Old 97's

Frontman Rhett Miller and bassist Murry Hammond will each perform sets of their solo material to start the night off, and each night will end with drummer Philip Peeples and guitarist Ken Bethea re-joining their bandmates up on stage for a performance in the arrangement that made this group successful in the first place. Read More

As mentioned last month , the Old 97's are going back into the studio with Salim Nourallah in January, but they're not waiting until then to start recording. Read More

old97sposter.jpg More big news from Mike Snider today--this time about an upcoming string of shows scheduled between Christmas and New Year's Eve at Sons of Hermann Hall. In short: Longtime favorite local alt-country outfit the Old 97's has been booked to play four consecutive nights at the Deep Ellum ballroom, from December 27 through December 30. Read More

While the genre never quite took off the way record labels had probably hoped, some of the bands did all right for themselves … or at least spawned bands that would go on to make some pretty decent twangified noise. Read More

Nearly two months later, the festival will head east for a weekend (4/9-4/11) in Dallas, with Old 97's, Shooter Jennings, Lucero and Roger Alan Wade scheduled to take the stage. Read More

Like nearly all the great early songs by Old 97's, the beauty of "Barrier Reef" is how it simultaneously works within the confines of country music while standing them on its head. Read More