In just over a week (June 11th), we’ll gather at Lucinda’s in New York City’s East Village to celebrate the Bottle Rockets — a band that married Midwestern rock with country and folk, blazing a trail that a lot of great artists have been walking ever since.
It’ll come as no shock that we at Twangville have long been fans. And one of the real rewards of putting together a tribute show is the excuse it gives you to go back to the catalog — to sit with the songs and remember exactly why they mattered.
The lineup we’ve assembled reflects the breadth of that influence: peers who were in the trenches alongside the Bottle Rockets, and a newer generation of artists — some carrying the torch, others who simply love the songs. Meet the lineup:
Eric Ambel
Kellen Asebroek
Josh Bolin
Susan Cattaneo
Lizzie Edwards
Delaney Hafener
Mel Johnston
Pete Mancini
James Mastro
Robert Cody Maxwell
Rhett Miller
Automatic Slim Simon
Kelley Swindall
Nathan Xander
And our house band: Pete Mancini, Robert Cody Maxwell, Delaney Hafener, & Rick Williams.
About the author: Mild-mannered corporate executive by day, excitable Twangville denizen by night.