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Small Minds is a studio album by Austin-based bluegrass band Austin Lounge Lizards. It continues the Lizards' tradition of social and political satire.
Front man Ray Benson, the seventy-year-old six-foot-seven long-haired dope smoker who formed the band in rural West Virginia in 1970, is the madcap ringmaster, scat-singing lyrics, picking a...
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Jul 21, 2021 · Asleep at the Wheel — the Western swing band that Benson formed back in 1970 — turned 50 last year, but the Covid-19 pandemic put the world on hold. And so, Benson and his band will be making up for lost time when they perform at the Payomet Performing Arts Center this Friday.
Ray Benson Seifert (born March 16, 1951) is an American musician, actor and voice actor who is the frontman of the Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel.
Mar 20, 2015 · Don Gonyea talks to Ray Benson, leader of the Austin-based band Asleep at the Wheel, about a new tribute to the late Bob Wills that features contributions by the musicians Wills helped inspire.
In 1970, singer and guitarist Ray Benson formed Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel while farmsitting in the tiny town of Paw Paw, West Virginia. Benson and his bandmates eventually became a...
Oct 8, 2021 · Ray Benson explains how the band learnt their craft and why his current steel player comes from Rome, Italy. He also shares his view that western swing is healthier than it has ever been, including fifty years ago when he first picked up the gauntlet.
