Upcoming shows:
We have been busy developing new songs and assembling our 2022 calendar.
We hope to see you some time this year!
Details for any show may change as the Covid situation changes.
Please check back here as a concert date approaches.
Jun 22 (Wed) WATERTOWN, MA Saltonstall Park Summer concert series. (6:30)
Free! Will be canceled if the weather is rainy. Bring a picnic & a blanket!
149 Main St. next to Watertown library.
For more info, click here
Parking lot behind the park.
For map, click here.
Jul 4 (Mon) CONCORD, MA Picnic in the Park (1-3) Emerson Field.
Free! Bring a picnic and a blanket!
Music starts at noon. Kid's bike parade! Food vendors! Brass band!
Jul 7 (Thurs) NEEDHAM Summer Concert at Memorial Park Gazebo
(7-9pm) Free! Bring a blanket and a picnic!
92 Rosemary St. Check our web site for last minute rain decision.
Jul 17 (Sun) FALMOUTH, MA Waquoit Congregational Church
(10am) Outdoor service.
On the bluffs at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
131 Waquoit Highway in East Falmouth
Jul 26 (Tues) SUDBURY, MA Wayside Inn. Fresh Strawberry Concert Series
(7-9 pm) 72 Wayside Inn Rd. Outdoors under a huge tent.
Strawberry shortcake! Rain or shine.
For more info about www.wayside.org, click here.
For tickets: www.wayside.org/events/strawberry-concerts
Reservations: 978-443-1776. Special price for dinner plus concert.
Jul 30 (Sat) WOLFEBORO, NH Cate Park Community Bandstand
(7-9 pm) Free! Bring a picnic!
Sep 10 (Sat) NEW SALEM, MA 1794 Meetinghouse
(7:30-9:00) 26 South Main St. A popular series in a beautifully restored class
acoustic hall. 1794meetinghouse.org
For tickets: https://1794meetinghouse.org/meetinghouse-events/southern-rail-2/
Indoors. Proof of vaccination and booster, masking required.
See 1794meetinghouse.org/2022-summer-covid-protocols/
Sep 15 (Thur) WEBSTER, MA Gladys E Kelly Public Library
(6:30-8) 2 Lake St, Webster, MA 01570. Free concert! gladyskellylibrary.org Outdoors.Check our web site for last minute rain decision.
Oct. 29 (Sat) SACO, ME Evening concert
First Parish, Saco, 12 Beach St. (Time not determined yet)
Masks required. www.firstparishsaco.org
Here are some YouTube videos from our recent Cable TV appearance on "502 Sessions" in Dedham, MA.
502 Sessions features bands playing their own original material. These are all originals
(except for "Children Go Where I Send Thee", which is a traditional song with our own arrangement).
Carolina Lightning
Do You Know
Just a Little Man
Tractor Pull
I Didn't Ask
Field Of Glory
Last Leg Home
Voices In the Wind
My Old Friends
Walk Your Way To Heaven
Chidren Go Where I Send Thee
Road Trip
Enjoy!
Click here for some legacy videos.
RIBA (Rhode Island Bluegrass Alliance) inducted Jim and Sharon into the RIBA Bluegrass Hall of Fame in April, 2019.
This is quite an honor, and a tremendous way to kick off the band's 41st anniversary!
Southern Rail Recordings
Our newest CD Voices In the Wind is here!
Fifteen songs, including a live bonus cut. Available now!
Purchase with credit card or PayPal via the Buy Now button below.
Other recordings available (Coal Tattoo is back!):
You can also order a CD or DVD from us directly for $15 (+ $2 postage per order). Send some
email to bluegrass@SouthernRail.com and we will reply with details of how to continue.
Previous Recordings:
- The Early Years (1987-1989)
- Coal Tattoo (2002)
- Wasting My Time (PRC-1080 Pinecastle Records, 1998)
- Glory Train (PRC-1050) Pinecastle Records, 1995.
Nominated for Gospel Recorded Performance Of The Year (1996) by IBMA! - Carolina Lightning (TR-5090) Turquoise Records, 1993.
- Roadwork (TR-5083) Turquoise Records, 1992.
- Drive By Night (TR-5047) Turquoise Records, 1991.
- Home (Track-0589) Track Records, 1989.
- Looking For the Lighthouse (Track-0587) Track Records, 1987.
You'll find a complete listing of our available recordings.
Here are some useful links:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/southern-rail/id4461746
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/southernrailbluegrass
More Southern Rail on YouTube!
Taken by Maynard Public TV, Maynard Library.Gone For Way Too Long
Red Rubber Ball
Funky Mountain Special
Daniel Prayed
Taken by Stephen Ide at the Rose Garden Coffeehouse, Nov 10, 2012.
It's Mighty Dark To Travel
Weary Ol' Highway
The Hills That I Call Home
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Foggy Mt. Breakdown
I Didn't Ask
Most of these videos were taken during a concert
in a church in Norfolk, MA. (The camera and microphone were
stationed in the balcony.) Long Hard Road was recorded
at a concert for Billerica Cable TV. Check them out!
Long Hard Road
Earl's Breakdown
Children Go Where I Send Thee
Prisoner Of the Highway
Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Friend Of Steel
5 In the Morning
Heading west
Mary Did You Know
A bit of fun:
Set-up and soundcheck at the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum
Special archival video:
From the Thomas Point Beach Bluegrass Festival, Sept. 1989!
Children Go Where I Send Thee
To hire Southern Rail
contact us by email at:bluegrass@SouthernRail.com
or see our entries on:
GigMasters
GigSalad
CreativeGround
Fee support for Southern Rail may be available to nonprofit
organizations through the New England States Touring (NEST) program of the
New England Foundation for the Arts.
Visit www.nefa.org for more information.
Some pictures from recent shows, just for fun...
Pemi Valley Bluegrass Festival.
Cotuit Center For the Arts.
Regis College, Weston, with Boston Saengerfest Chorus.
Sound check at Regis College.
Southern Rail at the Joe Val Bluegrass Festival.
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