We are happy to announce the new Bottle Rockets album will be released by the fine folks at Bloodshot Records on August 11th. The record was produced by long-time friend and collaborator Eric “Roscoe” Ambel at Cowboy Technical Services in Brooklyn.
You can hear some of the new songs at the Bottle Rockets myspace page.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW – CLICK HERE!
COME AND BE A PART OF THIS EVENT!
The Bottle Rockets will be playing a special show which will be recorded for an upcoming live DVD release, in Champaign, IL at the High Dive on Saturday, May 2.
The DVD will include the show, interviews with the band, and other goodies.
Doors open at 6pm. Show starts at 7:30pm.
Bottle Rockets all night! (no opening band).
The High Dive is one of the best music venues in the country. We are very excited about doing this in such a great place.
For travel and hotel info, etc, please visit our message board.
Champaign, IL is an easy drive from Chicago, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, etc. There is a full service airport (American Airlines flights connect from Chicago), Amtrak, Greyhound, and Megabus station right across the street from the venue.
SEE YOU THERE!
Check out this raw footage from the Bottle Rockets’ December 2008 show at the historic Duck Room in Saint Louis, and see what No Depression calls, “one of the tightest configurations of rock musicians working today.”
Nancy Sinatra and Indianapolis
[Use arrow button at lower right to view in High Quality]
THANK YOU ALL!!!
Boys and girls, the setlist contest is over.
Thank you all for playin’ along.
Y’all done good.
Congratulations to the winners!
This truly was a unique, fun, experience.
Couldn’t have done it without ya…
Brian
We would also like to thank our fans for traveling such great distances to the shows!
“You don’t know how exciting it is for the band to travel to a city knowing a show is sold out in advance,” Mark adds. “And thanks to so many of you for bringing friends to the shows! I worked the merch table throughout the year and talked with many fans who told me they bought 8 or 10 tickets and gave them to friends! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Truly, Bottle Rockets fans are the best.”
We look forward to 2009 and sharing our new album with you!
See you out there…
Gotta Get Up
Zoysia
Hi Friends,
The final batch of 15th Anniversary shows have been announced!!!
Saturday, November 1 – Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar
Saturday, November 8 – Raleigh, NC – Berkeley Café
Saturday, November 15 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland
Saturday, December 6 – Columbia, MO – Mojo’s
Saturday, December 13 – Hannover, Germany – Blues Garage
Saturday, December 27 – Saint Louis, MO – Duck Room
New Year’s Eve!!! Dec 31 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen
More details on the TOUR DATES page.
We will be giving away two very cool prizes this year. You can enter the the contest at any of the shows.
GRAND PRIZE #1
CUSTOM BUILT CRESTON “GOLDEN ROCKET” GUITAR!
This guitar was custom built especially for Bottle Rockets for this contest by the one and only Creston Lea.
About the guitar from Creston: The 15th Anniversary guitar began as a piece of 17″-wide poplar. I cut it in half and used one piece to make a bass for Keith Voegele last year. I resawed a 3/16″ lid off the other half, chambered out the body, and glued the lid back on. The result is a lightweight, resonant body that nicely compliments the solitary soapbar bridge pickup. The neck is a comfortable medium-C , 1-11/16″ wide at the nut, maple with a rosewood board, 10″ radius, 6150 frets, and dual-acting truss rod. The nut is unbleached bone, cut the way Brian likes it. Nickel Gotoh tuners. The pickup was made by Jason Lollar, whose P-90s are the best I’ve ever heard. Standard volume and tone controls, plus a 3-way selector switch that lets you go from cutting twang to dark Hammond organ murk. The color is Freightliner’s Convoy Gold topcoated in nitrocellulose lacquer with a 3-ply mint green pickguard. It comes in a Levy’s bag embroidered with a filigreed version of my logo.
SEE MORE GUITAR PHOTOS HERE
GRAND PRIZE #2 BOTTLE ROCKETS FOR LIFE!
The Winner will get free Bottle Rockets for life… free albums, free shirts, free shows, free everything. We’ll even buy you a beer at shows (assuming you are 21 or older). To start: one copy of every Bottle Rockets album released to date and one of every shirt design we have in stock. Then a free copy of all future albums, a free shirt every time we release new designs, and two free tickets to any show anytime (except private events or festivals where we can’t control the tickets… very rarely will this be a problem).
HOW TO ENTER:
You must be present at one of the shows to enter the contest. But you don’t need to be present to win. Each person who attends a show in 2008 can enter the contest at the show. We’ll have entry forms on the merchandise table. Or you can download the form below, print it, fill it out and bring it to the show. One entry per person per show. On the entry form you can choose which grand prize you want. Give the completed entry form to a band member and that’s it. We’ll draw a winner for each prize at the final show of 2008.
BONUS ROUND!
Want to increase your chances of winning or enter the contest without going to a show? The band will be taking set list submissions for the shows in 2008. You can choose your 20 favorite Bottle Rockets songs + one cover song. The band will choose a set list and play it in order. If your set list is played you will automatically get 20 entries into the contest. These 20 entries can be entered into the drawing for either prize or split between the two. You can submit as many set lists as you want.
To submit your set list go to the the”15th Anniversary Set Lists” topic. You’ll have to sign up for the message board if you are not already a member. It’ll only take a couple of minutes to sign-up.
See you soon!!!
