Texas Style : The Old 97's

I'm a Valley Girl. I am. I never lived in the South (other than Southern California) and I certainly have never gotten into Country music. I am however into some alt country which can almost be classified as folk?

What I remembered knowing about the Old 97's was something with Ryan Adams...and that they were somewhere in between him and Wilco. I heard a few of their new tracks that were cool - so I went to check out the show. If you read the prior post on the venue, you will see that at no fault to the band - the heat in the venue was awful. I give the band credit for performing those types of conditions.

The crowd was country folk. I don't mean that description as in their music taste. Well maybe I should say they looked like true Texans....and I think there was alot of Texas pride there since the band is from Dallas. Lot's of cowboy hats. The first three songs were their more shit-kickin' tracks to get the audience going and then they moved into more of the genre I like. More alt rock with folk influence....I realllllly loved (total sucker, I know) the song "Question" from their '01 album Satellite Rides. I think their newer stuff might be a little less bar room sounding and if you like that Wilco, Ryan Adam's sound...well then you should check them out. Oh and the singer wasn't too bad looking...hello Kevin Bacon in Footloose (or at least from where I was standing).