S8E417 - Old 97's 'Too Far To Care' with Tim Hinely

Returning guest Tim Hinely (Dagger Zine, Where The Wild Gigs Were) brings us Dallas, TX band Old 97's and their 1997 breakout release 'Too Far To Care'. Coming up during the alt-country boom of the 90s that also included bands like Wilco and Son Volt, their love of both Hank Williams AND punk rock shines through on this fine collection of tunes.
Songs discussed in this episode: Iron Road - Old 97's and Waylon Jennings; New Madrid - Uncle Tupelo; Drown - Son Volt; Timebomb, Barrier Reef, Broadway, Salome, W. TX. Teardrops - Old 97's; City Of Wet Angels - Funland; Melt Show, Streets Of Where I'm From, Jagged, Big Brown Eyes, Just Like California, Curtain Calls, Niteclub, House That Used To Be - Old 97's; The World's A Mess, It's In My Kiss - X; Four Leaf Clover, Rocks Off (Rolling Stones cover) - Old 97's
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Tim Hinely
CEO of Dagger Enterprises
Born and raised in NJ and left for California in the early 90's then to Portland, Oregon in the 00's and landed in Denver, CO in 2012. Started doing his zine DAGGER in 1987 and continued on as a print zine until 2012 and has been online ever since. Just had his first book published by Hozac entitled WHERE THE WILD GIGS WERE. Hinely has seen the real Sasquatch and lived to tell about it.