bassist Trevor Stewart and Kelsey Girdwood,
who moved down from New York City a few
years ago and became the band’s spoon
player. Most everyone in the band sings, and
depending on the mood in a song, anybody
might take a solo at any time.
“Instead of designating
solos for certain sections,
you just start soloing and
the rest of the band will
catch on,” said Micah.
Front Porch Sessions, a demo recorded out
on Dempsey’s front porch around a single
microphone, is a head-nodder, six or seven voices singing along “Hot tamales and
they’re red hot!” while they cover Robert
Johnson’s tune of the same name, and the
open-air recording makes it feel like sitting
Seldom does a band that
doesn’t take itself seriously turn out to sound
good or be entertaining
when they hit the stage,
but the Rattlers seem to
have a philosophy of being crazy without being
lazy that makes hearing them a kicker. The
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