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Barry Gilbert

Bob Woodruff's Long Road Back

Bob Woodruff's Long Road Back

I'm gonna take this burning heart and stick it in the ground Put me out of your misery where I almost drowned I was on fire –  I needed you – the year we tried to kill the pain Bob Woodruff – "The Year We Tried to Kill the Pain&
Barry Gilbert 03 Mar 2016
Bottle Rockets Make (Another) Career Album 22 Years On

Bottle Rockets Make (Another) Career Album 22 Years On

Many bands have lost at least some of their emotional fire, if not their creative spark, 22 years into their careers, leaving their fans content to settle for a couple of memorable new songs now and then. The Bottle Rockets are not one of those bands. “South Broadway Athletic Club”
Barry Gilbert 01 Oct 2015
The Bottle Rockets - "Bottle Rockets" / "The Brooklyn Side"

The Bottle Rockets - "Bottle Rockets" / "The Brooklyn Side"

In 1994, St. Louis' Bottle Rockets sang about that “angry fat man on the radio (who) wants to keep his taxes way down low” in “Welfare Music,” one of the band's finest songs. Almost 20 years later, that radio guy is, if anything, fatter and angrier, and
Barry Gilbert 03 Dec 2013
Yonder Mountain Mandolinist Jeff Austin Stays Honest with Himself

Yonder Mountain Mandolinist Jeff Austin Stays Honest with Himself

Jeff Austin's career path was set. He was going to a college conservatory of music, taking acting and dance, and auditioning for shows. Next stop: Broadway. Then, after 100 or so Grateful Dead shows, he decided he'd rather play in a band. Trouble was, he barely
Barry Gilbert 17 Aug 2013

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