BR5-49

Nashville's BR5-49 began as a country-western bar band so determined to reproduce the
classic sounds of fiddles and steel guitars their sound almost collapsed under the weight of
its own history. But the power-pop thesis statement of the thirty-six-minute This Is BR5-49,
the quintet's third studio album, is far less intimidating. On bright, hopped-up rockabilly
songs, personable singer-guitarists Chuck Mead and Gary Bennett lead a tight ho... More >