Tag Archives: Seven Foot Dilly & His Hot Pickles

The names of old-time string bands that recorded in the ’20s and ’30s have a tendency to be pretty ridiculous, a few of them composed by corny disc jockeys or promoters. This group may possess the most severe name from the bunch, predicated on both surname and elevation of bandleader …

This young Georgia fellow had about zero desire for old-time country music until his sister, Opal, got associated with a tall fellow from the name of John Dilleshaw. Not merely do Dilleshaw (or Dilly) prefer to provide his acoustic guitar around for passionate serenades, he’d actually make his entire music …

Contacting John Dilleshaw a bandleader or guitarist doesn’t appear quite enough, as fronting groupings named Seven Feet Dilly & the Hot Pickles or Dilly & His Dill Pickles appears similar to a sheer respond of courage, unless you are playing desk to desk within a deli. Remember, however, that was …

This classic old-time fiddler is a tiny mystery man, turning up as the senior person in a band formed in 1918 by fellow fiddle genius Clayton McMichen, among the regular sidekicks of Lowe Stokes over time. At first known as the Lick the Skillet Music group, then the Aged Hometown …