Great show in Buffalo last night, band was in fine form. About 5 songs in they plugged the new record and proceeded to play the whole thing in proper track order, then finished with the must dos & a 2 song encore. Ortman complimented my T before the show & he manned the merch table after the show, ringing up pretty good business it looked. Picked up the CD while awaiting vinyl delivery delay & Brian signed it in the pizza joint across the street about a half hour after this picture was taken.

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3milelake wrote:Great show in Buffalo last night, band was in fine form. About 5 songs in they plugged the new record and proceeded to play the whole thing in proper track order, then finished with the must dos & a 2 song encore. Ortman complimented my T before the show & he manned the merch table after the show, ringing up pretty good business it looked. Picked up the CD while awaiting vinyl delivery delay & Brian signed it in the pizza joint across the street about a half hour after this picture was taken.

My first ever youtube upload

Nice! How was the guy from the Jayhawks?

Clams wrote: Nice! How was the guy from the Jayhawks?

Mark Olson was interesting, the whole set was with his Norweigian wife Ingunn. I really liked some of the songs and harmonically they're very good together & playing some unique instruments. He didn't do a single Jayhawks song. Maybe not the best pairing for Bottle Rockets?? We were right up front and enjoyed the experience, but I can imagine a lot of talking and lack of attention further back in the room.

3milelake wrote:

Clams wrote: Nice! How was the guy from the Jayhawks?

Mark Olson was interesting, the whole set was with his Norweigian wife Ingunn. I really liked some of the songs and harmonically they're very good together & playing some unique instruments. He didn't do a single Jayhawks song. Maybe not the best pairing for Bottle Rockets?? We were right up front and enjoyed the experience, but I can imagine a lot of talking and lack of attention further back in the room.

Thanks for the tip. I might have to arrive fashionably late for this one.

Blistering set by the B Rox last night. Loud, no frills rock and roll on a small stage. One great song after another, three- and four-minute bursts of jangly twangy guitar rock. Like the show 3mile saw, they played the entire new record in order mid way thru the show. Highlights from the new record were Dog, Ship it on the Frisco and Shape of a Wheel which Henneman introduced by saying "if there was ever a song that summed up the Bottle Rockets, this is it." And of course Building Chryslers which people were shouting for all night and which has overtaken Isbell's Children of Children as Beast of the Year. Fucking awesome watching them jam that song from 10 feet away. Apart from the new record, it was the best of the bottle rockets: Radar Gun? Check! Welfare Music? Check! Indianapolis? Check! Smoking 100's? Check! Thousand Dollar Car? Check! Gravity Fails? Check! And so on. Henneman's Rickenbackers were channeling Tom Petty all night long so it was only fitting that he closed the night with a cover of TP's Listen to Her Heart. Great time for a Sunday night.



Mark Olson's opening set was... interesting. He was with his sexy Norwegian wife Ingunn and they played all kinds of weird stringed instruments and bongos. Their songs sounded cathartic, dreamy and meditation-like. He did manage to fit in a few Jayhawks tunes including Blue which was nice. I'd give them a thumbs up.

Clams wrote:Mark Olson's opening set was... interesting.

I guess you can't be fashionable even when you try.

Kudzu Guillotine wrote:

Been tardy around these parts...loved your review Clams, spot on...Nice find Kudzu...from what I've read about this performance, they all played with borrowed instruments.

This song takes on new significance for me. Lost two beloveds inside of 18 months, but got a new guy recently, Rooney, mini Australian Shepherd...he's my dawg

Rick Cornell paired this with Slobberbone's "Gimme Back My Dog" on his new Ragged Gloryland radio show recently. Perfect fit.

New video for "Dog"

The Bottle Rockets playing a scorching version of "The Way It Used To Be" at Highdive in Champaign, Illinois. Taken from the live concert/documentary film "Welcome To Our Movie: The Bottle Rockets Live & In Person".

Clams wrote:New video for "Dog"

And the new fan version

Kudzu Guillotine wrote:

The Bottle Rockets playing a scorching version of "The Way It Used To Be" at Highdive in Champaign, Illinois. Taken from the live concert/documentary film "Welcome To Our Movie: The Bottle Rockets Live & In Person".

Awesome. looking forward to this.

Here's a link to a two part Brian Henneman interview that popped up last month. If you have an hour to spare it is well worth your time. Some great insight and stories.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMQkqDJR7wQ

Clams wrote:

Oops I meant to post this in the listening thread

FWIW, I wore my South Broadway Athletic Club executive producer t shirt on Saturday to great acclaim

FINALLY got to cross this band off the list a couple weeks ago. So good.

Full trailer for the upcoming documentary. I can't wait to watch the whole thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpq-4b ... e=youtu.be

From the first page of this thread. About 5.5 years ago. For those that may have missed it, I've put it up again

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0mdvs2bdz2j0 ... lN94a?dl=0

Jonicont wrote:June 7, 2008--Howlin' Wolf says "Johnny--we're going to see the Bottle Rockets--they kick ass"

and kick ass they did

Here's an MP3 of my recording--came out nice--we got there late and missed the first 5 songs



The Bottle Rockets
Mercury Lounge
June 7, 2008
NYC, NY, USA

Original set list

1. Welfare Music
2. Slo Toms
3. Gas Girl
4. Gravity Fails
5. Suffering Servant
6. Lucky Break
7. Kerosene
8. 24 Hours a Day
9. 1000 Dollar Car
10. Love Like a Truck
11. Wave that Flag
12. Stuck in a Rut
13. Indianapolis
14. Smokin' 100's Alone
15. Trailer Mama
16. Waitin' on a Train
17. Zoysia
18. Get Down River
19. Pot of Gold
20. Radar Gun
21. Suffragette City
22. Kit Kat Club
23. Gotta Get Up
24. I'll Be Comin' Around
25. White Boy Blues
26. ?
27. New Song
28. Get On The Bus
29. Nancy Sinatra
30. I Wanna Come Home
31. Come & Get Your Love

My Set List

1. Lucky Break
2. Chatter
3. Kerosene
4. Chatter
5. 24 Hours a Day
6. 1000 Dollar Car
7. Love Like a Truck
8. Wave that Flag
9. Stuck in a Rut
10. Indianapolis
11. Chatter
12. Smokin' 100's Alone
13. Chatter
14. Trailer Mama
15. Waitin' on a Train
16. Zoysia
17. Chatter
18. Get Down River
19. Pot of Gold
20. Radar Gun
21. Suffragette City
22. Chatter
23. Kit Kat Club
24. Gotta Get Up
25. I'll Be Comin' Around
26. White Boy Blues
27. ?
28. New Song
29. Get On The Bus
30. Nancy Sinatra
31. I Wanna Come Home
32. Come & Get Your Love

This popped up earlier today. G.E. Smith tells about how he tried to get the Bottle Rockets on Saturday night Live but was told they weren't photogenic enough.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ALIiX2fsxA

Hell yeah !!! Documentary and concert film streaming for free.
http://nodepression.com/video/welcome-o ... ive-person

jr29 wrote:Hell yeah !!! Documentary and concert film streaming for free.
http://nodepression.com/video/welcome-o ... ive-person

Great find!!! This looks awesome, will be cranking this puppy up tonight!

3milelake wrote:

jr29 wrote:Hell yeah !!! Documentary and concert film streaming for free.
http://nodepression.com/video/welcome-o ... ive-person

Great find!!! This looks awesome, will be cranking this puppy up tonight!

Watching for the second time.
I love how you get to see John Horton really showcased. I'm convinced that there aren't many guitar players working today who are better.
Also great to see and hear the mysterious Scott Taylor. The political commentary by he and Brian in the doc is perfect, IMO.

jr29 wrote:Hell yeah !!! Documentary and concert film streaming for free.
http://nodepression.com/video/welcome-o ... ive-person

Damn that is good. Going from casual fan to full on fanboy as I listen. Check it out.

blackwll wrote:

jr29 wrote:Hell yeah !!! Documentary and concert film streaming for free.
http://nodepression.com/video/welcome-o ... ive-person

Damn that is good. Going from casual fan to full on fanboy as I listen. Check it out.

Agree. The concert footage gets an A+

4 part interview with Robert Kearns, formerly of the Bottle Rockets (he left in 2005). Like Audley Freed (Cry of Love, Black Crowes, Frampton, Dixie Chicks, etc.), Robert got his start in a North Carolina based cover band called Sidewinder. In addition to the Bottle Rockets, he's also been in Cry of Love and Lynyrd Skynyrd. He's currently a member of Sheryl Crow's band along with Audley. They also perform together in a band called Big Hat.

Cause Brox and Tweedy is hard to resist

3milelake wrote:Cause Brox and Tweedy is hard to resist

I'll see your Brox and tweedy doing Neil Young and raise you Son Volt and Brian Henneman doing Buck Owens......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqZ7OX5Jzyk