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Asleep At The Wheel
Guest Artist
Asleep at the Wheel is not just your typical dance band; they're an institution: an ever-shifting lineup (more than 80 members to date) of like-minded musicians united under Ray Benson's crusade to carry the torch of big band Western Swing music into the 21st century.
The band's biggest success was in 1999 when its critically acclaimed album Ride With Bob struck gold on the charts and at the Grammy® Awards.
Asleep at the Wheel's importance in today's music cannot be understated as they have continued to carry the torch of Western swing and pack venues across the globe. The group recently tackled a new kind of stage-the theatre. A Ride With Bob is an original musical drama that relives the story of Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys, starring nine-time Grammy winners, Asleep at the Wheel, and an all-star cast of actors, dancers, and musicians.
The two-act play includes performances of Wills' most famous songs, including "San Antonio Rose," "Faded Love," "Cherokee Maiden," "Take Me Back to Tulsa," and many more.
Over the course of the last 36 years Benson and Asleep at the Wheel have boldly defied the fickle lures of the mainstream--and thrived--by sticking to the group's noble cause of keeping that distinctly American of art forms, Western swing, alive and kicking.
Latest CD
Willie & The Wheel