A few days ago Smilin’ Jay McDowell still wasn’t sure about the origin of a last-minute tour connection that took BR5-49, the rebellious country retro band, off last week’s Chicago Country Music ...

BR5-49 sounds like Nashville's best bar band, and indeed, the group got its start playing endless shows at Robert's Western World—since self-billed as "Home Of BR5-49"—in Music City. The group's ...

Chuck Mead and his buddies don’t sound so fresh anymore. The band’s once special retroriffic honky-tonk is now more of a yawn and a passing listen. Whereas other alt-country acts–Old 97’s, Dwight ...

Apr. 12 - Eight months ago, the band BR5-49 played before a capacity crowd of 3,600 at the Fillmore Auditorium as the opening act for the Brian Setzer Orchestra. The versatile, Nashville-based group ...

Long respected as one of the best trad-country bands in Nashville, BR5-49 s fondness for hard twang never got them very far with radio programmers, despite some top notch songwriting from co-front-men ...