![]() ![]() Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy came down just to sing on the record and to hang out while we were recording it. On the first album, we were recording in Athens, Georgia. We had reels of tape and had nothing to label them as. “We were recording our first album and had no band name whatsoever. They’ve endured over 25 years despite their band name, the Bottle Rockets, which births images of ineffectual one-and-done short flashes of brilliance. Above all, they are an honest band with a Midwestern charm tied largely to Henneman’s everyman lyrics. You can hear the outlaw presence of Waylon Jennings, the diesel drive of the Ramones and the left-field lyrics of Roger Miller, sometimes all within the same song. “It’s an adjustment song: being as open-minded as your old closed-mindedness will allow.”Īfter over two decades together, the Bottle Rockets carry their own musical flag stitched by a hodgepodge of country, rock and even punk legends. It’s about trying not to bum out about the whole world being complete different than you ever realized it was for years,” Henneman says. “It’s basically a song about old dogs learning new tricks. “The last time we were in Iowa, I think it was Des Moines, we loaded out in 50 degrees below wind chill. This time it is a start, and Henneman remembers clearly the band’s last visit. Henneman says that Iowa City is usually the start or the end of a run from their headquarters in St. with Hugh Masterson tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. The Bottle Rockets - Henneman, John Horton on guitar, Mark Ortmann on drums and Keith Voegele on bass - play Thursday, Nov. (Henneman even played lead guitar and sang backup vocals on Wilco’s debut album, A.M.) Since 1992, he has been the lead singer and primary songwriter for the Bottle Rockets, a band that reimagined country music - along with alternative country legends Whiskeytown and Uncle Tupelo - in the early ‘90s. Cary Horton/press photoįor over 25 years, the Bottle Rockets have made music steeped in gas station coffee, weeknights at honkytonks and rearview mirror Midwestern miscellany.īrian Henneman is 57 and confesses he’s “old enough to know better.” His voice is trailed closely by his Festus, Missouri accent. The Bottle Rockets play Big Grove Brewery on Thursday, Nov. You can obviously play and edit the sounds in Lounge Lizard EP-4, but you can also access and play them via the free AAS Player included with your Caffeine purchase.Big Grove Brewery & Taproom - Thursday, Nov. Let alone hundreds of presets for factory sound banks released along with the premieres of several instruments worldwide.ĭaniel Stawczyk is the creator of many of our sound packs-see the list below.Ĭaffeine was created with the Lounge Lizard EP-4 electric piano. Poland based Daniel Stawczyk aka Status is a sound designer collaborating with numerous software instrument developers and has released over 30 nicely received sound sets. Only compatible with Lounge Lizard EP-4 and the free AAS Player. Caffeine is so addictive, it will most likely keep you up all night creating music. This collection of 105 presets will inspire you with outlandish keys, leads, and synths, growling organs, odd pads, effective splits, pulses, and sound effects. Each preset was carefully crafted with clever use of Lounge Lizard’s powerful effect rack pushing the envelope a tad further. Caffeine brings you that familiar electric piano foundation you know and love while adding wackiness and originality for an unequivocal source of inspiration. Once again, electric pianos fans are in for a treat with a plethora of exceptionally musical and eclectic sounds with a lot of character and peculiar textures. This preset collection can be used with the free AAS Player plug-in as well as the Lounge Lizard EP-4 electric piano.Īfter creating Insomnia-the first Lounge Lizard sound pack ever-Daniel Stawczyk has clearly not run out of ideas just yet. ![]()
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