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BR549 takes to the road to support new album

Nashville alternative-country act BR549, fresh off the release of a new studio album, "Dog Days," has set up a number of dates over the next month to support that effort.

Briefly: Velvet Revolver, Weird Al Yankovic, J.J. Cale, BR549

California authorities have given troubled Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland the go-ahead to tour with the band beginning in May.

Feature: BR5-49 waits out the pop-country onslaught

Steel guitarist and all-around utility man Donnie Herron admits that his band, the self-proclaimed "mother of all hillbilly bands" BR5-49, briefly thought about adapting its sound to the pop-influenced, watered-down country that has infiltrated radio.

BR5-49 preps first release for new label, takes to road

Country-rock band BR5-49, which signed to Sony Nashville�s Lucky Dog label just before the holidays, is expected to release a new album in the late spring. In the meantime, the band is mapping out its 2001 tour schedule.