Rustic Rail News Today

I drove alone on New Year’s Eve to the Rustic Rail, a recently opened Oildale honky-tonk. I was intent on seeing the Soda Crackers, one of my favorite local bands.

Before starting his acoustic Neil Diamond tribute gig on a celebrity cruise ship awhile back, actor Robert Neary explained to the audience what they should expect. In particularly apt fashion,

Where can we experience some of that authentic, working-class, twangy Bakersfield culture? The question has been posed to me more times in the past quarter-century than I can say. Maybe

Thank you for validating my dream to honor, resurrect and celebrate our Bakersfield Sound legacy. But I respectfully disagree with Robert Tafoya on where we should encourage these music venues

Can one city ever have too many music venues and dance halls, too much toe-tapping and foot-stomping music? I don’t think so, certainly not if it’s the Bakersfield Sound that

During the heyday of Fishlips in downtown Bakersfield, Kip Sullivan, one of its proprietors, became known for rounding up some of the best musicians available, through local talent and acts

For the longest time, the Rustic Rail out in Oildale was one of those neat "off the beaten path" bars.