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    • Dec 31, 2008
    Confederate Railroad's steel guitarist, Gates Nichols, officially retires
    Jul 6, 2009
    Gates Nichols, former steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in Georgia
    Aug 4, 2009
    Former Confederate Railroad steel player Gates Nichols checks into the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia
    Aug 14, 2009
    Gates Nichols, retired steel guitarist for Confederate Railroad, dies of cancer at the Cobb Hospital hospice in Austell, Georgia. The band created a series of 1990s singles heavily influenced by Southern rock
    Jan 15, 2010
    Neal McCoy headlines the first show in a three-day grand opening celebration at the Country Crossings Resort in Dothan, Alabama. Also on the bill: Little Texas, Aaron Tippin, Restless Heart, Confederate Railroad and Matt Kennon
    May 20, 2011
    Confederate Railroad plays a benefit for two pediatric cancer patients at the Cascade Theatre in Redding, California
    Jun 16, 2013
    Confederate Railroad plays a benefit at the Heart Of Fire Church in Louisville for David Allan Coe, who's in attendance. Coe was severely injured in a traffic accident three months prior
    Jun 2, 2018
    Bass player Wayne Secrest dies at Lexington Country Place in Kentucky after a lengthy illness. He was a founding member of Confederate Railroad, known for a mix of country and Southern rock that influenced the 1990s country hits "Trashy Women," "Queen Of Memphis" and "Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind"
    Jul 1, 2019
    The Du Quoin State Fair in Illinois reveals it has cancelled a planned August 27 appearance by Confederate Railroad. The band's name, in conjunction with its use of the Confederate flag in branding, was deemed inappropriate
    Jul 25, 2019
    Officials with the Ulster County Fair in New York cancel an August 1 Confederate Railroad concert, becoming the second fair to ban the group while citing racist connotations in the band's name and its use of a Confederate flag in its branding
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