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Riley Puckett

voc, 1894-1946 US, Alpharetta, Georgia
Musician of Country
A.k.a. George Riley Puckett Charlie Norris (2) Fred Wilson (2) Tom Watson (16)

b.: May 7, 1894 (Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA) d.: July 13, 1946 (East Point, Georgia, USA) American country music pioneer mostly known for being a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers. An accident during infancy left him blind. He had his formal education at the Georgia School for the Blind in Macon, Georgia.

     
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Banjo
  • Backing Vocals
  • Guitar
Genres
  • Country
  • World
  • Folk
  • Spoken Word
Plays With
Gibbs And Watson
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers
Popular Tracks   
Ragged but Right on American Roots Series - Classic Country and Bluegrass, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
Nobody's Business on East Virginia Blues by Various Artists
The Arkansas Sheik on Hard Times Come Again No More: Early American Rural Songs Of Hard Times And Hardships, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
I'm Getting Ready to Go (Recorded 1934) on Early Country Songs, Vol. 8 [Recorded 1926-1939] by Riley Puckett
Red River Valley (with Hugh Cross) [Recorded 1927] on Early Country Songs, Vol. 8 [Recorded 1926-1939] by Riley Puckett
The Old Spinning Wheel on American Roots Series - Classic Country and Bluegrass, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
Everybody Works But Father (Recorded 1926) on Early Country Songs, Vol. 8 [Recorded 1926-1939] by Riley Puckett
Ragged But Right (Recorded 1934) on Early Country Songs, Vol. 8 [Recorded 1926-1939] by Riley Puckett
Riley's Hen House Door on Old Country Songs from Down On the Farm, Vol. 2 by Various Artists
Billy in the Low Ground on Riley Puckett by Riley Puckett

Track list and 30sec audio provided by

Band Members
Discography



Title Artist Year Type
There's A Hard Time ComingRiley Puckett2002Album
Red Sails In The SunsetRiley Puckett1988Compil.
Old Time Greats Volume 2Riley Puckett1985Compil.
Old Time Greats - Volume 1Riley Puckett1978Compil.
Hear These New Southern Fiddle And Guitar Records!Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1973Compil.
The Riley Puckett Story (1924 - 1941)Riley Puckett1971Compil.
Authentic Country MusicThe Carter Family, Uncle Dave Macon, Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett1963Compil.
'Way Out There / Cowboy's Dying DreamRiley Puckett / Cliff Carlisle And Fred Kirby1947Album
Where The Shy Little Violets Grow / Railroad BoomerRiley Puckett1942Album
Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old Kentucky Home / When It's Peach Pickin' Time In GeorgiaRiley Puckett1942Album
In A Little Garden / Old Fashioned LocketRiley Puckett1942Album
Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away / MargieRiley Puckett1940Album
Ma (He's Making Eyes At Me) / Walking My Baby Back HomeRiley Puckett1940Album
When I Grow Too Old To Dream / It's A Sin To Tell A LieRiley Puckett1940Album
When I'm Back In Tennessee / Get Out And Get Under The MoonRiley Puckett1940Album
When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Me / How Come You Do Me, Like You Do?Riley Puckett1939Album
Ole Faithful / Santa Fé Folks FiestaRiley Puckett1936Album
When I Grow Too Old To Dream / In A Little Gypsy Tea RoomRiley Puckett1936Album
I Want To Wander In The Cumberland Mountains / My Old MuleRiley Puckett1936Album
My Buddy / Don't Let Your Deal Go DownRiley Puckett1935Album
Chain Gang Blues / George CollinsRiley Puckett1935Album
The Isle Of Capri / Roll Back The CarpetRiley Puckett1935Album
What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) / Curly-Headed BabyRiley Puckett1935Album
The Old Spinning Wheel / Waitin' For The Evenin' MailRiley Puckett1934Album
Down In The Valley / ZelmaTed Hawkins - Riley Puckett1934Album
Kimball House / Hop Light LadiesTed Hawkins - Riley Puckett1934Album
Prosperity And PoliticsGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett1934Album
My Carolina Home / K. C. Railroad (Going Down The Road Feeling Bad)Riley Puckett1934Album
I Only Want A Buddy (Not A Sweetheart) / Lost LoveRiley Puckett - Red Jones1934Album
I'm Gettin' Ready To Go / Ragged But RightRiley Puckett1934Album
Texas Hop / Raindrop WaltzTed Hawkins - Riley Puckett1934Album
Wednesday Night Waltz / Renfro Valley HomeRiley Puckett1934Album
McMichen's Reel / Rye StrawClayton McMichen And Riley Puckett1929Album
A Corn Licker Still In Georgia - Part 1 / A Corn Licker Still In Georgia - Part 2Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris, Bob Nichols And Bill Brown1928Album
Bill Johnson / Paddy Won't You Drink Some CiderRiley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1928Album
Liberty / Pretty Little WidowGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1928Album
My Carolina Home / I'm Drifting Back To DreamlandRiley Puckett And Bob Nichols1928Album
When The Maple Leaves Are Falling / Dear Old DixielandBob Nichols And Riley Puckett1928Album
Call Me Back Pal O' Mine / Clover BlossomsHugh Cross And Riley Puckett1928Album
Hen Cackle / Cumberland GapGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1928Album
Big Ball In Town / Old McDonald Had A FarmGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1928Album
A Corn Licker Still In Georgia - Part 3 / A Corn Licker Still In Georgia - Part 4Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris, Bob Nichols And Bill Brown1928Album
My Blue Ridge Mountain Queen / In The Shade Of The Old Apple TreeBob Nichols And Riley Puckett1928Album
Bile Them Cabbage Down / It's A Long Way To TipperaryGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1928Album
Dance All Night With A Bottle In Your Hand / Old Joe ClarkGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett1928Album
Cotton-Eyed Joe / Black-Eyed SusieGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1928Album
Little Maumee / BreezeRiley Puckett1928Album
The Girl I Left Behind Me / The Old Gray MareGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen1927Album
Don't You Remember The Time / My Isle Of Golden DreamsBob Nichols And Riley Puckett1927Album
Sleep Baby Sleep / Little Log Cabin In The LaneRiley Puckett1927Album
Jack And Joe / Down In ArkansasRiley Puckett1927Album
Just Break The News To Mother / The Drunkard's DreamRiley Puckett1927Album
I Don't Love Nobody / Shortening BreadGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett1927Album
Put My Little Shoes Away / Take Me Back To My Old Carolina HomeRiley Puckett1927Album
Fire On The Mountain / Alabama GalRiley Puckett1927Album
Let The Rest Of The World Go By / That Old Irish Mother Of MineBob Nichols And Riley Puckett1927Album
Fuzzy Rag / The Darkey's WailRiley Puckett1927Album
Till We Meet Again / I'm Forever Blowing BubblesBob Nichols And Riley Puckett1927Album
Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun' / Turkey In The StrawGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett1926Album
Rock-A-Bye-Baby / SauerkrautRiley Puckett1926Album
Bully Of The Town / Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A DrinkGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett1926Album
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane / Watermelon On The VineGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett1926Album
Sally Goodwin / Ida RedRiley Puckett1926Album
The Boston Burglar / The Orphan GirlRiley Puckett1925Album
Old Joe Clark / Jesse JamesRiley Puckett1925Album
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Bile Dem Cabbage DownRiley Puckett1925Album
When You're Gone I Won't Forget / When I'm Gone You'll Soon ForgetRiley Puckett1925Album
Hen Cackle / Buckin' MuleGid Tanner And Riley Puckett1924Album
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane / Rock All Our Babies To SleepRiley Puckett1924Album
Strawberries / Sleep Baby SleepRiley Puckett1924Album
Johnson's Old Grey Mule // Chicken Don't Roost Too High For Me / I Don't Love NobodyRiley Puckett / Gid Tanner1924Album
Georgia Railroad / John HenryGid Tanner And Riley Puckett1924Album
You'll Never Miss Your Mother 'Till She's Gone / Just As The Sun Went DownRiley Puckett1924Album
Rocky Pallet / Hell's Broke Loose In GeorgiaGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Dissatisfied / Frankie And Johnny (You'll Miss Me In The Days To Come)Riley PuckettAlbum
Hog Killing Day - Part 1 / Hog Killing Day - Part 2Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes And Fate NorrisAlbum
Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 9 / Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 10Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris And Tom DorseyAlbum
Gonna Raise Ruckus Tonight / I'm Going To Settle DownHugh Cross And Riley PuckettAlbum
Taking The Census - Part 1 / Taking The Census - Part 2Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne, Fate Norris, Oscar Ford And Tom DorseyAlbum
Waiting For A Train / I'm Up In The Air About MaryRiley PuckettAlbum
Sal's Gone To The Cider Mill / Nigger In The WoodpileGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old Kentucky Home / Go Feather Your NestHugh Cross And Riley PuckettAlbum
A Night In A Blind Tiger - Part 1 / A Night In A Blind Tiger - Part 2Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris, Bert Layne, Uncle Fuzz And Tom DorseyAlbum
Soldiers Joy / Rock That Cradle LucyGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Nine Hundred Miles From Home / Dark Town Strutters BallRiley PuckettAlbum
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / The Rovin' GamblerGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Smiles / Tell MeHugh Cross And Riley PuckettAlbum
Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 7 / Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 8Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris & Tom DorseyAlbum
Boneparte's Retreat / Cripple CreekGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / McKinleyRiley PuckettAlbum
Flatwoods / Never Seen The Like Since Gettin' UpstairsGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow / Don't Try It For It Can't Be DoneRiley PuckettAlbum
Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 5 / Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 6Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes & Fate Norris And Bill BrownAlbum
On The Other Side Of Jordan / I'm Going To GeorgiaRiley PuckettAlbum
Kickapoo Medicine Show Part 1 / Kickapoo Medicine Show Part 2Hugh Cross, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Fate Norris & Lowe StokesAlbum
The Cat Came Back / Beaver CapRiley PuckettAlbum
There's More Pretty Girls Than OneRiley Puckett And Red JonesAlbum
Short Life Of Trouble / The Cat Came BackRiley PuckettAlbum
Away Out On The Mountain / The Moonshiner's DreamRiley PuckettAlbum
There's A Hard Time Coming / Paw's Old MuleRiley PuckettAlbum
A Bee Hunt On Hill For Sartin Creek - Part 1 / A Bee Hunt On Hill For Sartin Creek - Part 2Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes And Fate NorrisAlbum
Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 13 / Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 14Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne And Tom DorseyAlbum
Moonlight On The Colorado / The Broken EngagementRiley Puckett And Red JonesAlbum
George Collins / Puckett BluesRiley PuckettAlbum
Nobody's Business / PlaymatesRiley PuckettAlbum
Saxophone Waltz / Puckett BluesRiley Puckett - Red JonesAlbum
Uncle Bud / I Got MineGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley PuckettAlbum
Old Black Joe / Swanee RiverRiley PuckettAlbum
The Isle Of Capri / Roll Back The CarpetRiley PuckettAlbum
That Old Irish Mother Of Mine / When Irish Eyes Are SmilingRiley PuckettAlbum
There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town To-Night / Giddap NapoleonGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Cacklin' Hen And Rooster Too / Ricketts HornpipeGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Sugar In The Gourd / Georgia WagnerGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 11 / Corn Licker Still In Georgia Part 12Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris & Tom DorseyAlbum
Waitin' For The Evening Mail / Ramblin' BoyRiley PuckettAlbum
Jeremiah Hopkins' Store At Sand Mountain- Part 1 / Jeremiah Hopkins' Store At Sand Mountain - Part 2Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne, Oscar Ford And Tom Dorsey, Fate Norris And Uncle FuzzAlbum
Soldier, Will You Marry Me / Devilish MaryGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Done Gone / Cumberland Valley WaltzClayton McMichen And Riley PuckettAlbum
Sally Johnson / Billy In the Low GroundLowe Stokes And Riley PuckettAlbum
Leather Breeches / New Arkansaw TravellerGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Ride Old Buck To Water / Don't You Cry My HoneyGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Fiddlers' Convention - Part 3 / Fiddlers' Convention - Part 4Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Gid Tanner, Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne, Bob Nichols And Tom DorseyAlbum
Bully Of The Town No. 2 / Broken Down GamblerGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Prohibition - Yes Or No - Part 1 / Prohibition - Yes Or No - Part 2Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Bert Layne & Tom DorseyAlbum
Moonlight On The Colorado / Somewhere In Old WyomingRiley PuckettAlbum
Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy / Gather The FlowersArthur Tanner And Riley PuckettAlbum
When I Had But Fifty Cents / Burglar ManRiley PuckettAlbum
Little Sir Echo / Dream TrainRiley PuckettAlbum
New "Givin' Everything Away" / Frankie And JohnnieRiley PuckettAlbum
I Wish I Was Single Again / Moonlight, Shadows And YouRiley PuckettAlbum
Caroline Sunshine Girl / Riley's Hen-House DoorRiley PuckettAlbum
Nobody's Business / Put On An Old Pair Of ShoesRiley PuckettAlbum
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Give Me Your LoveRiley Puckett / Jesse RodgersAlbum
Red River Valley / I Told Them All About YouRiley PuckettAlbum
Back On The Texas Plains / 'Way Out ThereRiley PuckettAlbum
Casey Jones / Steamboat BillRiley PuckettAlbum
Black Eyed Susie / Alabama Gal, Give The Fiddler A DramGid Tanner And Riley PuckettAlbum
South Of The Border / Red Sails In The SunsetRiley PuckettAlbum
Oh, Johnny, Oh / Take Me Back To My Boots And SaddleRiley PuckettAlbum
I Get The Blues When It Rains / Tie Me To Your Apron StringsRiley PuckettAlbum
Three Nights Drunk / I'm SatisfiedGid Tanner - Riley PuckettAlbum
I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland / Careless LoveRiley PuckettAlbum
Show Me the Way to Go Home / Cotton Baggin'Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Twenty-One Years / All Bound Down In PrisonRiley PuckettAlbum
Mississippi Sawyer / Going On DowntownGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Farmer's Daughter / The Arkansas SheikClayton McMichen & Riley PuckettAlbum
Waitin' For The Evening MailRiley PuckettCompil.
A Fiddlers' Convention In GeorgiaClayton McMichen, Gid Tanner, Riley Puckett, Bob Nichols, Fate Norris And Bert LayneAlbum
Alabama Jubilee / Don't You Hear Jerusalem MoanGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley PuckettAlbum
East Bound Train / Careless LoveRiley PuckettAlbum
Nancy Rollin / Old Dan TuckerGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
The Wreck Of The Southern Old '97 / John Henry (The Steel Drivin' Man)Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Prettiest Little Girl In The County / Settin' In The Chimney JambGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Carolina Moon / Will You Ever Think Of MeRiley PuckettAlbum
Slow Buck / Sal Let Me Chaw Your RosinGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Sourwood Mountain / Cumberland GapGid Tanner And Riley PuckettAlbum
Silver Threads Among The Gold / Let Me Call You SweetheartRiley PuckettAlbum
Uncle Bud / Johnson's Old Gray MuleGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Red Wing / Come Be My RainbowRiley PuckettAlbum
Red River Valley / When You Wore A TulipHugh Cross And Riley PuckettAlbum
Polly Woddle Doo / She'll Be Coming 'Round The MountainGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Dixie / Run Nigger RunGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
My Poodle Dog / My Puppy BudRiley PuckettAlbum
Cindy / Little Brown JugRiley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Casey Jones / Buckin' MuleGid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Slim Gal / Old Molly HareRiley Puckett And Clayton McMichenAlbum
Possum Hunt On Stump House Mountain - Part 1 / Possum Hunt On Stump House Mountain - Part 2Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes And Fate NorrisAlbum
Where The River Shannon Flows / Home Sweet HomeMcMichen's Melody Men With Riley PuckettAlbum
Where The Morning Glories Grow / My Wild Irish RoseHugh Cross And Riley PuckettAlbum
Mama Won't Allow No Low Down Hanging Around / Blue YodelRiley PuckettAlbum
Ring Waltz / Underneath The Mellow MoonBob Nichols And Riley PuckettAlbum
Wal I Swan / Everybody Works But FatherRiley PuckettAlbum
Liza Jane / O! SusannaRiley PuckettAlbum
The Arkansaw Traveler / Fox ChaseGid Tanner And Riley PuckettAlbum
Old Black Joe / When You And I Were Young MaggieRiley PuckettAlbum
We'll Sow Righteous Seed For The Reaper / Where Is My Wandering Boy TonightRiley PuckettAlbum
Swanee River / Spanish CavalierRiley PuckettAlbum
I Wish I Was Single Again / It's Simple To FlirtRiley PuckettAlbum
Whoa Mule / Railroad BillRiley PuckettAlbum
To Wed You In The Golden Summertime / Hello Central Give Me HeavenRiley PuckettAlbum
Wait Till The Sun Shines Nellie / Send Back My Wedding RingRiley PuckettAlbum
You'd Be Surprised / I'll Never Get Drunk Any MoreRiley PuckettAlbum
Won't You Come Over To My House / Down By The Old Mill StreamRiley PuckettAlbum
The Preacher And The Bear / Long Tongue WomanRiley PuckettAlbum
The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / 'Neath The Old Apple TreeBob Nichols And Riley PuckettAlbum
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