Features: North Polk County Music Hall of Fame

 Rodney Charles Price

Born: May 5, 1951 (Mishawaka, IN)

Specialties: Drums and Percussion

Sings: In the shower.

Major Influences: Sandy Nelson, Pete Fountain, Dave Brubek Quartet, John T.V. Clark, Tommy "Porkchop" Markham, Larrie London, John Ware, Carlos Vega

Hobbies & Interests: Hunting, fishing, knife making, silversmithing, kids

Rodney played on the road and in the studio with the Bellamy Brothers (3 albums) and Ricky Skaggs (1 album). Played on the Bellamy's top ten singles: You Ain't Just a Whistlin' Dixie - Lovers Live Longer - Do You Love As Good As You Look? - For All The Wrong Reasons and on the Skaggs' singles: Heartbroke and Highway 40 Blues.

Play Clip Sample of some of the hits Rodney played on.


 Rodney's Work History

1963-66 played drums in duo with his brother, Robert (an accordian player), called the "Double R's".
1967 played private parties with the Zephyr Hills, Florida FFA band.
1968 played Dixieland style music with "Brass Tacks", a seven-piece horn band.
1970-73 played in the Chanute AFB (Illinois) drum and bugle corps and later with a four-piece country band (name unknown) around the Tampa Bay area.
1974 played with a nine-piece, Air Force, top-forty band that toured South East Asia
1976-77 worked with "Fresh" doing lounges in the Tampa/Zephyr Hills area and played a couple of gigs with Carl Chambers' "Dizzy Rambler Band".
1978-81 toured and recorded with the Bellamy Brothers both nationally and internationally.
1981-82 toured and recorded with Ricky Skaggs both nationally and internationally.
1983-93 played one-nighters all over Florida with Nickelodean.
1993-2000 play gigs and shows with the Dizzy Rambler Band.
2001-present plays and records with retro-rock band "The Rogues".