- Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection
- Title:
- Episode of Down Yonder with the Tanner Family
- Creator:
- Rosenbaum, Art
- Contributor to Resource:
- Sanders, Clate
University of Georgia
Georgia Folklore Society - Date of Original:
- 1980/1989
- Subject:
- Folk music--Georgia
Fiddlers--Georgia
Guitarists--Georgia
Skillet Lickers
Old-time music--Georgia
Songs
Singing
Rosenbaum, Art
Miller, Smokey Joe, 1918-2009
Tanner, Gordon, 1916-1982
Puckett, Riley, 1894-1946
Tanner, Gid - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Episode of Down Yonder with Art Rosenbaum focusing on Gid Tanner's Skillet Lickers and the continuing tradition of old-time music in the Tanner family. Rosenbaum visits with Gid Tanner's son, Gordon Tanner, and Smokey Joe Miller. With Tanner on fiddle and vocals, Miller on guitar, and Rosenbaum on banjo, they play several old-time songs. Rosenbaum gives a brief history of old-time Georgia music; he talks about Fiddlin' John Carson, Gid Tanner, and the Skillet Lickers. Between songs, Gordon Tanner discusses recording with the Skillet Lickers and demonstrates how he builds his own fiddles and Miller talks about playing with Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett. Gordon Tanner's son Phil discusses growing up in a musical family and continuing the family tradition with his son, Russ. Songs: Down Yonder, Farmer's Blues, Listen to the Mockingbird, Old Spinning Wheel.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:ugabma_gfc_gfc-2154
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ugabma/gfc/do:gfc-2154
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 film : circa 30 minutes
- Original Collection:
- Georgia Folklore Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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