Riley Puckett | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | George Riley Puckett |
| Born | May 7, 1894 Dallas, Georgia, United States |
| Died | July 13, 1946 (aged 52) East Point, Georgia, United States |
| Genres | Old time music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar, banjo, vocals |
| Years active | 1924–1941 |
George Riley Puckett[1] (May 7, 1894 – July 13, 1946)[2] was an American country music artist, best known as a member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers.
His dynamic single-string guitar playing, featuring dramatic bass runs, earned for him an enviable reputation as an instrumentalist. Many aspiring guitarists who followed him have studied and copied his style. Although he was an accomplished musician on several instruments, his singing was most responsible for establishing him as an important figure in the history of country music.
- ^ "Riley Puckett | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 329/330. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.