Hi,

Recently Clayton McMichen was proclaimed Fiddler of the Century. I'm doing some research and I have a few questions about the Skillet
Lickers and Clayton McMichen. If anyone knopws any stories or anecdotes about McMichen please share them with me. I'd appreciate getting a source as well.

I figure the Skillet Licker break-up to be late 1930 or early 1931 (even tho they recorded again in 1934). The questions are relating to his period.

When did the Skillet Lickers play WCKY in Covington? I figure it was
May 1931 with a line-up of McMichen, Pucket, Layne and Bryant. Were
they billed as Clayton McMichen and The Skillet Lickers or just The
Skillet Lickers?

Then they moved to WLW Cincinatti. Exactly when? I figure a few months later in 1931. So Riley Puckett stays at WCKY and Gid Tanner
replaces McMichen and I believe Bill Helms plays with Puckett and
Tanner. This was a short stint for Gid, but how long?

So now McMichen, Bryant, Barfield and Perryman are at WLW calling
themselves the Skillet Lickers. They end up at Pittsburgh's KDKA at
the end of 1931. Did they play in Schenectady NY on WGY in 1931. If
not when did they (McMichen) play in NY?

Any detailed info about Merle Travis joining the Georgia Wildcats. I figure it was 1937. Did he replace Slim Bryant because Bryant quit or left?

Richie