Mercury Lounge

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Sat 6/7

$15

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The Bottle Rockets remain one of the most steel-solid bands amongst the greatest of rural-rock trailblazers. The St. Louis, Missouri outfit long regarded and adored as THE workingman's rock band have hit a creative high water mark with a new homecoming record that is at once their most spirited and finely honed. Zoysia is the latest sample of the Bottle Rockets' tenaciousness, their eighth album and second release on Bloodshot Records. Produced by Jeff Powell at the legendary Ardent Studios in Memphis and captured largely in two or three takes in a city with its own kind of groove. Coming out on the heels of a litany of knee-jerking changes measuring 4-years deep, this album finds the band (Brian Henneman - guitar/ vocals, Mark Ortmann - drums, John Horton - guitar, and newest and final member, Keith Voegele - bass/vocals) the proudest they've ever been of any other recorded works. The Bottle Rockets channel some serious cascading Crazy Horse squall, they nail the scruffy romantic, dirty fingernail rock of the Midwest and soak up the soulful vibes that ooze from the cement blocks in Memphis studios. Lyrically, the band's underdog outlook finds the optimism and the resignation behind worlds faraway, or just on the other side of the screen door. Add it all up and what you get is something that's all its own, something that is pure Bottle Rockets.

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Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, guitarist w Steve Earle & the Dukes and also the YAYHOOS Founding member of Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and the Del-Lords. Producer of bands like the Bottle Rockets, Blue Mountain & Spanking Charlene and co-owner of Cowboy Technical Services Recording Rig The NYC based Roscoe Trio is a truly inspired outfit. Phil Cimino and and Alison Jones can really supply the racket. Guests include Keith Christopher, Konrad Meisner, Rod Hohl, the late great Drew Glackin and Chip Robinson.

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Veterans of the long standing NYC rock scene, the brother's first band Hot Water(signed to Sire Records by Seymour Stein in the late 90's). Recording with some rock & blues greats as Benmont Tench (Tom Petty) & Sonny Landreth they learnd to craft emotional yet powerful songs. Weened on everything from classic rock & Stax soul to outlaw country THE APPLE BROS bring back solid songwriting and vintage sounds with a contemporary NYC flavor. Born originally as a two-piece James & Lou (the brothers) keep expanding their sound as well as their members. Recent additions of Clarence Rivette (hailing from Detroit) on acoustic/rhythm gtr and Cas Faulconer (from New Orleans) on bass allow their sets to range from peaceful country sounds of "Who Have I To Blame" to the fighting mad "I Hope Somebody Runs You Over"