929, Document DOCD-8058 (2000)
- The Skillet Lickers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 4: 1929–1930, Document DOCD-8059 (2000)
- The Skillet Lickers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 5: 1930–1934, Document DOCD-8060 (2000)
- The Skillet Lickers, Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order Volume 6: 1934, Document DOCD-8061 (2000)
- Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, Old Timey's Favorite Band (4 CDs), JSP JSPCD 77155 (2012)
References
- ^ "Gid Tanner". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
- JSTOR 538357.
- ^ "GID TANNER AND THE SKILLET LICKERS". southernmusic.net. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "GID TANNER AND THE SKILLET LICKERS". southernmusic.net. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
- ^ "Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
- ^ "Dacula Musician Levi Lowrey's Roots Go Deep". Gwinnett Magazine. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2022-11-28.
External links
- Southernmusic.net
- Cohen, Norm. Liner Notes for the CD Old Time Fiddle Tunes and Songs from North Georgia (County Records, 1996)
- Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921–1942 (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- The New Georgia Encyclopedia Archived 2006-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Stars of Country Music, (University of Illinois Press, 1975)
- Gid Tanner recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.