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Georgia Crackers

Take a trip back in time to the early era of Country Music. Before Hank Williams or Bill Monroe & his Bluegrass Boys, Georgia musicians such as Fiddlin John Carson, Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, and many others pioneered the golden age of Hillbilly Stingbands. The Georgia Crackers faithfully re-create the vintage sound of the 1920s, while keeping alive the spirit of spontaneity and improvisation. Their irreverent stage banter is always a crowd please. Along with old time singer, Kenneth Johnson (Pea Ridge Ramblers) on guitar and Chip Corbitt on clawhammer banjo, this rhythm section holds it down for Fiddlin Mick Kinney. Kinney has a unique but authentic fiddle style. When asked for his secret, Mick says, steal licks from the best and keep it hot and greasy, but take it easy. The Georgia Crackers reach back for that old time feel and surge forward in a rush so entertaining its mesmerizing.