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The Bottle Rockets On Mountain Stage The heartland rockers of The Bottle Rockets first came to Mountain Stage in 1995. They return for the sixth time with songs from Lean Forward, an album that reunites them with producer Eric "Roscoe" Ambel.
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The Bottle Rockets On Mountain Stage

Listen Now: The Bottle Rockets In Concert

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Set List

  • "Hard Times"
  • "Shame on Me"
  • "Give Me Room"
  • "Done It All"
  • "The Long Way"

The heartland rockers of The Bottle Rockets first came to Mountain Stage in 1995. They return for the sixth time with songs from Lean Forward, an album that reunites them with Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, who produced the Rockets' albums The Brooklyn Side and 24 Hours A Day.

Lean Forward features timely, topical songs such as "Hard Times," on which songwriter and singer Brian Henneman sings, "I ain't broke down / I'm just out of gas." Bassist Keith Voegele, guitarist John Horton and drummer Mark Ortmann — "The faces on the Mount Rushmore of this band," as Hennemen says — stretch out a little in "Give Me Room," showcasing the band's guitar-heavy brand of rock 'n' roll.

This segment originally ran April 28, 2010.

Special Series

Mountain Stage

West Virginia Public Broadcasting presents live concerts: folk, country and the blues