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Group Bio
One of the most popular bands in alt-country's rock & roll wing, Old 97's hailed from Dallas and drew their inspiration from classic country, bar band rock, the raw sound of early punk, and -- especially on their later records -- the tight songcraft of power pop. The band was formed in 1993 by singer/guitarist Rhett Miller and bassist Murry Hammond. Although six years younger than Hammond, Miller had previously played around the Dallas area as a folksinger and a British-style pop devotee; he'd also earned a creative writing scholarship to Sarah Lawrence College, but ultimately dropped out to return to Texas and concentrate on music. When he teamed up with Hammond, his original material showed traces of Texas country; this combination of country influence and pop sensibility would go on to fuel some of the band's best work.
Miller and Hammond expanded their project by adding lead guitarist Ken Bethea and recording their initial demo tape at Austin's famed Cedar Creek studio. Drummer Philip Peeples subsequently climbed on board, and Old 97's issued their debut album, Hitchhike to Rhome, on the indie label Big Iron in 1994. It received positive reviews and began to build the group's alt-country fan base, which they consolidated on the album's follow-up, Wreck Your Life. Issued on the alt-country stalwart Bloodshot Records in 1995, Wreck Your Life fleshed out the group's sound and presented Old 97's as a sharp, eclectic country-rock outfit with a pinup-worthy frontman. The positive attention given to the band's two indie albums led to a major-label deal with Elektra Records, on which Old 97's debuted in 1997 with Too Far to Care. Critics hailed the album as the best balance yet between the group's Texas traditionalism and pop leanings, and many publications placed the band among the leaders of the alt-country movement. Their next release, 1999's Fight Songs, began to move away from their country influences by offering a more polished, pop-friendly set of songs.
By this time, Miller had moved to Los Angeles and shed the thick '50s-style glasses that had become a major part of his image; he and Hammond were also performing in an informal side project dubbed the Ranchero Brothers. Released in 2001, Satellite Rides had an even stronger power pop flavor and once again received highly positive reviews, although Miller took a temporary leave after its release to record a solo power pop record, The Instigator, which was released in late 2002. A lengthy period of relative inactivity followed, as the bandmembers found themselves in different cities and starting families, only sporadically seeing and/or playing with each other. All of that changed in 2004 with the recording of the sixth Old 97's album, Drag It Up (issued by the band's new label, New West), and the subsequent tour, which featured prominently on the band's 2005 double-disc live release Alive & Wired. In 2006, Elektra issued Hit by a Train: The Best of Old 97's, which contained songs released prior to the band's 2004 label switch, and 2008 saw the band returning to Dallas for the recording of Blame It on Gravity.
Additional Information about Drag It Up [Digipak]
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Track listing
1. Won't Be Home
2. Moonlight
3. Borrowed Bride
4. Smokers
5. Coahuila
6. Blinding Sheets of Rain
7. Valium Waltz
8. In the Satellite Rides a Star
9. New Kid, The
10. Bloomington
11. Adelaide
12. Friends Forever
13. No Mother
Details
Producer: Mark Neill
Distributor: RED Distribution
Recording type: Studio
Recording mode: Stereo
SPAR Code: n/a
Album notes
Old 97's: Murry Hammond (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, harmonium, bass guitar, tambourine, percussion, background vocals); Ken Bethea (vocals, guitar, accordion); Rhett Miller (vocals, guitar); Philip Peeples (drums, tambourine, percussion).
Additional personnel: Chris Lawrence (pedal steel guitar); Mitch Manker (trumpet); Archie Thompson, Sarah Neill (piano); Craig Packham (tambourine).
Recording information: Soil Of The South Studios, San Diego, California; Dreamland Studios, Woodstock, NY.
In a just world, the Old 97's would have at least equaled the rise to fame of kindred spirits Whiskeytown. When head 97 Rhett Miller put out his major-label solo album, it seemed like he was all set to become the next Ryan Adams, and justifiably so. However, the late-'90s buzz around Miller and his band never quite translated to stardom. DRAG IT UP finds them on an indie label, the dust of hype suitably cleared; lo and behold, the result is one of their best albums ever.
The record opens with "Won't Be Home," whose surging roots-rock and locomotive rhythm are suggestive of "Time Bomb," the closest the 97's ever came to a hit. From there things rapidly shift direction, as "Moonlight" is an achingly pretty ballad that includes a nod to the Velvet Underground lullaby "After Hours." A honky-tonk piano and poetic, world-weary lyric enliven "Borrowed Bride," with its refrain of "life comes apart at the seams," and "Smokers" suggests nothing so much as a Chris Stamey tune from an early dB's album. What comes across most strongly on DRAG IT UP is the sterling songcraft and empathetic band interplay, positing the Old 97's as the crown princes of the country-rock roost. Take that, Ryan Adams!
Editorial reviews
[G]uitarist Ken Bethea's super-reverberated riffs strut between Byrds-like warble and Uncle Tupelo-like fingerpicking with ease.
CMJ
4 out of 5 - On DRAG IT UP - aided by unpolished production that doesn't force them to rock faster or harder than they should - all that cleverness works better than before....Beautifully haunting and well worth the wait.
Alternative Press
[S]hifting between singer/songwriter Rhett Miller's heartrending country and mojo-fueled power pop. - Grade: B+
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