BR549

BR549 - named for Junior Samples' ever-flubbed phone number on Hee Haw - has always been the band that beat the odds on their own terms.

The group began in the in the mid-90s on Nashville's then-seedy Lower Broadway where the original quintet began playing marathon sets in the window of bar/bootery Robert';s Western World. BR soon drew a rabid following, fevered press and a recording contract with Arista Records.

BR549 were crowned 'Nashville's hippest band' by Playboy, nominated as Best New Country Group by the Academy Of Country Music, named the same by Rolling Stone and Grammy nominated for Best Country Performance. They were invited to tour with country superstars like Faith Hill & Tim McGraw, rock icons including Bob Dylan and The Black Crowes, and stole the show at major rock festivals throughout Europe and Japan.

Two more albums 1998's Big Backyard Beat Show and 2000's Coast To Coast Live earned more raves, more accolades, and another Grammy nomination. In a time when Music Row considered country's tradtional roots to be 'alternative' BR549 rocked the industry as the band that was taking country where it hadn't gone in decades.

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BR549

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