Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers, The Camp Creek Boys, Ward Jarvis, Wade Ward, Lowe Stokes, Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers, Carter Family, Memphis Jug Band, Holy Model Rounders, Michael Hurley, Tampa Red, Blind Willie Johnson, Albert Hunt, Roscoe Holcomb, Memphis Minnie, Frank Blevins, Pink Anderson, Jim Jackson, Uncle Dave, Dock Boggs, and on and on and on.
Rattletrap consists of four friends who've found common ground around many a campfire and front porch. Matthew McElroy, on fiddle & vocals, and Tim Peacock, on banjo & vocals, have been making music together for over twelve years. Completing the Rattletrap sound is Thom Hirbe on bass fiddle and, newest member, Woody Pines on the guitar and vocals. McElroy is a devout understudy of the old-time sound and a serious collector of 78 rpm records. He has recorded with the great Irish fiddler Kevin Burke & the band Patrick Street, among others. Woody is a founding member of the widely know New Orleans based band, The Kitchen Syncopators and brings a wide range of hillbilly songs and ragtime blues to the table. Peacock has been a student of the clawhammer banjo since the mid-90's after stumbling into the Appalachian Stringband Festival known as Clifftop. He has studied with the great West Virginia banjo master Dwight Diller. Thom has been a lifelong member of the rhythm section in various bands. He keeps solid time, while driving Rattletrap's infectious sound.
Old-time music is very much alive and well. From street corners and beer joints, to festivals, square dances and theatres, Rattletrap has played them all.
We thought it might interest you to hear that our debut CD is now available on CD Baby. Click on the little picture below and listen to some samples. Hope you like what you hear :-)
Cheers Jesper Big Hungry Joe Old-time band from Denmark
You can get tickets: Online: www.stuartsoperahouse.org By Phone: (740) 753-1924 Office: 34 Public Square, Nelsonville, Ohio 45764 Athens: At Blue Eagle Music (40 N. Court St.)
HELP PUT THE STANLEY BROTHERS IN THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME!
Ralph Stanley has received many well-deserved honors in the last few years, yet one honor eludes him. While many of their fellow musicians and singers have been recognized by The Country Music Hall of Fame, THE STANLEY BROTHERS have been sadly -- some say criminally -- overlooked.
Jeanie Stanley, youngest daugher of Carter, and fan Kaye Hill have organized an on-going petition to change all that.
"The Country Music Hall of Fame recognizes those persons who have made a significant contribution to the country music field," says Hill. "The Stanley Brothers helped lay the foundation for what we have today. Their names deserve to be listed among greats like Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs, who have already be recognized."
You can join their efforts in one of the following ways:
Contact the CMHoF directly:
Mr. Kyle Young, President
Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum
222 Fifth Avenue South
Nashville TN 37203
Or, if you prefer, you can send a letter to Kaye Hill, who will forward them to the HoF.
D. Kaye Hill
PO Box 2553
Harrisonsonburg VA 22801
Kay says, "a simple one-line note is all that would be required, but please remember to supply your name and address, and an email address if applicable. I will be collecting all letters and forwarding them to the Country Music Hall of Fame."
