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    • Jul 10, 1960
    Drummer "Hawk" Shaw Wilson is born in Topeka, Kansas. He co-founds BR549, a high-energy band that mines traditional country on lower Broadway in Nashville during the 1990s, becoming a critical favorite and scoring Grammy nominations
    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
    Sep 23, 1962
    Multi-instrumentalist Don Herron is born in Steubenville, Ohio. He joins BR549, a band that gains attention on lower Broadway in Nashville in the mid-1990s. The group's "Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)" is named among the 500 greatest country singles in the Country Music Foundation book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 9, 1964
    Guitarist Gary Bennett is born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He becomes one of two lead singers in BR549, a traditionally-grounded band that grows out of Nashville's lower Broadway in the mid-1990s to become critical favorites and Grammy nominees
    Aug 30, 1968
    Bass player Geoff Firebaugh is born. He replaces Smilin' Jay McDowell as a member of BR549 in 2004
    Jun 11, 1969
    Bass player "Smilin'" Jay McDowell is born in Bedford, Indiana. He joins BR549, an energetic, traditionally influenced band that emerges from Nashville's lower Broadway to become a critical favorite in the late-1990s, gaining several Grammy nominations
    Oct 13, 1995
    Arista signs BR5-49 to its first recording contract
    Apr 30, 1996
    Arista releases BR5-49's debut album, "Live From Robert's"
    Sep 17, 1996
    Arista releases BR5-49's self-titled debut studio album. One track, "Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)," is named among country's 500 greatest singles in the Country Music Foundation's 2003 book "Heartaches By The Number"
    Oct 8, 1996
    Emmylou Harris leads a benefit at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for road manager Phil Kaufman, battling prostate cancer. Also appearing: Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Trisha Yearwood, BR5-49, John Prine, Steve Earle and Nanci Griffith
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