The Story of Brazilbilly  

Jesse Lee Jones began playing Lower Broadway in Nashville, Tennessee in the early spring of 1995 at a honky tonk known as Robert’s Western World. At the time, BR-549 was gaining national momentum and the members of the popular house-band nicknamed Jesse Lee the “Brazilian Hillbilly”. He instantaneously became known as Brazilbilly.

In the years since Brazilbilly was born, the band has gained much popularity and recognition playing as the new house band at Robert’s Western World. In addition to playing a regular Friday/Saturday night set, the band has played many other venues and events, including a performance for Vice President Al Gore as the results of the 2001 Presidential Election were announced. The band has toured Europe, hosted the live radio broadcast of “The Midnight Jamboree” from the Earnest Tubb’s Texas Troubador Theater, played the Grand Ole Opry Plaza, opened for major country music acts, and played many special events, parties, and benefits in Nashville.

Brazilbilly at Robert's

Brazilbilly was founded on the ideal of traditional country music. Their sound, while traditional and country, is complemented by a Latin flair unique to the Nashville scene. They are fans and followers of the legendary artists that frequented the Lower Broadway honky tonk in the early years of country music. Each band member is diversely talented, professional, and musically educated. This range of cultural backgrounds and musical experience makes Brazilbilly like no other band, embracing a style that is uniquely their own.
Brazilbilly’s eclectic style and musical diversity has created a band known and followed by many loyal fans. The bands mantra, “Traditional Country Music With A Latin Flair” can be heard late into the evening as the sounds of steel guitar and fiddle waft through the alley connecting Lower Broadway to the mother church of Country Music, The Ryman Auditorium.
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