BR5-49 (album)

Infobox Album
Name = BR5-49
Type = studio
Artist = BR5-49


Released = Start date|1996|09|17
Genre = Country
Length = 33:27
Label = Arista Nashville
Producer = Mike Janas
Josef Nuyens
Reviews =
*Allmusic – Rating|4.5|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gxfyxq9hldde link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" – B+ [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,294291,00.html link]
Last album = "Live at Robert's"
(1996)
This album = "BR5-49"
(1996)
Next album = "Big Backyard Beat Show"
(1998)

"BR5-49" is the self-titled debut album of the American country music band BR5-49. The album was released in 1996 (see 1996 in country music) on the Arista Nashville label. Three singles were released from the album, all of which charted on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. "Cherokee Boogie", the first of these three, was the highest charting, reaching #44. Following it were "Even If It's Wrong" at #68 and "Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)" at #61.

The album also contains three covers: "I Ain't Never" and "Honky Tonk Song" were previously recorded by Mel Tillis, and the former was previously a hit for Webb Pierce as well. Also, "Crazy Arms" is a cover of a Ray Price song.

Track listing

#"Even If It's Wrong" (Gary Bennett) – 3:16
#"Cherokee Boogie" (Moon Mullican, Chief William Redbird) – 2:31
#"Honky Tonk Song" (Buck Peddy, Mel Tillis) – 2:36
#"Lifetime to Prove" (Chuck Mead) – 3:03
#"Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)" (Mead) – 3:24
#"Crazy Arms" (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals) – 2:50
#"I Ain't Never" (Webb Pierce, Tillis) – 2:11
#"Chains of This Town" (Mead) – 4:04
#"Are You Gettin' Tired of Me" (Bennett) – 2:13
#"Hickory Wind" (Bob Buchanan, Gram Parsons) – 4:15
#"One Long Saturday Night" (Mead) – 3:12

Personnel

*Gary Bennett – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
*Don Harron – steel guitar, Dobro, fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar
*"Smilin'" Jay McDowell – upright bass
*Chuck Mead – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*"Hawk" Shaw Wilson – background vocals, drums

References

*Allmusic (see infobox)
*cite album-notes |title=BR5-49 |bandname=BR5-49 |year=1996 |format=CD liner notes |publisher=Arista Nashville |publisherid=18818