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    • Dec 22, 1960
    Guitarist Chuck Mead is born in Nevada, Missouri. He becomes one of two lead vocalists in BR549, a traditionally-influenced band that emerges from the lower Broadway club scene in Nashville to become a critical favorite in the 1990s
    May 29, 2001
    BR549 tells country.com it's proceeding without the dash in its name (BR5-49), a remnant from their Junior Samples/"Hee Haw" inspiration. Says Chuck Mead: "The name was a joke in the first place. We never thought we'd ever go this far"
    Jan 8, 2002
    About 100 demonstrators rally at WSM's Nashville office against the Grand Ole Opry station's possible format switch to sports. On hand: George Jones, BR549's Chuck Mead, Billy Walker and songwriters Dennis Morgan, Shawn Camp and Jack Clement
    Mar 13, 2002
    BR549's Chuck Mead admits to cmt.com that the band is in conflict, as several members no longer want to tour. It is unclear if the group will continue to exist
    Jul 12, 2002
    BR549 guitarist Chuck Mead marries his girlfriend, Brenda, in Glasgow, Scotland
    Feb 8, 2004
    Some of BR549's instruments are stolen from a locked trailer parked outside of band member Chuck Mead's home in east Nashville. Among the missing: Don Herron's steel guitar, "Hawk" Shaw Wilson's drum kit and Geoff Firebaugh's bass
    Jun 28, 2005
    Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson perform at Nashville's Greer Stadium. Among the fans in the seats at the ballpark are Emmylou Harris, Billy Joe Shaver, Holly Williams and BR549's Chuck Mead
    Oct 23, 2008
    Hal Ketchum, Tim O'Brien and BR549's Chuck Mead play an Obamarama political concert at the Nashville club 12 South Taproom
    May 12, 2009
    Thirty Tigers releases "Journeyman's Wager," the solo debut by former BR549 vocalist Chuck Mead
    Apr 11, 2010
    "Million Dollar Quartet" opens on Broadway at New York's Nederlander Theatre with musical director Chuck Mead overseeing songs by Sun Records icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis
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