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The Bottle Rockets

As ragged, rootsy Southern rockers, The Bottle Rockets strode against a tide of scowling grunge bands in the 1990s to build a loyal cult following and become part of an alternative country scene alongside the likes of Wilco and Drive-By Truckers that continues to thrive. Named after a bowling term, their heartland anthems came from their hometown of Festus, Missouri and borrowed from Neil Young's mix of earthy, folk and grizzly riffs, Springsteen's fist-pumping, blue collar storytelling, country's honky tonk twang and raucous bar-room blues hum. Front man Brian Henneman had be...