THE STONE CHURCH MUSIC CLUB

Proudly Presents

Rhett Miller

the Old 97's

with special guest

Jon Nolan

Say ZuZu

Limited Tickets are Available 

Music 8pm

Texas native Rhett Miller is perhaps best known as the frontman of the Dallas-based alt-country band the Old 97’s, although he has also pursued a critically acclaimed solo career. Formed in 1993, the Old 97’s built a devoted following with their brash blend of country and power pop influences, making a splash with 1995’s Wreck Your Life, which won the group a brief stay on the roster of Elektra Records, a period kicked off with one of their finest hours, 1997’s Too Far to Care. All four members also pursued side projects, but Miller’s solo career captured the most attention, with the literate songwriter training his eye on such subjects as fatherhood, sex, and love. Making his solo bow with 2002’s The Instigator, most of Miller’s solo albums have been dominated by cool, melodic pop tunes with a drier and more confessional bent than his work with the band, though 2012’s The Dreamer explored a middle ground between his pop and alt-country sensibilities, and the 2011 set The Interpreter: Live at Largo revealed he’s a sure hand with other people’s songs.

Strictly speaking, Miller launched his own career before the Old 97’s were formed. He recorded his first solo album, a series of acoustic folk songs entitled Mythologies, in 1989. Future Old 97’s bassist (and a solid songwriter in his own right) Murry Hammond produced the album, and their partnership later blossomed into a full-fledged band. While releasing a string of well-received albums with the Old 97’s, Miller and Hammond also performed together as the Ranchero Brothers, a two-man acoustic duo that was originally launched as a means of testing new music for the Old 97’s in front of a live audience. The Ranchero Brothers developed their own distinct following, although no albums resulted from the project.

Jon Nolan lives in NH, where summers are a precious reprieve from months of bitter cold and a

few muddy weeks in between, but also where fall is a consolation prize to the end of summer. A

longtime frontman of New England alt-country pioneers Say ZuZu, Jon explores the dreamier,

pop-infused parts of his Americana sensibility in his solo material. Geoff Taylor (bass), Zach

Tremblay (guitar) and RIck Habib (drums) —- longtime friends —- formed Good Co. behind a

new batch of Nolan songs in a barn in the summer of 2022, focused on infusing the songs with

the connection the bandmates found in each other while reconnecting as friends, and with

music. Say ZuZu’s newest release ”No Time to Lose” (Strolling Bones Records) is due March

10, 2023. A third solo album backed by his band (Jon Nolan & Good Co.) is expected for

release soon after.

In the early 90s, Newmarket, NH based Jon Nolan and Say ZuZu found their sound in a growing

alt-country movement which spawned artists like The Old 97s and Wilco, and inspired a

generation of artists including The Avett Brothers, Kacey Musgraves and others. In their road

warrior days, the band toured tirelessly from Maine to Chicago, Texas and Georgia, but found

their greatest success abroad as minor stars in Italy, developing a European fanbase and

signing with Germany’s Blue Rose Records. After more than 10 years, 10 albums, and logging

more than 2000 shows in 25 states and four foreign countries, Say ZuZu called it a day,

amicably, in 2003 until reuniting in 2019. Nolan is the co-founder of the RPM Challenge, a record producer and coffee enthusiast.-

- $25 Advance // $30 Door

- All tickets are General Admission

- 21+ Event, Valid ID Required

- Full Bar and Restaurant Available

Doors 7pm, Music at 8pm

- No ticket refunds.

We have a full menu & bar! Come hungry! Our kitchen would love to feed you! 

All ticket sales are done online. We do not sell tickets over the phone, nor do we sell advance tickets at our venue. If tickets are still available on the day of the show, we will sell them at the door.

Tables are first come, first served. A server will come to your table.