Music sometimes makes you do crazy things, like trade the peaceful plains of Kansas for the bustling concrete jungle of Brooklyn, N.Y. That’s what roots-rock band Country Mice frontman Jason Rueger decided to do a few short years ago, making the move from his quiet home of Beattie — population: about 300 — to the […]
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97’s in ’11
Rhett Miller, songwriter and vocalist of Old 97’s, thinks you can try to be a rock star, or you can try to be a musician. “When we started out, we wanted to do this years from now, and be proud of our music and the albums we’ve put out,” Miller said. With almost 20 years […]
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Foot joy
It’s not always just about the music, as Oklahoma City country rock band Left Foot Sally will tell you. It’s also being a salesman, but not just tickets and albums. “One of the bartenders came up to us and said, ‘You guys drink beer, and the drunker you get the better you play,’” bassist Dustin […]