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In 1969, Ray Benson and Lucky Oceans (Reuben Gosfield) co-founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and soon after they found themselves opening for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna in Washington, D.C. A year later, they moved to East Oakland, California, at the invitation of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
Fifty years ago, Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson wrote in his journal that he wanted to form a band to bring the roots of American pop music into the present. It seemed like an ambitious goal for a 19-year-old, yet Benson has done exactly that – traversing the globe as an ambassador of Western swing music and introducing its irresistible ...
Mar 12, 2021 · Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson on Keeping the Texas Band Alive, Alert and Swinging for 50 Years. On April 16, Benson celebrates his 70th birthday (in conjunction with, as always, a...
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...
Feb 24, 2024 · by Clayton Edwards February 24, 2024, 3:50 pm. Asleep at the Wheel celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2021 and the band is still going strong. Frontman, bandleader, and singer Ray...
Ray Benson Reflects on 50 Years of Seminal Western Swing Band Asleep at the Wheel. Roll. ing with the wheel. Western swing disciples Asleep at the Wheel mark 50 years and countless miles of Texas. By Joe Nick Patoski. Ray Benson at his home in Austin earlier this year. Photo by Jeff Wilson.
Jan 20, 2014 · Playlist. Since 1969, Ray Benson has been the frontman for country swing band Asleep at the Wheel. The band's wild productivity has meant that Benson has released only one solo effort,...
