Rhett Miller is an accomplished guitarist and lyricist and continues to produce moving and pointed songs about the human condition. Shifting seamlessly from love worn odes to solemn recounts of loss, the songwriter is able to craft compelling story lines that reward and enrich the audience. Join Rhett Miller for a special solo sold out show.

ABOUT RHETT MILLER

Texan Rhett Miller is best known as lead singer/guitarist for Dallas' alt-country band the Old 97's. The Old 97's, formed in 1993, issued their debut LP, Wreck Your Life, in 1995. Their follow-up, Fight Songs, was issued in 1999; the same year, the early-1994 recording Hitchhike to Rhome was reissued on CD, and the mini-album Early Tracks delivered more of the same in 2000. Their 2001 release, Satellite Rides, gained critical acclaim as well as substantial airplay on college radio stations around the United States.

Miller has also had a successful music career away from the Old 97's. He recorded his first solo album, Mythologies, in 1989. Future Old 97's bassist and songwriter Murry Hammond produced the album, which was a series of acoustic folk songs. Miller and Hammond also perform as the Ranchero Brothers; a group that started as Miller and Hammond's way to test new music for the Old 97's in front of a live audience as a two-man acoustic duo. The Ranchero Brothers developed their own following, however, and hit the studios to record an album of their own in May of 2000.

In February of 2002, Miller began recording his second solo album, this time with the help of producer/multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion. The Instigator appeared nearly seven months later. Critics loved Miller's lush, passionate songs, allowing The Instigator to become a favorite among the press. A tour with ex-Crowded House frontman Neil Finn followed in early 2003. Believer, his first release for Verve, arrived in February of 2006.

His most recent album, Rhett Miller, was released in June 2009 (Shout! Factory), and includes Jon Brion on guitar and bass, The Apples In Stereo’s John Dufilho on drums and Billy Harvey on guitar. Upon the album's release, Rolling Stone called it Miller's "strongest solo set ever." "I Need To Know Where I Stand" is the first single from the album, and was available for listen on Miller's MySpace page several weeks before the release of the album.

Moneybrother (Opener)

"With a soulful voice that often strikes as Joe Strummer’s sonic doppelganger, Wendin shows this nomadic side in his music, too, with measures of punk, rockabilly and disco often appearing within the same song." - Paste

“A Scandinavian stew of reggae, disco and roots-rocking thrash.” - LA Weekly

“Integrated into this EP are flares of the aforementioned disco, soul, folk and straight-up rock. It's all packed together into a package that continues to floor me. ...According to some, this is Sabot co-conspirators Against Me!'s favorite band. Shocking, but I can totally see why. This has definitely taken the top spot for EP's released this year for me.” - Punknews.org

"This mere six-song EP, something of a sampler compilation drawing from his earlier releases, is Moneybrother's only easily accessible album for stateside audiences as of 2006. He's already a huge star in Scandinavia, and if the rest of his catalog is as entertaining as this, it's easy to see why. More please.” - All Music Guide

New album- REAL CONTROL out 4/13/10

About Moneybrother

Originally of punk-rock fame for his vocals in Monster, in 2003 Anders Wendin took a new direction with his solo project Moneybrother: This is where he creates his custom soul orientated blend of all the music styles he likes to listen to, making moods and details from genres like reggae, rock'n'roll or even disco subliminally swing underneath. The debut Blood Panic has yet made success follow him around: From a Swedish Grammy to a sold-out German tour you'll find enough reasons for great expectations concerning the second record. Meanwhile, the musician aims at his very own goals.

As you can hear, during the time between the two albums Moneybrother has developed an obsession of string arrangements. This has almost led him to overshooting the mark - he decided to rather withhold some of the songs though they had already been recorded. "All these components must be put together in the right way; you need so much for it to sound absolutely right. There are a few moments on this record that sound exactly how I wanted it. More often than on the last record." The Swede obviously struggles hard to get close to his musical ideal. Thus, To Die Alone was meant to be more dramatic than the debut. Moneybrother had the possibility to act out for this demand in the most passionate way: In November 2004, the album was recorded in an old movie theatre that had been converted into a studio. Most of the music was being played live for the record, because in spite of all this string-swollen drama the whole thing was not supposed to end up as a stiff, symphonic piece. Alive, organic and direct, that's what makes the soul of this album. Its content mainly deals with breaking up, loss and deep regret. It circles around the feeling when you realize that you made the wrong decisions.

In his accurate way the artist afterwards listed a line-up for each single song. He does not only intend to credit his musicians - but also to let you know what kind of instruments were being used. On top of that Wendin presents himself like a religious icon on the album's cover artwork. That seems pretty bold, but it matches the Moneybrother universe. After all, the musician has invented the Moneybrother in order to use it both as a project's name and as a fairy tale character: Moneybrother is supposed to be a big rock star, maybe even a sorcerer. "When on stage or recording, I want it to be very big and beautiful, even bigger and more beautiful than I really am." No matter if the music makes you happy or sad, first of all things Moneybrother wants to move his audience. On their way to the stage, he often reminds the band of his claim that they are not just musicians. He demands them all to be romantics. And he wants them to create something beautiful and moving. Not involving complicated pomp, but real feelings. Moneybrother has a magnifying effect:

Music and lyrics reflect ordinary people - but larger than life.