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Micky, the youngest, was 8 at the time. Oldest brother Cody was Muzzie and the Little Braun Boys, all decked out in Stetson hats and matching Western shirts, so charmed the national audience with their old songs of the New West that Johnny Carson had them back a few months later. Twenty-four years later, that shot on the biggest national stage seems even more removed from the real world, as Cody and Willy hit the highways hard and heavy with their Austin-based band Reckless Kelly, while younger brothers Gary and Micky are usually off in the other direction, carving up a following for Micky and the Motorcars.

Braun, 61, has made a living making music for more than 40 years.

Out on the road, away from sweet home Austin, is where bands like these make their bones. Everybody comes here after the game. Mama said there would be nights like this. But when the band hits the stage, they lock in tight and the 50 or so in attendance perk up. Hey, these guys are good. Because they were home-schooled by their mother, Cody and Willy got their GEDs at age 16 and moved away from home in The night of their dismissal, the angry quartet went to an open-mike jam to bash away and they asked if there was a drummer in the house.

BOISE, Idaho -- Muzzie Braun and his sons seem to have found a perfect compromise between the hype of show business and rural living, since their music reflects .

It was Muzzie Braun who suggested a move to Austin. The two became friends and when Cody and Willy were looking to move to a place where they could take their music to a level unattainable in Idaho, Muzzie asked Keen if he could help them get settled in Austin. They had it all: the looks, the songs, the musicianship, the attitude.

After a Reckless gig, the action usually continued at a rented house on Milton Street in Travis Heights. Austin was a place you could play five, six nights a week. Had to watch out for the ex-girlfriends, though.