Gid Tanner

James Gideon "Gid" Tanner (June 6, 1885 – May 13, 1960) was an American old-time fiddler and one of the earliest stars of what would come to be known as 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 (fiddle and vocal), Dan Hornsby (vocals), Riley Puckett (guitar and vocal) and Robert Lee Sweat (guitar).
==Links to Peel==
Peel played a few tracks from Gid Tanner's band on his shows - only one, according to currently available playlists, plus another scheduled for a 2004 show but played by Rob Da Bank after JP's death. The DJ nominated 'Hawkins' Rag', played first on a 1973 show and more of a ragtime piece than pure country music, as one of the songs for the Peelenium 1934. 
Andy Kershaw also played a track by the Skillet Lickers whilst sitting in for Peel in 1986. While Peel usually preferred pre-World War Two blues recordings to the white country music of that era,, Kershaw had a liking for early string band recordings and may well have played other tracks by Gid Tanner's band on his own shows. Nigel Blackwell of Half Man Half Biscuit told Kershaw that he once went into the HMV record shop in Birkenhead and asked the "girl behind the counter" if the shop had any records by Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers. She responded by calling security and (presumably) he was ejected from the store.
==Shows Played==
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*01 May 1973: Hawkins’ Rag
;1986
*29 October 1986: Nancy Rollin (LP - The Kickapoo Medicine Show) Rounder
;1999
*03 August 1999: Hawkins Rag (Peelenium 1934)
;2004
*15 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Molly, Put The Kettle On' (LP- Old Mountain Stringboard Songs & Tunes) - (Sanctuary)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists