Good show at Shady Grove. If you haven't been there, it's a little
restaurant with a nice outside patio under giant oak trees. They have an
artist there Unplugged every Thursday from now till June or so. I haven't
been in a couple of years (maybe 4-5) and it's gotten huge. All the tables
are moved out now and there are rows of chairs. There's also a little grass
lawn where people put down blankets.

There must have been 400 people there, it was nuts. Only thing that sucked
is that so many of them talked through the whole show. It was very hard to
hear. I was not up front. He played 1:45, very good show.

He played several new songs and a couple of them sounded very promising.

He also covered Dallas and Driver 8.

Jefe

The official Twitter stream of the now-unofficial Old 97's Web site!

www.twitter.com/old97s

and if you want to hear from the man himself:

www.twitter.com/rhettmiller

Here's something a bit different:
Amplified: Fiction from Leading Alt-Country, Indie Rock, Blues and Folk
Musicians (Paperback)
by Julie Schaper (Editor), Steven Horwitz (Editor)   And Rhett has a story in
there.  Pre-order on amazon.com
Ed. in L.A.

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http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0309/604707.html

Very exciting news!  "Happy Birthday Don't Die" sounds interesting... 

--- On Tue, 3/10/09, Courtney Smith <smith.courtney@...> wrote:

From: Courtney Smith <smith.courtney@...>
http://www.billboar d.com/bbcom/ news/old- 97-s-rhett- miller-sets- fourth-solo-
release-10039497 48.story

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It's been mighty quiet on this message board for some time now!  Hope all
are well, and here's a small nugget of 97's-related news:

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/old-97-s-rhett-miller-sets-fourth-solo-relea\
se-1003949748.story


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According to pollstar, Rhett is one of the "and others" who will be playing
the music of R.E.M. in a benefit show at Carnegie Hall next month.
http://www.carnegiehall.org/article/box_office/events/evt_13221.html?selecteddat\
e=03112009
Might be a nice night!
Courtney


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Last Saturday (12/20) evening around 8 p.m., at the skating rink at
Rockefeller Center, under the Christmas Tree, a couple was alone on the
ice.  Clearly a marriage proposal was in the works.  The crowds were
cheering and shortly after the young man got down on one
knee, "Question" started playing over the PA system.

Turns out I can't go this Friday, so if you want 3 seats together on the
floor, hit me on the backchannel. You pay what I paid (plus paypal's vig).

I haven't printed them yet so you'll be able to print them yourself.

Jefe

hey folks, anyone here trekking to my realm for the oct 14 show? some
confusion led to extra ticket purchases, so i have one to spare ($22
with fees, same price as online) if anyone can help me out by buying
it. email me off-list at maggie.redmags AT gmail.com, please. i have
RME and PayPal and can even mail the ticket out rather than try to
meet up to hand off.

i'm really looking forward to a night out in town; we already have a
sitter lined up for the kids (i have a toddler and a 5 month old
now). it's the first time i'm seeing the band play in a couple years,
i've never been to People's downtown (the old one was up in ames),
and, to top it off, now all the venues in iowa are non-smoking. cant
wait!

maggie

These are great pictures!  Looks like a fun (yet cramped) time.  Thanks for
sharing!

--- On Mon, 8/18/08, justice <justice@...> wrote:

http://www.flickr. com/photos/ faithdesired/ sets/72157606759 069277/

Your friend has quite an eye....those pics are beautiful!  I would like to make
love to them!

Wish I could've been there!

-Tracy

http://www.flickr.com/photos/faithdesired/sets/72157606759069277/

A fellow photographer friend of mine took these recently and I felt the urge to
share them with everyone.
Enjoy everyone!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/faithdesired/sets/72157606759069277/

I have two tickets to sell.  25 bucks each.  Please respond to
Brian_Romanowsky@...

thanks!

Emily,

Thanks for the link.  Your husband did a great job of capturing the show's
ambience (or as
we used to say in the 60's: the vibe, man).

David

http://culturalsenescence.blogspot.com/2008/07/old-97s-sleepercar-floore-country\
-store.html

Awesome review David!

My husband and I were also at the show.  His review is posted here:
http://culturalsenescence.blogspot.com/2008/07/old-97s-sleepercar-floore-country\
-store.html

He mis-identified the opening song, but we were too busy dancing to write
anything down, so I think he can be forgiven.

Emily

Here's a 38 min. interview from July 17, 2008:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92611344
Ed. in L.A.

Hey boys and girls,

Check out my review, complete with photis and setlist, at:

  http://web.mac.com/drdavidwelsh/Site_2/Home.html

David

Here's your chance to own a bit of musical history from the long-lost
days of the Old 97's - Ryan Adams "feud."

It's RyRy's guitar case, or was, until one night in 1999, when he
smashed the guitar formerly contained herein, during an onstage rant
about the Old 97's at one of Whiskeytown's final shows, in Houston.

Read all about it:

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/beat/from-the-ryan-adams-watch

Bid on it:

http://tinyurl.com/5vh5jt

Enjoy.

http://www.spinner.com/2008/05/15/the-dl-if-we-didnt-tell-you-old-97s/


If anyone knows of more of these, I'd love to see them!

I just voted! Go 97's!!

I'm in.  After all, if the internet masses can rick roll the Mets, why
can't we get the boys on VH1?

http://www.glossyinc.com/blacklist/fusesoulmates.html

--Jennifer :)

Just outta curiosity, do you think that, if the HBAT masses all logged
on and filled out an online voting sheet, that the Dance With Me video
would get on the VH1 countdown?

(This is part of our weekend routine, btw. One of us will get up, walk
the dog, & get some coffee from our friendly neighborhood coffee shop,
the other will get the eggs & bacon started. Then we watch the Top 20
Video Countdown on Sattiday morning, usually TiVo-iing thru the crap,
which is substantial.)

I know that you can write in a video that's not on their list of
choices. I've been doing this the last couple of days, but one
person's vote doesn't mean much. I'm just wondering if the 97's-Nation
could steal some votes away from the, ugh, Bret Michaels Band and
swing those votes to the 97's.

The link is...

http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/vote.jhtml

Any takers??

-DP

The Old 97's are performing live Wednesday, June 18th at 6 p.m. PST at
Amoeba in Hollywood for a free in-store event to celebrate their new
CD "Blame it on Gravity". This will also be streamed LIVE for all who
are not in LA.

More info about the live stream cast can be found here:
http://www.amoeba.com/live-shows/performances/hollywood/2008-june-18/old-97-s-li\
ve-stream-on-amoeba-com-/artist.html


http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk231/Peptoe/old-97s.jpg

For those who couldn't make it to the Good Records in-store in Dallas this
past weekend, I've posted a few videos to my YouTube page.  I'm also working
on a blog post for Kulturblog (www.kulturblog.com) about the
in-store--nothing fancy, just some notes, mostly about my daughters meeting
the band members.

http://www.youtube.com/user/BTDGreg


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This blog writer is writing in the old school style of Lester Bangs
and others - he tries to give his readers enough information to decide
for themthelves what they would like, regardless of his views.  He
wrote a lengthy and enjoyable review of "Blame it on Gravity" - check
it out.
http://culturalsenescence.blogspot.com/2008/05/old-97s-blame-it-on-gravity-new-w\
est.html

Just found this in my inbox this morning!  The band will be at Webster Hall
August 1st.  Not my FAVORITE venue, but thank god it's not a boat!


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: The Bowery Presents <info@...>
Date: May 20, 2008 9:31 PM
Subject: Hot Chip, Liz Phair, Old 97's, Kimya Dawson, Xiu Xiu & more!
To: smith.courtney@...


*OLD 97'S*

*August 1
Webster Hall*

*On Sale Fri at Noon*
http://www.bowerypresents.com/calendar/show/1631/

Hey there David,

I video taped yesterdays instore at Waterloo records...

I'm sort of new to this video stuff.... is there an easy way I can get this
video sent to you in a format that you can use/play with.

It's stored digitally on my camcorder... and I'm about to rip it to my mac (I'm
also a new mac user)

Hans
To: hitchhiking@yahoogroups.com
From: dwelsh@...
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 07:29:18 -0500
Subject: [hitchhiking] Watch the boys on Good Morning Texas here....




















             For those who missed yesterday's in-studio performance of Dance With

Me and No Baby I:



http://homepage.mac.com/drdavidwelsh/iMovieTheater37.html



(forgive the poor audio quality...I had a minor snafu in the taping

process).



David



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For those who missed yesterday's in-studio performance of Dance With
Me and No Baby I:

http://homepage.mac.com/drdavidwelsh/iMovieTheater37.html

(forgive the poor audio quality...I had a minor snafu in the taping
process).

David


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