When Asleep at the Wheel decided to record a record of Texas-centric songs to commemorate the Western swing outfit spending 50 of its 55 years in the Lone Star State, Ray Benson had a simple request: ...
As the Late Show With David Letterman nears the end of its 22-year run on CBS, musical guests from every genre are being booked one last time before the venerable host hands over the reins to Stephen ...
Western swing is a music genre that doesn’t account for millions of record sales, yet its contribution to the canon of Americana can’t be denied. It is celebrated by diehard fans and pockets of bands ...
Sometimes nothing can get your toes tapping and your feet moving like some good ol' Western swing. Bob Wills was the father of the genre, the first artist to put electric instruments and drum sets ...
Asleep at the Wheel founder Ray Benson laughs as he recalls how attendees at a recent business meeting applauded when he walked in. "They were applauding because we have won nine Grammy Awards," Ray ...
Western swing, as Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson admits, is not a dominant strain in country music. “It’s like a footnote,” he says, over the phone from his native Pennsylvania. Funny thing is, even ...
Fans of Western swing and traditional Country music have a lot to be happy. Music icon Willie Nelson and legendary band Asleep At The Wheel have teamed up for a new album. Although it's only February, ...
The first time the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel opened for Huey Lewis and the News, the group felt like “a Christian going to the lions,” recalls Wheel leader Ray Benson. It was last summer ...
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