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Rhett Miller in the Bearsville Theater Lounge
Rhett Miller is a singer-songwriter who has spent more than three decades fronting the rock band Old 97’s. The band received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2025 Americana Awards at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. After two independent releases, Miller and the band signed to Elektra Records and released Too Far to Care. Their 13th studio album, American Primitive, was released on ATO Records in spring 2024. Miller has also released eight solo albums, most recently 2025’s A Lifetime of Riding by Night.
Miller has written short stories, essays and articles featured in Rolling Stone, Bookforum, Sports Illustrated, McSweeney’s, The Atlantic and Salon. He has also published two children’s books through Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
His podcast, Wheels Off: Conversations about Creativity, recently passed 200 episodes and features guests from across the arts. Miller has appeared in films, including Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, where he performs a song he co-wrote with director James Gunn. His songs have been used in movies, television shows and commercials.
Miller teaches songwriting at The New School in Manhattan, conducts an annual Songwriting Is Magic retreat in the Catskills, and has led workshops at the Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music, and Arizona State University’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.
When not on tour, Miller lives in New Paltz, New York, with his wife, Erica, and their two children. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook and X (@rhettmiller). Solo music information: www.rhettmiller.com. Old 97’s information: www.old97s.com.
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