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Following the demise of
At the Drive-In, singer/guitarist
Jim Ward began piecing together the elements of
Sleepercar, an alt-country band that took its cues from
Old 97's and
Wilco.
Ward was soon recruited by his former bandmates to join
Sparta, however, and the
Sleepercar project was pushed to the back burner as
Sparta's popularity grew. Finding free time between tours and recording sessions,
Ward steadily increased his wealth of
Sleepercar songs, gaining help from pedal steel guitarist Chris Heinrich along the way.
West Texas marked
Sleepercar's official debut in 2008, and the band spent that summer on the road with
Lucero and
Old 97's. ~ Andrew Leahey