I have not listened to the MTA song for years but was flatpicking the wreck of the old 97 the other day as it is one of my standards,. For the way i play old 97, the MTA song would not really fit, it is similar but not the same, since i play (fairly poorly) by ear mostly, I cannot really explain this but the major diff is the chorus melody line where "his fate is still unknown" that will not work with the 97 melody.

I'm fairly new here and think the world of "the cat"