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The Bottle Rockets is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Uncle Tupelo, Faron Young, Woody Guthrie, Neil Young and The Replacements. Those roots explain a lot about how The Bottle Rockets arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Uncle Tupelo, Marah, American Aquarium, Shooter Jennings and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Hiatt and Uncle Tupelo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around The Bottle Rockets, reaching back through Uncle Tupelo and forward to John Hiatt. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Bottle Rockets were an American rock band formed in Festus, Missouri in 1992, and based in St. Louis. Its founding members were Brian Henneman, Mark Ortmann (drums), Tom Parr and Tom Ray ; the most recent lineup consisted of Henneman, Ortmann, John Horton and Keith Voegele. Most members of the band have contributed to their catalog of original songs, as have Robert Parr and schoolteacher Scott Taylor.
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The Bottle Rockets connections
The Bottle Rockets grew out of Uncle Tupelo, Faron Young, Woody Guthrie and Neil Young, shares an orbit with Uncle Tupelo, Marah, American Aquarium and Shooter Jennings, went on to shape John Hiatt and Uncle Tupelo. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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