OK, we're having a 4th of July blowout on Bottle Rockets!! The Bottle Rockets are the band of former Uncle Tupelo roadie/member Brian Henneman. He formed The Bottle Rockets just before Uncle Tupelo broke up and they actually opened for them on their final show (which I will be posting sometime soon). So in that respect, The Bottle Rockets are another band formed in the wake of Uncle Tupelo.....Son Volt, Wilco, & The Bottle Rockets.....the Big 3. Of those 3, the B-Rox are probably the most straigtforward rock band.....mid west style roots rock that is, and their first 3 albums are among the best in the whole genre of this thing somebody decided to call alt-country. Check out the song 'Radar Gun', one of my favorite songs of theirs off their 1995 masterpiece "The Brooklyn Side". If that don't make you a fan, well maybe 'Welfare Music' will, off the same album. The B-Rox are still going strong too, still touring, still putting out albums, check the links below.MP3
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Fantastic blog! I was thinking of starting one that is very similar to this (before I came across this one of course), thanks for the tunes!
ReplyDeleteLooks like another fine quality job, truersound!
ReplyDeleteSomehow, I missed out on this band before - I'm gonna get this, though!
PS - Excellent Artwork!
Hell yeah! Great choices on this compilation. Thanks for highlighting one of the best rock bands to rock the rock 'n' roll. i musta seen these guys 15 times in Columbia, MO and was constantly amazed at Brian's guitar prowess. Keep up the good work!
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PSM, thanks
ReplyDeleteRocket, thanks and hope you enjoy it. BTW you were the one who inspired me to start making my own covers when I saw how good yours looked on your site.
Neff, thanks....love the white trash mixtape on awesome-o-meter. I added you to my links section.
ReplyDeleteplease please re-upload this! would love to get hold of it!
ReplyDeleteplease please re-upload this, would love to have it!
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