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i was just rifling through wikipedia and saw something mentioned about a song or album or something called "indianapolis" by brian henneman containing the only post UT collaboration between tweedy and farrar, but i can't find any additional info anywhere. does anyone know what this is and when it's from? there was also mention of "get down river" or something.

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Brian Henneman released a 3-track 7" single on Rockville (cat. Rockville 6088-7) in 1992 (so not post break-up). It featured 'Indianapolis', 'Get Down River', and 'Wave That Flag'. My understanding is that UT (Tweedy/Farrar/Heidorn) are the backing band on all of these tracks - pretty certain you can make out Tweedy supplying backing vocals on 'Indianapolis' at the very least (though can't be bothered actually listening to it right now) - that is only my understanding though, not 100% fact.

 

'Indianapolis' is a great (and funny) song, that I believe describes an actual incident when Henneman was UT's driver/road crew/extra guitarist. Saw The Bottle Rockets 2/3 years back and they morphed from a bone-crushing cover of 'Hey Hey My My' into a wild 'Indianapolis'. The place was going crazy!

 

Don't think 'Indianapolis' has appeared on a Bottle Rockets album (though thinking about it, didn't they put out a live album a couple of years ago? Might be on there). 'Get Down River' and 'Wave That Flag' were re-recorded for the first Bottle Rockets record, without any UT input though (I think that Farrar & Tweedy are credited with backing vocals on another track though - 'Kerosene'?? - sorry too tired to just reach behind me presently :yawn )

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Brian Henneman released a 3-track 7" single on Rockville (cat. Rockville 6088-7) in 1992 (so not post break-up). It featured 'Indianapolis', 'Get Down River', and 'Wave That Flag'. My understanding is that UT (Tweedy/Farrar/Heidorn) are the backing band on all of these tracks - pretty certain you can make out Tweedy supplying backing vocals on 'Indianapolis' at the very least (though can't be bothered actually listening to it right now) - that is only my understanding though, not 100% fact.

 

'Indianapolis' is a great (and funny) song, that I believe describes an actual incident when Henneman was UT's driver/road crew/extra guitarist. Saw The Bottle Rockets 2/3 years back and they morphed from a bone-crushing cover of 'Hey Hey My My' into a wild 'Indianapolis'. The place was going crazy!

 

 

i see. so, per the usual, the shit posted on wikipedia was incorrect. thanks man.

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i see. so, per the usual, the shit posted on wikipedia was incorrect. thanks man.

 

I like Wikipedia as a starting point for research. Yes, there's a lot of sh*t, but hey, it's an open collaborative thing. I just edited the Brian Henneman page. If you don't like my edits, feel free to edit it again!

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