Country Mice are a Brooklyn-based rock band whose music fuses the twang-infused melodies of Neil Young and Jeff Tweedy with the guitar firepower of vintage indie rockers such as Dinosaur Jr. and Sonic Youth. Country Mice were formed by Jason Rueger, who was born and raised in Beattie, Kansas, a small farming community with a population of roughly 300. While Beattie wasn't a haven for rock & roll, Rueger developed a serious interest in music as a youngster, and began playing guitar in his teens. Determined to make a career for himself as a musician, Rueger pulled up stakes and ...