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Asleep At The Wheel
Saturday, Jun 9, 2012 8:00p
Bankhead Plaza: Bankhead Theater
Livermore,
CA
Over the last 40 years, Asleep at the Wheel has stuck to their cause of keeping western swing music alive and kicking. Along the way they earned nine Grammy awards, recorded more than 25 albums, and continue to fill venues in a never-ending schedule of one nighters that would make a vaudevillian dizzy. As frontman Ray Benson puts it, their musical style is "a giant melting pot" - from cowboy fiddle tunes and country bluegrass, to blues and swing by the big band greats.
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nmueller@lvpac
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Asleep at the Wheel
Since the early '70s, Asleep at the Wheel have been the most important force in keeping the sound of Western swing alive. In reviving the freewheeling, eclectic sensibility of Western swing godfather Bob Wills, the Wheel have earned enthusiastic critical praise throughout their lengthy career; they have not only preserved classic sounds that had all but disappeared from country music, but have also been able to update the music, keeping it a living, breathing art form....
Since the early '70s, Asleep at the Wheel have been the most important force in keeping the sound of Western swing alive. In reviving the freewheeling, eclectic sensibility of Western swing godfather Bob Wills, the Wheel have earned enthusiastic critical praise throughout their lengthy career; they have not only preserved classic sounds that had all but disappeared from country music, but have also been able to update the music, keeping it a living, breathing art form....
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