Musician, Singer,
Songwriter
Videos
Don't Let Go
Alone Together
Agin' Like Wine
Live Audio Clips
Upcoming Shows
1001 R St., Sacramento
Wednesday, March 19
7 to 9 p.m.
1001 R St., Sacramento
Wednesday, April 16
7 to 9 p.m.
Open Mic, Featured Artist
904 15th Street, Sacramento
Wednesday, May 14
7:30 to 8 p.m.
or
1001 R St., Sacramento
Wednesday, May 21
7 to 9 p.m.
Sacramento Blues Society
International Blues Challenge
Torch Club
904 15th Street, Sacramento
Sunday, June 8
3 to 7 p.m.
1001 R St., Sacramento
Wednesday, June 19
7 to 9 p.m.
You can also hear Rusty Sterling
occasionally at open mics:
Fox & Goose, Mondays, 7-9 p.m.
The Torch Club, Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m.
Lucid Winery, Thursdays, 6:30-9 p.m.
You can also listen to Rusty Sterling on his YouTube Channel
Rusty Sterling Bio
Rusty Sterling Musician Singer Song Writer
Rusty Sterling is a singer/songwriter and has performed for more than 50 years across the country. He performs currently in and around Sacramento. Rusty first learned the violin at age 12 and later traded his fiddle for a guitar. Over the years, Rusty performed solo and played with several bands including Smoke N', TV Duck, The Del Ray Blues All Stars, Borrowed Time, The Bart Shea Band, Phil Berkowitz & the High Rollers, Souls of Blue, Blues Cadillac, and his own band, Rusty Sterling & Friends.
Rusty Sterling performing at The Torch Club
What People Say:
International Blues
Challenge Judge
“Skilled songwriter”
Mark Mitchell, manager,
The Torch Club, Sacramento
“I thank you for your voice."
DJ Harmon Stacks
Hot FM 97, NYC
“Your music is incredible! I believe it has great potential..."
Sam Shoman, manager,
Fox & Goose Public House
"A fantastic performance by Rusty Sterling, featuring a mix of original songs."
Leslie Allen,
singer/songwriter
“The smoothest voice in Sacramento”
Steven J. Krohn, musician/singer/songwriter
“Voice sounded good and show
was cool conversational”
Gary Campbell,
local reviewer
"In addition to a broad variety of covers, his original tunes are at times powerful and other times whimsical, but always worth the listen."
Partial Song List
Hold On, I'm Coming — Sam & Dave
For What It’s Worth — Buffalo Springfield
Bad Case of Love — BB King
Me and Bobby McGee — Kris Kristopherson
Angry Eyes — Loggins & Messina
After Midnight — JJ Cale
Cocaine — JJ Cale
A Little Help From My Friends — The Beatles
The Letter — The Boxtops
Feeling’ All Right — Dave Mason
Given It Up For Your Love — Delbert McClinton
Fever — Otis Blackwell
Ask Me Bout Nothin’ But the Blues — Bobby “Blue” Bland
Is She Really Going Out With Him — Joe Walsh
Desperado — The Eagles
L.A. Freeway — Jerry Jeff Walker
Ol’ 55 — Tom Waits
Heart of Saturday Night — Tom Waits
Dixie Chicken — Little Feat
The Way You Do The Things You Do — The Temptations
Blue Bayou — Roy Orbison
Under the Boardwalk — The Coasters
Happy Together — The Turtles
Hotel California — The Eagles
The Hunter — Albert King
Grapevine — Creedance Clearwater
Harvest Moon — Neil Young
Bring It On Home — Sam Cooke
Another Saturday Night — Sam Cooke
We’re Having a Party — Sam Cooke
Twistin’ the Night Away — Sam Cooke
Bojangles — Jerry Jeff Walker
Friend of the Devil — Grateful Dead
Take it Easy — The Eagles
Peaceful Easy Feeling — The Eagles
Havana Daydreaming — Jimmy Buffett
Willin’ — Little Feat
Mexico — James Taylor
Something In the Way She Moves — James Taylor
These Days — Jackson Browne
Big Yellow Taxi — Joni Mitchell
California Dreamin’ — Mamas & Papas
I Shall Be Released — Bob Dylan
For Lovin’ Me — Gordon Lightfoot
Margaritaville — Jimmy Buffett
Eve of Destruction — Barry McGuire
If You Could Read My Mind — Gordon Lightfoot
Originals:
Hard Case of Livin’
Real Cajun Cookin’
Dead Head Cafe
Sometime Thing
Tidal Wave
Whatcha Want Me To Do?
Don’t Let Go
Love Slipped Away
Miss Tres Cool
Something to Say
Again
Summer Thunder
Aging Like Wine
The Queen
Tables & Chairs
A Trip Up the Coast
Blues, Body and Soul