Upcoming shows:
Oct 9 (Sat) Concord, MA New Life Community Church (Our performance 1:30-2:30)
Join us for an outdoor Harvest Festival at New Life Community Church
The concert will be held under a huge tent. Free.
Event runs 12:30-5:30. Other performers throughout the day!
Lots of family games and activities.
Food truck (1-3) and Ice cream truck (4:30-5:30)
Rain or shine. 221 Baker Avenue.
Come celebrate the fall season with us!
Nov 20 (Sat) Mansfield, MA Rose Garden Coffeehouse (8:00 pm)
The Congregational Church of Mansfield, 17 West St., Mansfield, MA.
Tickets are available online or at the door. Info: info@rosegardenfolk.com
This is a marvelous venue for hearing live music, always great fun!
Proof of vaccination will be required at the door.
Masks must be worn throughout the show.
The concert will be held in the sanctuary, which has 4 new air filters
and plenty of room for folks to space out.
Since the Covid situation is constantly changing, please check
our schedule and guideline updates prior to the concert.
Let's all help enjoy live music safely!
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 by sending $15 (+ $2 postage per order) to:
Southern Rail
PO Box 323,
Watertown, MA 02471
Checks can be made out to Southern Rail.
Please be sure to include your return address and telephone number.
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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