Buck Thrailkill BIO: 
Born in Meridian, MS. in 1963. Buck started playing banjo around age 10 studying from his brother Bruce Thrailkill, Avil Linton, and influences of  Carl Jackson and Buck Trent. Buck grew up playing all over the south touring on the Magnolia State Bluegrass Circuit at age 15 with childhood friend and music partner Guitarist James Beau Edwards. Buck plays the ‘Scruggs’ style of finger picking with some newgrass  and oldfolk style licks and songs. Growing up, he played and taught regularly till 1981 when he joined the Army in New Orleans, LA. So pickin' took a back seat to life for a few years till he retired at Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, NC in 1997. He has been playing and recording in various venues in the Carolina’s and surrounding areas for a many years now with several different bands and instrumental configurations ranging from Country to Honky-Tonk to Blues to Irish and Hardcore Bluegrass, and even some Rock. 
Currently Buck is the VP of Operations for Rusty Knuckles Music, 		         
Co-Owner (w/ Beverley) and Engineer of Rebel Roots Studios, 					   
Owner and Instructor of Fifth String Studio located in Fayetteville, NC.
Recording discography:
Solo Banjo Works (in progress)
Hatfield s and McCoy s (in progress)
Ronnie Hymes & Carolina Freight
JB Beverley & The Wayward Drifters
JB Beverley’s ‘Stripped To The Root’
Liquorbox
Polecat Fisher & The Rank Strangers
DR Wells Medicine Show
Carolina Still
Mickey & The Bonepickers
Kara Clark
Billy Don Burns
Husky Burnett
Larry Frick

Contact Buck @: buck@fifthstringstudio.com

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