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The Bottle Rockets are featured in Season 2 of the Chevy Music Showcase series!
Head over to the Chevy Music Showcase website for the full performance and a free download

16. The Bottle Rockets – Brooklyn Side - (1994) - Formed in 1992 with Uncle Tupelo guitar tech, Brian Henneman, leading the charge, The Bottle Rockets hit a good altitude with the Eric ‘Roscoe’ Ambel produced album, The Brooklyn Side, their second release. The Bottle Rockets music chronicles Middle America– Brian Henneman referring to the band as ‘reporters from the heartland’. “Radar Gun”, from The Brooklyn Side, put The Bottle Rockets on radio charts.

We’re teaming up with Marshall Crenshaw this month. We’ll play our full set and then join Marshall as his backing band for a full set of his songs. These shows are always fun. Don’t miss out.
Jan 16 :: The Adelphia Music Hall // Marietta, OH
Jan 18 :: The Birchmere // Alexandria, VA
Jan 19 :: Boulton Center for the Performing Arts // Bay Shore, NY
Jan 20 :: Sellersville Theater // Sellersville, PA
Jan 22 :: Ashland Coffee & Tea // Ashland, VA
Jan 23 :: The Handlebar // Greenville, SC
Jan 24 :: Loco’s // Atlanta, GA * NEW VENUE *
Jan 25 :: Ponte Verdra Music Hall // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Jan 26 :: Skipper’s Smokehouse // Tampa, FL
Ticket links for all of these shows can be found HERE.
Photo by Kholood Eid.
Hello Friends! We’re closing out 2012 with shows in Minneapolis, Madison and Evanston. Please come celebrate with us!
Dec 29 :: Famous Dave’s // Minneapolis, MN // TICKETS
Dec 30 :: Kiki’s House of Righteous Music // Madison, WI // SOLD OUT
Dec 31 :: 27 Live // Evanston, IL // New Year’s Eve Show! // TICKETS
Then we’re playing a big FREE show in Saint Louis to celebrate Schlafly’s 21st birthday! Tickets are available in person at The Schlafly Tap Room and Schlafly Bottleworks. Tickets will NOT be available at The Pageant.
Jan 05 :: The Pageant // Saint Louis, MO
We’re teaming up with Marshall Crenshaw again for some tour dates. We’ll play our full set and then join Marshall as his backing band for a full set of his songs. These shows are always fun. Don’t miss out.
Jan 16 :: The Adelphia Music Hall // Marietta, OH
Jan 18 :: The Birchmere // Alexandria, VA
Jan 19 :: Boulton Center for the Performing Arts // Bay Shore, NY
Jan 20 :: Sellersville Theater // Sellersville, PA
Jan 22 :: Ashland Coffee & Tea // Ashland, VA
Jan 23 :: The Handlebar // Greenville, SC
Jan 24 :: Loco’s // Atlanta, GA * NEW VENUE *
Jan 25 :: Ponte Verdra Music Hall // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Jan 26 :: Skipper’s Smokehouse // Tampa, FL
Ticket links for all of these shows can be found HERE.
Stay tuned for more exciting news in 2013. It’s gonna be a BIG year for all of us!
It was great seeing so many of you at our living room shows this month! We are thankful for all our fans. See you next time!
~Mark

Come celebrate the two spookiest holiday weekends of this year with the Bottle Rockets at their anti-Halloween house concerts! No costumes. No monsters. No tricks, but plenty of musical treats. Not a bad seat in the not-haunted houses. Hear not-spooky singer songwriting stories and listen to not-spooky songs!
Tickets are vanishing, but get ‘em while some are still available.
Nov 2, Friday – Springfield, MO @ 8pm - NEW DATE
Nov 3, Saturday – Memphis, TN @ 8pm
Nov 14, Wednesday – Millersport (Columbus), OH @ 8pm
Nov 15, Thursday – Cleveland, OH @ 8pm
Nov 16, Friday – Bovina, NY @ 9pm
Don’t miss these Up Close And Personal experiences to make Halloween memories to last a lifetime. And there will be a raffle drawing for a winner to select a free merch item at each show. How can you resist?! How can you not attend?! How can you say No?! Why is the sky blue?! Where do babies come from?! How did the St. Louis Cardinals lose the NLCS?!
Anyway, we’ll be there and look forward to seeing you there too!
~Mark Ortmann
Hello Friends!
We’re looking for fans to host Bottle Rockets Acoustic Living Room shows November 16 and 18.
Something like this…
Friday, November 16 – New York, Pennsylvania
* between Cleveland and Salem MA)
Saturday, November 17 – Salem, MA
* We already have a show booked with Marshall Crenshaw on this date.
Sunday, November 18 - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland.
* someplace headed back towards Saint Louis.
*** IMPORTANT: Please put “Bottle Rockets Living Room Show” in the subject line of your email so it can get past our spam filter.
We’ll go through all the emails and figure out what towns and routing works best. If we can’t make it to your house this time, we’ll keep your info for the next round of shows.
Here’s how it works.
1. You have a house or loft space that can comfortably and safely host 45-50 people. A place with a big living room, finished basement or other interior space would be ideal. Sorry, we can’t do these shows outside. There needs to be enough parking nearby and your neighbors should be cool. It would be a huge bummer if someone called the cops because of all the extra cars and people coming to your house. You should probably not do this if you live in a small apartment with a bunch of uptight neighbors or a cranky landlord. It would be great if you had some seating available… couches, folding chairs, etc. But not required. If no seating is available then we’ll let people know it’s floor seating or standing.
2. The shows will not be open to the public and no tickets will be sold at the door. We will pre-sell a set number of tickets for each show on the Bottle Rockets website before the show. Be realistic on how many people your space can hold. We need to know how many tickets we can sell in advance. We’ve found that 45-50 people is what the average living room can hold. Ticket price will be $25.
3. We will provide you with a detailed list of everyone who will be coming to the show. The host won’t have to deal with any money and will only need to check people off the list as they arrive.
4. The host can have up to 5 free tickets for the show for friends. If you have additional friends who want to come to the show you can direct them to the link to buy tickets on-line.
5. You don’t need any sort of sound system. All you need is 4 chairs for the band to sit on. A small table and lamp would be nice too.
6. Your home address will not be published on the web and will only be given to those people who purchase tickets.
7. The shows will not be promoted or advertised anywhere except our websites and word-of-mouth.
8. There will be no opening acts on the living room shows.
If you are interested, please follow these steps:
1. email bob@undertowmusic.com and adam@undertowmusic.com with all of these things:
- a. your address
- b. a few photos of your living room
- c. please put “Bottle Rockets Living Room Show” and the name of your town in the subject line.
2. sit tight and we’ll get back to as soon as possible if we can work your home into our schedule
After we have the dates and locations sorted out we will announce the dates and tickets will go on sale at undertowtickets.com.
Thank you and stay tuned.

