The Rifters
Fri, Oct 31
|Waring
The Rifters are a northern New Mexico trio whose rich harmonies, wide-ranging instrumentation, and dance-driven rhythms make them a true musical voice of the high desert and mountains.
Time & Location
Oct 31, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Waring, 8 Manning St, Waring, TX 78074, USA
About the event
7:30 Showtime
7:00 Seating
6:30 Social Hour
The Rifters are:
Rod Taylor on guitar, mandolin, and vocals. Rod lives in Cimarron, New Mexico and is recently retired from being head of cattle operations at Philmont Ranch. In other words, he doesn’t just look like a cowboy. Although Rod is well known for playing traditional western music at cowboy poetry gatherings, his musical influences run from The Beatles to The Allman Brothers to old blues to Willis Alan Ramsey and back again. Rod’s rich lead vocals provide one of the most immediately recognizable elements of The Rifters’ distinctive sound.
Jim Bradley on bass and vocals. Jim is a long-time Taos resident and is a native New Mexican, born in Las Cruces. Jim’s powerful rhythmic and percussive playing provide the pulse for The Rifters’ energetic acoustic rhythms. He has played his Fender bass from Alaska to Manhattan and many places in between,…