# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gid-tanner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:00:25.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gid-tanner"
name: "Gid Tanner"
slug: "gid-tanner"
description: "James Gideon Tanner was an American musician and old-time fiddler, regarding as one of the earliest stars and pioneers of country music. 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, Dan Hornsby (vocals), Riley Puckett and Robert Lee Sweat (guitar)."
tagline: "American musician (1885–1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gid_Tanner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1885-06-06"
deathDate: "1960-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.17
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.552377333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1197622"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "جيد تانر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جيد تانير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner"
    title: "Gid Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner"
    title: "Gid Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner"
    title: "Gid Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner"
    title: "Gid Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner"
    title: "Gid Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gid_Tanner"
    title: "Gid Tanner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2bb10db8-1686-4e1a-b1d3-6824eb175556"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347039"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump