On This day in History is late today due to Migraine. UGH. So much to say about this one-

I have not recounted this story in a bit, so let’s share it again:
Back in the early 90s, I was friends with Tony Margherita & Bob Andrews who managed Uncle Tupelo, The Bottle Rockets and many more. I had followed UT around and filmed/audio recorded over 10 shows in the span of a couple of years, including the 2 final shows in St. Louis. Since the band was defunct (and Wilco was not the HUGE band they are today), Tony let my good friend Jim stop by and pick up “a few” cassettes in late 1994. Jim goes to the office and calls me:
J(whispering): Dude, there are like 50 tapes here. Do you have Coffee Creek?
Me: No
J: How about X(some other one)
Me: No. Just grab them all and I will sort them out.
So Jim grabs a box and shoves about 50 tapes in, and takes off. Bob and Tony were like :-O. Haha! Thanks guys.

This was one of the tapes in Tony and Bob’s archive that we did NOT pick up at the time. A while afterwards, we got access to more stuff from the band archive… either Michael Pemberton or Steve Brothers got this one after the Uncle Tupelo motherlode. It either came from there or from Doug Morris’ collection (R.I.P.).

Chicken Truck was The Bottle Rockets, before they were called The Bottle Rockets. Henneman/Parr/Parr/Ortman. Most of these songs made early Bottle Rockets albums, and the covers were staples at the time for both Chicken Truck AND Uncle Tupelo.

This is the only live recording of Chicken Truck I have ever seen.

Recorded by: Tony M, Doug M, or the band.
Transfer by: Michael Pemberton or Steve Brothers