Asleep at the Wheel

Day and Time: Friday Aug. 20, 8:00 pm
Where: Strings Music Pavilion
 
About the Concert: Asleep at the Wheel’s turns 40 this year, and the legendary Western swing band shows no symptoms of slowing down. They’ve recently been awarded the Americana Music Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing and nominated for the Best Americana Album Grammy for Willie and the Wheel, their newest collaboration with Willie Nelson. Asleep at the Wheel also has nine Grammy Awards under its belt. Asleep at the Wheel has been going strong since Rolling Stone anointed them America’s best country and western band in 1977. Recently they’ve drawn record crowds by adapting their repertoire for pops symphony performances as well. But the band has never strayed from the lively mix of big band, country and dance music that was popularized in the 1930s and 1940s by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Today, the band includes Benson on lead vocals; Jason Roberts on fiddle, guitar, mandolin and vocals; Eddie Rivers on steel guitar and sax; David Miller on bass and vocals; David Sanger on drums; Elizabeth McQueen on guitar and vocals; and John Whitby on piano.

Admission: $40