The man You can see in this picture was, in his timee, the frontman of the first boygroup in countrymusic history. Recruited by fiddler Gid Tanner the became known as the Skillett Lickers and dominated the rural dance music scene for almost 7 years. Of course it was a time when television played no part, so they had to bring along some skills rather than goodlooks. Their music, collectivly known as Hillbilly, was not much different from rave music of today. Stupendous melodies set to driving rhythms made the audience dance til they broke down. The extacy drugs of the day were booze and even morphine both strictly illegal. The only difference to today was that this music was strictly handmade. As to be expected the band broke up in the late twenties as rivalries in the band became unbearable. While, except Tanner, all others embarked on solo careers, times for blind Puckett were harder, making it impossible to do tours that require a lot of travelling. Still he made a number of remarkable recordings like the original recording of "Red River Valley" and the classic "Ragged but Right." But he remained a difficult character to deal with. In the last years of his life he was a radio artist, and died of blood poisoning in 1946.