“And then a telegram came to Washington station, this is how it read: It said ‘That brave engineer that has run old 97 is lying down in Danville, dead.’” Those lyrics from “Wreck of the Old 97,” a ...

The Old 97’s, a Dallas band that cut its teeth in the early ’90s Deep Ellum bar scene, later taking its Texas country-meets-rock ’n’ roll sound nationwide, were lifetime honorees at the Americana ...