On Thursday, Jan 28., the American-Aussie band, Rust on the Rails will be performing for Central students in the SURC.

The band is made up by Cody Beebe, a Washington native that some might recognize from his previous band Cody Beebe and the Crooks. The guitarist and other half of the band, Blake Noble, is an Australian native whose unique talents help create the original and worldly sound that is Rust on the Rails.

According to Beebe, Rust on the Rails is not just another rock band trying to recreate the classics.

“This is not just guys with guitars,” Beebe said. “We have a different world element.”

Rust on the Rails came to be after Noble and Beebe got to know each other. Noble said he and Beebe became good friends and enjoyed collaborating together, so they decided to make Rust on the Rails “their full time focus and main project.”

According to Noble, the band name Rust on the Rails  just popped into his head one day while he was traveling.

Even though it just popped into his head, Noble feels that band names are incredibly important.

“You have to have something in your name to tell people who you are but leave enough mystery in it for people to want to check it out,” Noble said.

Rust on the Rails is unique because they feature a blend of southern rock, alternative country, blues, folk, Aussie dance music and the traditional wind instrument of indigenous Australians, the didgeridoo.

The pride of this band is their creation of a new worldly sound that many of us have never heard. Noble calls the genre American Aussie Roots.

The combined talent of Beebe singing vocals and Noble playing his 12 string acoustic percussive guitar will create an energy on stage like nothing Central has seen before.

Director of Campus Activities and fan of Beebe, Scott Drummond, is excited that Rust on the Rails will “get to share their music with a different audience and be able to perform for Central students.”

Campus Activities heard about Rust on the Rails from Samantha Hayes, a Campus Activities’ employee. Hayes has a job booking bands off campus and heard of them through a colleague in Yakima.

When Drummond was presented with the idea of letting Rust on the Rails perform on campus, he was more than happy to book this Washington band.

This show will be a great chance for Central students to experience something new.        

“Come out and enjoy and get a jump on your weekend,” Drummond said. “The energy is going to be great so why not take a risk and come out and hang out.”