BR5-49 is the self-titled debut album of the American country music band BR5-49

BR5-49

BR549 is an American country music band. Founded in 1993, the band originally comprised Gary Bennett , Don Herron , "Smilin'" Jay McDowell , Chuck Mead , and "Hawk" Shaw Wilson...

. The album was released in 1996 (see 1996 in country music

1996 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1996.-Events:* June 28 — First annual Country Stampede Music Festival begins* October 6 — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are married, and quickly become country music's most visible couple...

) on the Arista Nashville

Arista Nashville

Arista Nashville is an American record label that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment, operated under the Sony Music Nashville division. Founded in 1989, the label specializes in country music artists, including Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood...

 label. Three singles were released from the album, all of which charted on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

) 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 contains five covers: The aforementioned "Cherokee Boogie" was previously recorded by Johnny Horton

Johnny Horton

John Gale "Johnny" Horton was an American country music and rockabilly singer most famous for his semi-folk, so-called "saga songs" which began the "historical ballad" craze of the late 1950s and early 1960s...

, "I Ain't Never" and "Honky Tonk Song" were previously recorded by Mel Tillis

Mel Tillis

Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....

, and the former was previously a hit for Webb Pierce as well. Also, "Crazy Arms" is a cover of a Ray Price

Ray Price (musician)

Ray Price is an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music...

 song, and "Cherokee Boogie" was originally recorded by Moon Mullican

Moon Mullican

Aubrey Wilson Mullican , known as Moon Mullican, was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. However, he also sang and played jazz, rock 'n' roll and the blues...

 on his 1958 album Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Greatest Hits.

Track listing

1. "Even If It's Wrong" (Gary Bennett) – 3:16
2. "Cherokee Boogie" (Moon Mullican
   Moon Mullican
   Aubrey Wilson Mullican , known as Moon Mullican, was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. However, he also sang and played jazz, rock 'n' roll and the blues...
   
   , Chief William Redbird) – 2:31
3. "Honky Tonk Song" (Buck Peddy, Mel Tillis
   Mel Tillis
   Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
   
   ) – 2:36
4. "Lifetime to Prove" (Chuck Mead) – 3:03
5. "Little Ramona (Gone Hillbilly Nuts)" (Mead) – 3:24
6. "Crazy Arms
   Crazy Arms
   "Crazy Arms" is an American country song recorded by Ray Price. The song, released in May 1956, went on to become a hit that year and a honky-tonk standard. It was Price's first number one hit. The song was written by Ralph Mooney and Charles Seals...
   
   " (Ralph Mooney, Chuck Seals) – 2:50
7. "I Ain't Never
   I Ain't Never
   "I Ain't Never" is the title of a song, recorded in 1972, by American country music artist Mel Tillis. It was his first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts....
   
   " (Webb Pierce
   Webb Pierce
   Webb Michael Pierce was one of the most popular American honky tonk vocalists of the 1950s, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade. His biggest hit was "In The Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one...
   
   , Tillis) – 2:11
8. "Chains of This Town" (Mead) – 4:04
9. "Are You Gettin' Tired of Me" (Bennett) – 2:13
10. "Hickory Wind" (Bob Buchanan, Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons
    Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...
    
    ) – 4:15
11. "One Long Saturday Night" (Mead) – 3:12

Personnel

• Gary Bennett – lead vocals, background vocals
  Backing vocalist
  A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
  
  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  
• Don Harron – steel guitar
  Steel guitar
  Steel guitar is a type of guitar or the method of playing the instrument. Developed in Hawaii in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a steel guitar is usually positioned horizontally; strings are plucked with one hand, while the other hand changes the pitch of one or more strings with the use...
  
  , Dobro
  Dobro
  Dobro is a registered trademark, now owned by Gibson Guitar Corporation and used for a particular design of resonator guitar.The name has a long and involved history, interwoven with that of the resonator guitar...
  
  , fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  , mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  , acoustic guitar
• "Smilin'" Jay McDowell – upright bass
• Chuck Mead – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• "Hawk" Shaw Wilson – background vocals, drums
  Drum kit
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Chart performance

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	33
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	11
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12