Michael talks about …History Timeline, Ted Nugent, New Album…Augmented by new players Billy Craig, Arlen Viecelli and Brad Johnson, plus original member Henry Weck Brownsville Station returned to the road in 2013.
Brownsville Station was formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1969. Brownsville Station’s early albums included song covers from bands which had inspired them. In 1970, they released their debut studio album, No BS, on a Warners Bros. label. Their biggest hit, “Smokin’ In the Boys Room”, written by Michael Lutz & Cub Koda, from their 1973 album Yeah!, reached No. 3 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart The track sold over two million copies and was awarded a gold disc status by the RIAA on 15
Through the band’s early days the band captured over 500 hours of Brownsville demos, rehearsals, live shows and even some special events. In 2012, Lutz and Weck began sorting through the recordings in Lutz’s Tazmania Studio. The creative juices, always at the heart of Brownsville Station, were flowing and the result is the 13 tracks (12 brand new songs and the updated version of the band’s classic “Smokin’ In The Boys Room”) on Still Smokin’ (2012).