Asleep at the Wheel returns to the Cactus Theater on Sunday, June 6, as it marks its 50th year in the music industry.
The show starts at 7 p.m. and special guest opener is West Texas favorite Will Banister.
Asleep at the Wheel started when Ray Benson, Floyd Domino, and Lucky Oceans, along with a Vermont farm boy named Leroy Preston, Virginian Chris O'Connell, and Gene Dobkin, a bass player and fellow classmate of Benson's from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, joined forces.
They began with a simple goal: to play and help revive American roots music.
"The musicianship of Asleep at the Wheel has become the stuff of legends," the group's website reads.
Taking a page from Bob Wills’ book, the band has constantly toured at a national level throughout its history with anywhere from seven to 15 of the finest players Benson could talk into jumping in the bus to play a string of dates.
The alumni roster is well more than 80 members, and includes an impressive list of musicians who have gone on to perform with artists such as Bob Dylan, George Strait, Van Morrison, Lyle Lovett, Ryan Adams, and many more, the group's website states.
The group has received 10 GRAMMY Awards, was cited by the Country Music Association as 1976 Touring Band of the Year and was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Americana Music Association in 2009. They have released 31 albums and charted more than 20 singles on the country charts.
The group is commemorating its 50th year with a new, three-song EP, "Better Times."
Bandleader and founding member Benson takes the lead vocal on the title track, a hopeful original written while riding out the pandemic.
Katie Shore sings “All I’m Asking,” a rousing request to get back together, written by Band of Heathens’ Ed Jurdi and Gordy Quist.
Meanwhile, Benson and Shore harmonize on “Columbus Stockade Blues,” a traditional tune arranged in the spirit of Willie Nelson and Shirley Collie’s 1960s version.
Benson produced the EP for Bismeaux Records.
For more information or to order a copy of the limited edition record, go to www.asleepatthewheel.com
Tickets are reserved floor, first 5 rows (A-E), $42.50; remainder of floor (rows F-M and ADA), $37.50; reserved balcony seating, $32.50; and limited balcony box (includes concessions), $70.
Tickets may be purchased online at www.cactustheater.com or by visiting the box office during office hours Monday through Friday, 3-5:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays one hour before the scheduled show.
For more information, call the theater at (806) 762-3233.
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