Rail bending is a little known skill that was once used to derail trains, a nasty trick dating back to the Civil War. Men who succeeded in setting a fire on top of the rails were undoubtedly worth their salt—daring and tough. Those same words describe Jim Dalton, a songwriter/musician, whose band the Railbenders lays it out hard and fast with music you can dance and stomp to all night long. Repackaged four years ago from Dalton’s earlier band, The Whiskey Dicks, the Railbenders are a cont


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