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From the Album 1. Brown Haired Daughter 2. Ivy 3. Perfume


From the Album 1. The Fool 2. Dance With Me 3. No Baby I 4. My Two Feet 5. The One


From the Album 1. Melt Show 2. New Kid 3. Barrier Reef 4. W. Tx Teardrops 5. Lonely Holiday 6. The Villain 7. King Of All Of The World 8. Salome 9. Rollerskate Skinny 10. The Other Shoe 11. Coahuila 12. Wish The Worst 13. Wont Be Home 14. Doreen 15. Jagged 16. Designs On You 17. Curtain Calls 18. Mama Tried 19. If My Heart Was A Car 20. Four Leaf Clover 21. Stoned 22. Oppenheimer 23. Cant Get A Line 24. Cryin Drunk 25. Big Brown Eyes 26. Murder / Or A Heart Attack 27. Smokers 28. Friends Forever 29. Niteclub 30. Time Bomb


From the Album 1. Wont Be Home 2. The New Kid 3. Bloomington 4. Smokers 5. Borrowed Bride 6. Friends Forever 7. This Is The Moonlight 8. Adelaide 9. In The Satellite Rides A Star 10. Coahuila 11. Blinding Sheets Of Rain 12. No Mother


From the Album 1. Am I Too Late? 2. Bird In A Cage 3. Book Of Poems 4. Buick City Complex 5. Cant Get A Line 6. Designs On You 7. King Of All The World 8. Nervous Guy 9. Question 10. Rollerskate Skinny 11. Up The Devils Pay 12. Weightless 13. What I Wouldnt Do


From the Album 1. Alone So Far 2. Busted Afternoon 3. Crash On The Barrelhead 4. Indefinitely 5. Jagged 6. Let The Idiot Speak 7. Lonely Holiday 8. Murder / Or A Heart Attack 9. Nineteen 10. Oppenheimer 11. Valentine 12. What We Talk About


From the Album 1. Barrier Reef 2. Big Brown Eyes 3. Broadway 4. Curtain Calls 5. Four Leaf Clover 6. House That Used To Be 7. Just Like California 8. Melt Show 9. Niteclub 10. Salome 11. Streets Of Where Im From 12. Timebomb 13. W. Tx Teardrops


From the Album 1. Bel Air 2. Big Brown Eyes 3. Doreen 4. Dressing Room Walls 5. Going Going Gone 6. My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin 7. Old Familiar Steam 8. Over The Cliff 9. The Other Shoe 10. Victoria (a.k.a. Victoria Lee) 11. W-I-F-E 12. You Belong To My Heart


From the Album 1. 504 2. Desperate Times 3. Doreen 4. Drowning in the Days 5. Four Leaf Clover 6. Hands Off 7. If My Heart Was A Car 8. Kens Polka Thing 9. Mama Tried 10. Miss Molly 11. Old Familiar Steam 12. St. Ignatius 13. Stoned 14. Tupelo County Jail 15. Wish The Worst


Other Songs A State of Texas Absence (What We've Got) All Who Wander Bad Luck Charm Belmont Hotel Bottle Rocket Baby Champaign, Illinois Color of a Lonely Heart Is Blue Confessional Boxing Diamonds on Neptune Drinkin' Song El Paso Every Night Is Friday Night (Without You) Eyes For You Firefly Good With God Happy Hour Harold's Super Service Here's to the Halcyon Holy Cross I Dont Know what christmas is I Don't Know What Christmas Is (But Christmastime Is Here) I Don't Wanna Die In This Town I Like You Better I'm a Trainwreck Irish Whiskey Pretty Girls Jesus Loves You Let the Train Blow the Whistle Let the Whiskey Take the Reins Longer Than Youve Been Alive Love Is What You Are Moonlight Murder Nobody Northern Line Old 97s- Barrier Reef Our Year Please Hold on While the Train Is Moving Por Favor Ray Charles Ride She Hates Everybody She Loves the Sunset Singular Girl The 1 The Beauty Marks The Dance Class The Dropouts The Easy Way The Grand Theatre The Magician This Beautiful Thing This House Got Ghosts Turn Off the TV Turns Out I'm Trouble Valium Waltz Victoria Where the Road Goes Why Don't We Ever Say We're Sorry You Smoke Too Much You Were Born to Be in Battle You Were Right
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The Old 97's are an alternative country band from Dallas, Texas, formed in 1993,

They are recognized as pioneers of the alt-country movement during the mid to late 1990.

-Wikipedia
Members:
Rhett Miller -
lead vocals, rhythm guitar

Murry Hammond -
bass guitar, occasional lead vocals, backup vocals

Ken Bethea -
lead guitar, backup vocals, lead vocals on "Coahuila"

Philip Peeples -
drums and backup vocals
Name Origin:
They take their name from the ballad Wreck of the Old 97 first recorded by Virginia musicians G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter and released in 1924. It's been covered by many artists, including Hank Williams III and Johnny Cash.

The Old 97 was a train that ran for the Southern Railway. It was better known as The Fast Mail, because of its reputation as a lightning-fast mail train that never came in late. The wreck of the Old 97 happened on September 27th, 1903 when the train was an hour behind, it was asked to speed up, resulting in unsafe speeds and a subsequent derailment. It plunged into a ravine at the Stillhouse Trestle near Danville, resulting in the deaths of 9 people, including the conductor.
From: Dallas, Texas, USA
Genre(s): Alternative country, Country rock, Country
Active From: 1993-present
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