Here Come the Derailers

NPR

Published February 1, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The Derailers, an Austin-based alternative country band, call themselves "door-to-door honky-tonk salesmen." They tour non-stop, playing 300 shows a year. Listen to their music and their story on Morning Edition.

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