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and Holly Hunter have a quiet moment. “She Let Me Go” is playing in the background. It’s actually a point in the movie where Hunter accepts Nanjiani’s character as a good boyfriend for her daughter who is in a coma. I don’t want to ruin the plot but I suggest you go see the film. You will enjoy it. Tell me about your band. How long have you been together? I started recording my original country material back in 1999. I assembled a great band of NJ/ NY country musicians and we started to tour the east coast country clubs. That was the be- ginning of the Green River Band. We eventually caught the eye of a producer at the Colgate Country Showdown (SPI) out of Nashville and got hired to be the backing band for the east coast shows. That exposed the band to fabulous talent. We even got to play with Country Hall of Famer Little Jimmy Dickens at Hershey Park, PA. It was a great experi- Watch Brian Clayton & The Green River Band live at Golden Nugget NJ STAGE 2017 - Vol. 4 No. 9 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 75