Old 97's singer, songwriter and guitarist Rhett Miller on returning to the road this fall, revisiting the group's latest album 'Twelfth' on stage, telling stories and finding silver linings amidst the COVID pandemic.
. It felt like such a solid Old 97’s album top to bottom. It had some moments of really sort of transcendent band interaction musically. And I felt like the production was so good. And the songs were really good.
The transaction is such a weird one. I’m gonna be up on stage singing about my deepest, darkest feelings and problems or whatever. And these people all paid good money to get babysitters and tickets and drinks and dinner. And they’re all here and they’re all waiting to hear me sing. The whole last year and a half has been one giant collision of worlds. Because I’m in my basement doing shows five minutes after having fixed dinner for the kids and having them complain about what I cook. It’s just very strange.
RM: Absolutely. I’ve heard from so many people from the community - because it really did become that over the last year and a half, this community of fans that would tune in. Every night there would be some new people out of the however many were tuning in - 150 to I think at some points I was over 1,000 or close to 1,200 people tuning in.
RM: Yes. And I’m not great at selling merch. My friend Cat Popper, the bass player who’s played with a lot of great artists and made a great record herself recently, was doing a great job of coming up with cool, funny t-shirts and sweatshirts. I ordered a bunch of those because she’s so cool and great and they were hilarious. Dave Hill the comedian has basically created an entire line of hilarious Dave Hill merch. I didn’t do any merch. And I should have. I thought about it.
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