Asleep At The Wheel

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{HTEXT} Ride With Bob Asleep At The Wheel Price $ 14.99 Ride with Bob is the new and improved sequel to Asleep at the Wheel's star-studded 1993 effort, Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys. The playing behind the high-profile guest vocalists is hotter and looser this time, with plenty of solo space and the Wheel's Ray Benson assuming Wills's jovial ringleader role. Merle Haggard delivers a wild falsetto version of "St. Louis Blues" backed by the Squirrel Nut Zippers' horns, and Willie Nelson steps out with the Manhattan Transfer on "Going Away Party." Steve Wariner and Vince Gill trade fluid guitar licks on "Bob's Breakdown," Lyle Lovett and Shawn Colvin share a mic on "Faded Love," and the Dixie Chicks romp through "Roly Poly." All of Asleep at the Wheel's recordings have been tributes to Wills's Western-swing legacy in one way or another, but this is as close as they've come to distilling the timeless essence of the sound. --Rick Mitchell

{HTEXT} Tribute to Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys Asleep At The Wheel Price $ 11.97 Ray Benson's Asleep At The Wheel deserve admiration for keeping alive the sounds of western swing, but with a rhythm section that's usually straight-up-and-down stiff, The Wheel's recordings mainly just leave you craving their inspirations. The 18-song Tribute overcomes this problem by loading up on singers who do their best to swing even when the band doesn't. George Strait, doing "Big Balls In Cowtown," is a natural, of course, as are the offerings from Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Lyle Lovett and Dolly Parton. Even Garth Brooks' go at "Deep Water," who mimics Strait to perfection here, is a pleasant surprise. --David Cantwell

{HTEXT} Very Best Of Asleep At The Wheel Asleep At The Wheel Price $ 9.99 Fourteen great hits from "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read" to "Boogie Back To Texas". Get a good feeling of what Ray Benson and his gang are all about!

{HTEXT} Still Swingin' - Asleep At The Wheel Asleep At The Wheel Price $ 15.99 Still Swingin: Bob Wills & Western Swing Music (1994) Starring: Steagall, Asleep at the Wheel, et al.

 

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