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Having spent his childhood among legends in Texas honky-tonks -- and then nearly 20 years with the world-famous band Asleep at the Wheel -- Jason has soaked up the very best of Western Swing and brings his own signature style to this traditional American genre.
Jason Roberts (fiddle, mandolin) and Chris Booher (piano, fiddle) joined AATW the next year, followed by Rosie Flores (vocals, rhythm guitar) in April 1997. After Flores departed, the band issued Merry Texas Christmas, Y'all in 1997 and a second tribute album, Ride with Bob, in 1999.
Asleep at the Wheel (belatedly) celebrates fifty years of championing a genre once considered all but dead.
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May 7, 2014 · L egendary fiddler Jason Roberts hopped off the Asleep at the Wheel bandwagon to roll in a new direction. After 19 years and two Grammys with the world's top proponents of western swing, he...
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Mar 25, 2017 · Roberts is a Grammy Award-winning Western Swing fiddle player who spent 20 years with Asleep at the Wheel. “Being in Wheel was an education. I certainly learned a lot,” he said.
May 6, 2013 · Asleep at the Wheel features drummer David Sanger, bassist Dave Miller, fiddler-singer Jason Roberts, singer Elizabeth McQueen, pianist Dan Walton and steel guitarist Eddie Rivers.
