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THE OLD 97’S HAVEN’T LET SUCCESS GET IN THE WAY OF INNOVATION
01/27/2011
from Boulder Weekly on boulderweekly com Sometimes it rsquo s the simplest advice that turns out to be the best The Old 97 rsquo s spent the last half of the rsquo 90s giving country music back … 
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THE TEXAS SHUFFLE
11/06/2010
from New York Times on nytimes com Conventional wisdom tends to classify the last few albums from Dallas rsquo Old 97 rsquo s as inconsistent In recent interviews even the band itself seemed to … 
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AT CROSSROADS KC, OLD 97S ATTACK THEIR MATERIAL WITH VIBRANT INTENSITY
07/30/2010
from Kansas City Star at kansascity com The 16-year history of the Texas-born Old 97s follows a trajectory well worn by other bands Start out with plenty of youthful energy and fire in the belly … 
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OLD 97S GROWN UP, BUT STILL TRYING TO KEEP IN ROCKING
07/15/2010
from Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on pittsburghlive com Finally the Old 97s seem to have actually grown into their name best replica watches Once it seemed charmingly off-kilter -- a band of … 
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OLD 97S HIT THE ROAD IN JUNE
Country Standard Time   05/21/2009
The Old 97s kick off a headline tour in mid-June taking them through cities across the country including Philadelphia San Francisco and Minneapolis ending in Atlanta in late July The dates are an … 
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OLD 97'S SEE THE BIG PICTURE
mysanantonio.com   12/25/2008
The Old 97's weren't merely putting out another record when the alt-country band released "Blame It on Gravity" in May, says bassist/singer Murry Hammond.
OLD 97S BASSIST ROLLS OUT A KIND OF ALT.GOSPEL RELEASE
Nashville City Paper   09/29/2008
Throughout the history of the alt country band Old 97s bassist Murry Hammond has contributed one or two vocal performances on each recording usually on their distinctive renditions of traditional … 
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OLD 97'S MURRY HAMMOND AT LESTAT'S TONIGHT
San Diego Union-Tribune   09/06/2008
Murry Hammond is best known for his bass playing and singing in the hard-rocking Texas alt-country band The Old 97's but he has at least three notable ties to this region The first is his wife … 
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OLD 97S: CHEMISTRY MAKES THEM HEADLINERS
Birmingham News   07/23/2008
Despite two opening acts and a late start for a show on a school night Old 97's showed why they were the headliners Monday The Texas twang-pop-rock quartet ripped through old fan favorites of … 
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OLD 97’S BRING ENERGY, FLAIR TO ORANGE PEEL
Asheville Citizen-Times   07/18/2008
While flipping through reruns of old sitcoms and made-for-TV movies the remote automatically froze on a Jennifer Aniston chick flick Easy now because it wasn t the former Friend that stopped me … 
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