Product Review

Encouraged by the 1994 opening of the remodeled Ryman Auditorium, progressive, tradition-based country artists like BR-549 moved into the honky-tonks of Lower Broad to create a vibrant scene that attracted kids as much as old timers, and eventually inspired the downtown renaissance that continues today. The year following that 'Billboard' story, BR5 49 were in Germany and were filmed and taped at Sdwestfunk. Those recordings caught the group at its peak, but have never been released until now. A companion piece to the DVD, this CD also includes four bonus tracks recorded later that year in Kumamoto, Japan.