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<\/a><\/p>\nOnce prevalent down on lower Broadway in downtown Nashville existed five young men clad in suits and ties that played together like a well oiled machine, however in all honesty they were a machine that FOUGHT the machine. That machine I speak of was corporate Nashville who at that particular time was spewing forth contemporary Country Music like Blackhawk and Joe Diffie. But their attempt to sway a majority of fans away from REAL Honky Tonk Country Music was all for naught, especially due to the fact these five men were making Robert’s their base of operations with four and five hour sets of powerhouse music. Nashville soon had an epiphany and realized that they needed to be signed to a major label and marketed..and that happened much to the delight of people like me.<\/p>\n
Chuck Mead, Gary Bennett, Don Herron, Smili’n Jay McDowell and Shaw Wilson named their band after the iconic Junior Samples skit from the once mighty Hee Haw television show. And I remember working with a young man that apparently was paid 200 cash for the legal use of their mascot the BR5-49 crow with the hat on, he used to deliver cokes to my store. There was also Bones Becker and Mark “Bugs” Ude at various times in the early nineties.<\/p>\n
I never got to see them perform at Robert’s however I did get to see them play at Exit In while they were touring for their first self titled album and before they released their second album. They did have somewhat of a turbulent future from a whopping tour schedule and personal issues, and also health issues. I know Mr. Gary is truly having some unfortunate issues with his health and I’m sad to see him sick. I want to reach out to him and make it all better for him, and I cannot.<\/p>\n
They went through some lineup changes including my now personal friend Geoff Firebaugh, who went on to begin Hillbilly Casino and the mighty Chris Scruggs who is a local Legend down here. He IS THE MASTER of the straight steel guitar and plays two at once. Perhaps the biggest blow to their existence was multi instrumentalist Don Herron getting hired by Bob Dylan, heck Don Herron contributed largely to J.B.Beverley’s album “Dark Bar And A Jukebox”.<\/p>\n
There were nine albums released altogether however now in their hiatus they have released many live albums from their performances through the years, most recently was live from the Houston Astro Dome. However now there is another album called Live On The BBC, now I want to stress this information: this is NOT like the Curb Records ordeal Hank 3 is enduring. These albums are being manufactured by THEIR own choice so your money isn’t going to any fraudulent label tricks and you can click HERE<\/a> to purchase this album.<\/p>\n 1 Andy Kershaw Introduction
\n2 What’s The Matter With The Mill
\n3 My Name Is Mudd
\n4 Interview
\n5 Even If It’s Wrong
\n6 Interview
\n7 Hometown Boogie
\n8 Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
\n9 Interview
\n10 Settin’ the Woods On Fire
\n11 Right Or Wrong
\n12 Andy Kershaw Conclusion
\n13 David Allen Introduction
\n14 Change The Way I Look
\n15 Bettie, Bettie
\n16 My Eyes Are Jealous
\n17 Georgia On A Fast Train
\n18 Pain Pain Go Away
\n19 Honky Tonk Song
\n20 Lifetime To Prove
\n21 Humdinger
\n22 I Told You No A Thousand Times
\n23 Little Ramona
\n24 If You Ain’t Lovin’
\n25 How Come It
\n26 Crazy Arms
\n27 Love’s Gonna Live Here Again
\n28 Cherokee Boogie
\n29 David Allen Conclusion
\n30 Saturday Night RnR Party with Geoff Barker<\/span><\/p>\n