Watching Jason & the Scorchers howl, wail and swagger through a nearly two-hour set at Off Broadway was almost as fun as absorbing the crowd's frenetic reaction.

On "Not So Loud," the Bottle Rockets completely transform their sound, trading in guitar-heavy, bluesy rock for a stripped-down take on alt-country.   

The June 25th, 2011 edition of the KDHX Harvest Sessions featured Brian Henneman (The Bottle Rockets/Diesel Island) and Kip Loui (Diesel Island). Brian and Kip brought a stripped down version of Diesel Island to the West Pool Pavllion. Outlaw country covers at their best on a summer Saturday morning.

It's not an unknown story in popular music. Band records its best record. Band breaks up. Album disappears.

The story of the Rockhouse Ramblers, once the foremost hard country band in St. Louis, and their "lost album," has a happier ending. Though the band dissolved five years ago, the players have remained friends and performed together in a variety of other settings (notably Colonel Ford and Diesel Island). And yet their swan song, Lies, and Damn Lies, hasn't seen the light of day until now.

The Bottle Rockets have been making rugged, rootsy and real rock & roll for over 15 years. Playing songs from their 2009 album Lean Forward, the band pulled out all the stops and chops during a live performance in the KDHX studios.