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Old 97's

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When Rhett Miller, Murry Hammond, Phillip Peeples and Ken Bethea started the Old 97’s in 1993, everyone they knew was either in a grunge band or looking to start one. They started something different: a fusion of western beats, rock roots, crooner cool and punk energy. Their CDs include: Hitchhike to Rhome (1994), Too Far To Care (1997), Fight Songs (1999) and Drag It Up (2004).

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When it comes to Texas...

Most remote gig in Texas you have ever played?

One time Rhett and I went to do a duo show in Amarillo. It was a last-minute thing – we probably knew about it the day before, so there was no advance promotion, nothing – just a seven-hour drive from Dallas to Amarillo, play, come right back. I think it was the first time we had ever slept in a motel, though, in connection with a music show. That was a first. We would normally beg a couch at the end of the night or, in one or two cases, sleep in our car. Salad days for sure! -Murry

What''s your definition of Texas music?

Texas music falls firmly out of the normal country industry of Nashville, New York and Los Angeles. It’s not bluegrass, it’s western, of the old order, with traces of German beer-hall music mixed with the old cowboy songs and ballads. -Murry

Best place to see Texas music?

It's hard to beat Stubb's Backyard on a cool spring evening.

Favorite Texas album?

Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger. Recorded in Dallas at the studio where Murry and I later recorded our Sleepy Heroes record. -Rhett

Place you''d take someone who''s never been to Texas?

Caddo Lake and Jefferson. -Murry

Where in Texas feels most unlike Texas?

A Dallas Stars game. I would have to say that if you had told me when I was a kid that someday 17,000 Texans a night would pack an arena to watch hockey, I would have said you are nuts. -Ken

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