Gid Tanner

Gid Tanner

Musician · US · 1885–1960

old-time music

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Achievements

Award
Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame

Groups

Played together with

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Archive

Passport
Country

US

Born

1885-06-06

Died

1960-05-13

Instruments

fiddle

Identifiers & aliases
Disambiguation

James Gideon Tanner

ISNI

0000000029680848

Description

American musician (1885–1960)

Extract from Wikipedia

James Gideon Tanner was an American musician and old-time fiddler, regarding as one of the earliest stars and pioneers of country music. His band, the Skillet Lickers, was one of the most innovative and influential string bands of the 1920s and 1930s. Its most notable members were Clayton McMichen, Dan Hornsby (vocals), Riley Puckett and Robert Lee Sweat (guitar).

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