Bottle Rockets: Blue Sky
Genre: Rock	Dates: 2003

Straight out of Festus, Missouri, the Bottlerockets are clearly the hardest-rocking band in state history, akin to a Midwestern Crazy Horse, Lynyrd Skynyrd, or Drive-By Truckers. While this is not their best record (look for The Brooklyn Side), it's still pretty great. Brian Henneman writes solid songs—not as specifically as he used to, though—and plays mean guitar, but one of the highlights of this record is producer Warren Haynes' six-string support. If you've heard of Derek and the Dominoes' Layla, this is a humble American version (and that's interesting, since Haynes chases Duane Allman's ghost nightly as the Allman Brothers' lead guitarist).

Track Listing

1. Lucky Break
2. Man Of Constant Anxiety
3. I Don't Wanna Go Back
4. Baggage Claim
5. Men And Women
6. Baby's Not My Baby Tonight
7. Cartoon Wisdom
8. Cross By The Highway
9. Pretty Little Angie
10. Blue Sky
11. Mom And Dad
12. I.D. Blues
13. Last Time