Cedric Watson on gourd banjo "Keep That Skillet Good & Greasy"

This song was first recorded by master entertainer and banjo picker Uncle Dave Macon in 1924 for Vocalion Records. I haven't been able to track down much history about the song itself but I think we can assume Macon picked it up from one of the many vaudevillian musicians who passed through the hotel his family ran in the late 1800′s.