- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Gid Tanner
- Date of Original:
- 1885/1960
- Subject:
- Fiddlers--Georgia--Dacula
Musicians--Georgia--Dacula
Country musicians--Georgia--Dacula
String bands--Georgia--Dacula
Violin--Georgia--Dacula
Entertainers--Georgia--Dacula
Tanner, Gid - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gwinnett County, Dacula, 33.98872, -83.89796
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Gid Tanner was one of the most widely recognized names among country music enthusiasts of the 1920s and 1930s. The group that he headed, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, was one of the most influential string bands that recorded during the formative years of the country music industry.
Photograph of fiddler Gid Tanner. Playing his fiddle, he stands facing forward and smiling. Tanner was one of the most widely recognized names among country music enthusiasts of the 1920s and 1930s. The group that he headed, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, was one of the most influential string bands that recorded during the formative years of the country music industry. He died in Dacula, Georgia in 1960. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gid-tanner-and-his-skillet-lickers/m-1890/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Phil Tanner
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/georgia-old-time-fiddlers-conventions
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gid-tanner-and-his-skillet-lickers
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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