Before moving to Nashville and forming BR5-49, Chuck Mead played in a band called Homestead Grays, a roots-rock outfit based in his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. Gary Bennett, meanwhile fronted an informal band that played at Robert’s Western Wear, a clothing store in Nashville, Tennessee, when he met Mead at a nearby bar.1 The two then decided to form a band officially, and completing the lineup were electric bassist Jim “Bones” Becker, then upright bassist “Smilin’” Jay McDowell (formerly of another band called Hellbilly), multi-instrumentalist Don Herron, and drummer “Hawk” Shaw Wilson. They assumed the name BR5-49 (from the telephone number of a used car dealer in a running Junior Samples comedy sketch on the television series Hee Haw),1 and began playing for tips at Robert’s before being discovered by Arista Nashville in 1995.
Here is Minnesota, if you are convicted of DWI, sometimes you are required to surrender your license plates. If you can convince the judge your employment requires you to drive a car, you can be issued temporary plates beginning with the letter “W”..They are called “whiskey plates”…
cheap_day_return over 9 years ago
Before moving to Nashville and forming BR5-49, Chuck Mead played in a band called Homestead Grays, a roots-rock outfit based in his hometown of Lawrence, Kansas. Gary Bennett, meanwhile fronted an informal band that played at Robert’s Western Wear, a clothing store in Nashville, Tennessee, when he met Mead at a nearby bar.1 The two then decided to form a band officially, and completing the lineup were electric bassist Jim “Bones” Becker, then upright bassist “Smilin’” Jay McDowell (formerly of another band called Hellbilly), multi-instrumentalist Don Herron, and drummer “Hawk” Shaw Wilson. They assumed the name BR5-49 (from the telephone number of a used car dealer in a running Junior Samples comedy sketch on the television series Hee Haw),1 and began playing for tips at Robert’s before being discovered by Arista Nashville in 1995.
puddlesplatt over 9 years ago
Ya and they get expressions on thier faces.
Zen-of-Zinfandel over 9 years ago
Yep, I knew that too. And maybe there’s a “BR-549” prison cell somewhere in TN.
Boots at the Boar Premium Member over 9 years ago
“My son shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.”
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
Here is Minnesota, if you are convicted of DWI, sometimes you are required to surrender your license plates. If you can convince the judge your employment requires you to drive a car, you can be issued temporary plates beginning with the letter “W”..They are called “whiskey plates”…
Jim Kerner over 9 years ago
Bragging or complaining?
jwilmeth Premium Member over 9 years ago
Gotta love reference to Jr’s Used car lot Phone number!!!