Rhett Miller co-founded the Old 97’s in 1992 and the band has retained all of their original members since then. Considered by many as pioneers of the Alt-Country movement, today their music has elements of Americana, Indie Rock, and Power Pop. Throughout the years they’ve recorded over 20 projects with 7 singles landing on the adult album alternative charts. They were honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 Americana Music Honors & Awards ceremony. Rhett shares with multi-award winning program director Ray White, the latest happenings with the band including insights on their American Primitive release and also touches on his solo albums including his latest – A Lifetime Of Riding By Night. In our showcase segment we feature Pete Yorn who has received two Gold records since launching his career in 1990. His upcoming album is All The Beauty. Dynamic indie rock stars are featured on this episode brought to you by your friends at Classic Artists Today.
Ray's passion for music and the musicians, started as a youth listening to transistor radios under the covers at bedtime. The bands and performers he liked, he followed throughout their career. In 2005 he was fed up with the evolution of a majority of the music the radio stations were playing and began investigating the bands he grew up listening to in the 1960's, 70's and 80's. Radio wasn't playing any of those band's "new" songs, just the "classic" hits. Researching the industry for a year, Ray launched Classic Artists Today syndicated radio show - featuring "new" songs by "classic" artists and included interviews and classic tracks too. The show was carried by several dozen radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and the Caribbean. Featuring Rock/Pop musicians and bands, Ray and the show won several awards from New Music Weekly magazine. With the success of these shows, he launched Coool CAT syndicated radio show, 5 years later, featuring Soul/R&B/Smooth Jazz/Blues performers and bands. In 2017, Ray starting producing his show in a 30-minute podcast format. Today, you can hear his work at Sittin' In With The CAT and Sittin' In With The Coool CAT. The legacy continues!
