Rattletrap Stringband

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.