BR549 (originally spelled BR5-49) was an American country rock band founded in 1993.

Watch Jr. Samples on BR-549 for some down-home country comedy.

Born in 1926 in Cumming, Georgia, Alvin Samples Jr. was a carpenter, sawmill worker, moonshiner, and stock car driver who dropped out of school in sixth grade. Samples stardom …

Mar 17, 2025 · When Dick Clark tells you to do something, you do it. We had taken our band name from the recurring skit on Hee Haw, in which Junior Samples attempted to sell the same …

BR549 would set up in the window of Robert's and play the long night away. The swelling throng and the downtown pulse led to their signing with Arista and the first EP in 1966, Live From …

Hard-rocking country band who found an audience with both traditional Nashville fans and modern rockers.

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BR549 was an American country rock band founded in 1993. It originally consisted of Gary Bennett, Don Herron, "Smilin'" Jay McDowell, Chuck Mead, and "Hawk" Shaw Wilson. Bennett …

Alvin Samples Jr. (August 10, 1926 – November 13, 1983), better known as Junior Samples, was an American comedian best known for his 14-year run as a cast member of the television …

Listen to music by BR549 on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by BR549 including Cherokee Boogie, Way Too Late and more.