The Skillet Lickers Centennial Podcast

Join us for episode four of our Centennial Podcast! In episode four, we talk about the Skillet Lickers' local impact over the past century with former Gwinnett County Commission Chairman, Charlotte Nash & local legend Joey Watkins!

We talk to Phil Tanner about his upbringing, the Chicken House, fiddlemaking, and so much more!

In this episode, we pick up in 1934—San Antonio—where a reunion session turned into a million-selling record and cemented a legacy few could have predicted. We follow a young Gordon Tanner at just seventeen, stepping into a sound that was already shaping the future. Songs like “Down Yonder” and “Back Up and Push” didn’t just travel—they carried a style that would help define early country music. B...

In this opening episode of the Skillet Lickers 100 miniseries, we begin the story where it all started — in a studio building with its own connection to the legend himself. The location is fitting: the very place where Gid Tanner once famously crashed into the building, a moment that captures the larger-than-life personality of one of Georgia’s most influential musicians. We go back to the beginni...