The last time Rhett Miller released a solo album produced by Murry Hammond ( Mythologies ), the year was 1989, the Old 97’s didn’t exist and Miller was an 18-year-old St. Mark’s student who sang with a faux British accent.

Fast forward 36 years to A Lifetime of Riding By Night , Miller’s just-announced 10th solo album, produced by Hammond and due out Oct. 10. These days, the two are alt-country royalty in the Old 97’s who moonlight as solo acts. In July, Hammond released his own album, Trail Songs of the Deep , with help from keyboardist Annie Crawford, cellist/bassist Faith Shippey and drummer Richard Hewett — three musicians Hammond recruited to play on some of Miller’s new songs.

Also helping out on A Lifetime is Turnpike Troubadours frontman Evan Felkner, who co-wrote f

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