Gid Tanner

Gid Tanner
Background information
Birth name	James Gideon Tanner
Also known as	Gid Tanner
Born	June 6, 1885
Origin	Thomas Bridge, near Monroe, Georgia, United States
Died	May 13, 1960(1960-05-13) (aged 74) Dacula, Georgia, United States
Genres	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 old-time fiddler and one of the earliest stars of what would come to be known as country music.^[1] 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).