Rodney Elkins

Rod Elkins, drummer for RCA Records recording artist, Tyler Childers. Described by RCA Records recording artist Tyler Childers as the man with the “funky beats and Colgate smile,” Huntington, West Virginia native Rod Elkins has spent his life keeping time and sharing his innate and infectious love of music.

As the touring drummer for Childers, Elkins is the heart-beat of a rhythm section that includes Elkins’ high-school friends and college bandmates, Craig Burletic, on bass and James Barker on guitar and steel guitar, who’ve been playing together for the past 10 years. That band, The Food Stamps, which also features “Professor” Jesse Wells, on multiple instruments, has performed sold out concerts around the world, including a sold-out headline debut at Red Rocks Amphitheater, sold-out concerts at the Ryman Auditorium, The Grand Ole Opry, Mountain Stage, and festivals around the world including Bonnaroo, Stagecoach, Lollapalooza. The band also appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and has opened for everyone from Willie Nelson and The Raconteurs to Guns N’ Roses.