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Bottle Rockets

Bottlerockets
Reviewed by David Browne | Dec 24, 1993
David Browne
David Browne
David Browne is EW's music critic and author of ''Dream Brother: The Lives & Music of Jeff & Tim Buckley'' (HarperCollins)
EW's GRADE
A-

Details Lead Performance: Bottlerockets

Whether he's longing for the girl at the self-service gas station or lusting after a ''Trailer Mama,'' singer-guitarist Brian Henneman is more earnest than a house full of Waltons. He's also filled with deeper regrets, but the rugged music of this quartet on their self-titled album Bottle Rockets-which careens from Southern-rock-style rave-ups to the loveliest of steel-guitar-laced ballads- always pulls him back from the edge. A-

Originally posted Dec 24, 1993 Published in issue #202 Dec 24, 1993 Order article reprints

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