Satellite Riders, an Old 97's tribute band out of Mineral Wells, Texas, plays the Tractor on Sunday, Aug. 31 at 9 p.m. Those who have seen both bands have said that the Riders sound exactly like the Old 97's, and even resemble them to an astonishing degree. A really, truly astonishing degree.

If you're not up to braving the crowds that will surely throng the Old 97's Bumbershoot appearance this Monday, the Satellite Riders have got your number. (Hint: It's three short of a hundred.) Acclaimed local band Downpilot opens. 

The Seattle Weekly puts it thusly:

The Satellite Riders are an Old 97's "tribute" band. Usually, tribute band status is reserved for those acts whose members are dead, decrepit or hopelessly divided. Occasionally, of course, tribute bands take on a shtick that makes touring simultaneously with an active act plausible, like MiniKiss (we're Kiss, but little) or Hell's Belles (girls, playing sexy songs about girls) that lend these classics a little novelty.

But IF the Satellite Riders are just four white dudes playing Old 97's songs, you may be asking yourself, "Why would I go see this band and forgo the opportunity to stare into the big, dreamy eyes of the actual Rhett Miller at Bumbershoot on Monday?" But trust me: if you love the Olds enough to see them impersonated, you DO NOT want to miss this show.

So there you go. Be there or be... well, you know ;-)