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Groupe de Western Swing et de Country Rock US. "Asleep At The Wheel" a été fondé en
1969 en Virginie Occidentale par Ray Benson, Lucky Oceans, et Leroy Preston. Installé en Californie depuis les années soixantes dix, il s'est augmenté de six musiciens pour un premier album. Basé depuis 1974 à Austin (Texas), le groupe fit beaucoup pour la renaissance du Western Swing en employant dans ses rangs un ancien membre des "Texas Playboys" de
Bob Wills, le génial fiddler
Johnny
Gimble.
Since the
early '70s, Asleep at the Wheel has 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 earned enthusiastic critical praise throughout their lengthy career;
they not only preserved classic sounds that had all but disappeared from country
music, but were also able to update the music, keeping it a living, breathing
art form. Typically featuring 8-11 musicians, the group has gone through myriad
personnel changes (at last count, over 80 members had passed through their ranks),
but 6'7" frontman Ray Benson has held it together for over three decades,
keeping Asleep at the Wheel a viable recording and touring concern and
maintaining their devotion to classic-style Western swing.Singer/guitarist
Benson was born Ray Benson Seifert and grew up listening to a variety of music
in Philadelphia, especially jazz. He formed Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, WV,
in 1970, along with longtime friend Lucky Oceans (born Reuben Gosfield; steel
guitar) and Leroy Preston (rhythm guitar). They soon added a female singer in
Chris O'Connell, who was fresh out of high school. Initially, the group played
straight-ahead country in local venues, but quickly switched to Western swing
when they discovered the music through
Merle Haggard (specifically his Bob
Wills tribute album) and eclectic country-rockers Commander Cody & His Lost
Planet Airmen. In fact, Commander Cody helped the group sign with his own
manager, Joe Kerr, who convinced them to move to San Francisco in late 1971.
They subsequently added keyboardist Floyd Domino, and secured a residency at
Berkeley's Longbranch Saloon. Praise from Van Morrison in a Rolling Stone
article helped them land a record deal with United Artists, which released their
debut album, Comin' Right at Ya, in 1973.In 1974, Asleep at the Wheel
relocated to the roots music haven of Austin, TX, and also switched labels to
Epic. Their self-titled label debut appeared that same year, and their cover of
Louis Jordan's "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" became their first single to hit the
country charts. Afterwards, they added fiddler Lisa Silver and trumpeter Bobby
Womack, and hopped labels again to Capitol. 1975's Texas Gold was their
breakthrough album, climbing into the country Top Ten and producing their only
Top Ten hit on the country singles charts, "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read."
That year they performed on the first non-pilot episode of Austin City Limits,
and although they continued to experience personnel shifts, they turned out a
string of excellent albums over the rest of the decade: Wheelin' and Dealin'
(1976), The Wheel (1977), and Collision Course (1978), the latter
of which featured their first Grammy winner in the instrumental cover of Count
Basie's "One O'Clock Jump."Asleep at the Wheel moved to MCA for 1980's Framed,
but all was not well: founding member Lucky Oceans left the group that year, and
Chris O'Connell took a leave of absence to start a family not long after. Plus,
the group was heavily in debt, forcing them to work on commercials and movie
soundtracks. The financial problems conspired to keep them off record for the
next few years, and when they returned on Dot/MCA with a self-titled album in
1985, they were virtually ignored. Following the small-label release Pasture
Prime later that year, Benson did some moonlighting as a producer, and soon
managed to get a second shot with Epic. By now, O'Connell had returned, and the
new lineup featured fiddler Larry Franklin, steel guitarist John Ely, pianist/accordionist
Tim Alexander, saxophonist Mike Francis, bassist Jon Mitchell, and drummer David
Sanger. This unit recorded the major comeback effort, Asleep at the Wheel 10,
in 1987, which brought them back to the Top 20 of the country album and singles
charts (the latter via "House of Blue Lights") for the first time in over a
decade. Additionally, the album's "String of Pars" won them their second Grammy
for Best Country Instrumental, and featured contributions from fiddle legend and
onetime Texas Playboy Johnny Gimble. The
1988 follow-up, Western Standard Time, continued their momentum, winning
another Best Country Instrumental Grammy for "Sugarfoot Rag."In 1990, Asleep at
the Wheel moved to Arista and recorded Keepin' Me Up Nights, which
flopped in comparison to its two predecessors. Major personnel turnover ensued,
with O'Connell leaving a second time, and Benson regrouped with Francis, Sanger,
fiddler Ricky Turpin, bassist David Miller, and steel guitarist/dobroist
Cyndi Cashdollar. They issued
two albums on Liberty/Capitol, the acclaimed, guest-laden A Tribute to the
Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys (1993; featuring the Grammy-winning
instrumental "Red Wing") and The Wheel Keeps on Rollin' (1995). Their
next major studio project, Ride With Bob, was released by DreamWorks in
1999 and featured fiddler Jason Roberts (a young relative of
Johnny Gimble) and pianist/second
fiddler Chris Booher. It was the group's second explicit tribute to
Bob Wills, and it attracted even more
positive attention than the first, winning multiple Grammys and drawing
non-country collaborators like the Manhattan Transfer and Squirrel Nut Zippers.
An album project with
Willie Nelson, Willie and the Wheel, appeared in 2009, followed by It's a
Good Day, a collaboration with Texas Playboy great
Leon Rausch, in 2010.
The hard-touring Asleep at the Wheel next released not one but two albums
documenting their entertaining stage show -- 2012's Miles and Miles of Texas and
2014's Having a Party Live. In 2015, Ray Benson published
an autobiography, Comin' Right at Ya (co-authored by David Menconi), chronicling
his life and the history of Asleep at the Wheel. That same year, Asleep at the
Wheel released their third Bob
Wills tribute album, Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and
His Texas Playboys. The album included a wide variety of guest performers, from Merle
Haggard and Lyle Lovett to the
Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show. Still the King earned strong
reviews and received a Grammy Award for Best Recording Package. Asleep at the
Wheel returned with New Routes, a collection of largely new material, in 2018;
it showcased new fiddler Katie Shore. The group celebrated their 50th
anniversary with the release of 2021's Half a Hundred Years, an album that
included guest appearances from friends and fans Willie
Nelson, George Strait, Emmylou
Harris, and Lyle Lovett, as well
as contributions from three members from the original lineup, Chris
O’Connell, Lucky Oceans, and Leroy Preston.
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Talents: Original Members: Ray Benson: lead Vocals, lead guitar - Leroy Preston: guitar, drums, Vocals - Lucky Oceans: steel guitar, drums - Chris O’Connell: lead & harmony Vocals, Guitar - Floyd Domino: piano - Other Members: Danny Levin: mandolin, fiddle - Scott Hennige: drums - Link Davis Jr.: flute, sax -Bill Mabry: fiddle - Johnny Gimble: fiddle - Patrick (Taco) Ryan: woodwinds - Tony Garnier: bass - Chris York: drums - Andy Stein: fiddle - Gene Dobkin: bass - Richard Casona: fiddle - Billy Briggs: sax - Ed Vizard: sax - Billy Joor: trumpet - Mike O’Dowd: woodwinds - David Poe: sax - Ammett Cobb: sax - Bucky Meadows: guitar - Dennis Solee: sax - Larry Franklin: fiddle, guitar, Vocals - John Ely: steel guitar, fender hawaiian guitar - Dave Sanger drums - Jon Mitchell: fiddle - current line-up : Ray Benson: lead Vocals, lead guitar - Tim Alexander: piano, accordion, harmony Vocals - Cindy Cashdollar: fender hawaiian steel guitar - Tommy Beavers: drums - David Earl Miller: bass, harmony Vocals - Rickey Turpin: fiddle, electric mandolin - Michael Francis: sax.
Style musical : Western Swing
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 04/1973 | SP UNITED ARTISTS XW 245 (US) | . | Before You Stop Loving Me / Take Me Back To Tulsa |
| 11/1973 | SP UNITED ARTISTS XW 344 (US) | . | Daddy's Advice / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin |
| 09/1974 | SP EPIC 8-50024 (US) | . | Don't Ask Me Why / You And Me Instead |
| 11/1974 | SP EPIC 8-50045 (US) | . | Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Our Names Aren't Mentioned |
| 07/1975 | SP CAPITOL 4115 (US) | . | The Letter That Johnny Walker Read Part 1 / The Letter That Johnny Walker Read Part 2 |
| 11/1975 | SP CAPITOL 4187 (US) | . | Bump Bounce Boogie / Fat Boy Rag |
| 03/1976 | SP CAPITOL 4238 (US) | . | Nothin' Takes The Place Of You / Tonight The Bartender Is On The Wrong Side Of The Bar |
| 07/1976 | SP CAPITOL 4319 (US) | . | Route 66 / Shout Wa Hey |
| 10/1976 | SP CAPITOL 4357 (US) | . | Miles And Miles Of Texas / Blues For Dixie |
| 02/1977 | SP CAPITOL 4393 (US) | . | Ragtime Annie / The Trouble With Lovin' Today |
| 06/1977 | SP CAPITOL 4438 (US) | . | Let's Face Up / Somebody Stole His Body |
| 06/1978 | SP CAPITOL 4601 (US) | . | Ghost Dancer / Louisiana |
| 10/1978 | SP CAPITOL 4659 (US) | . | One O'Clock Jump / Texas Me & You |
| 06/1979 | SP CAPITOL 4725 (US) | . | Choo Choo Ch' Boogie / Too Many Bad Habits |
| 10/1980 | SP MCA 51020 (US) | . | Cool As A Breeze / Don't Get Caught Out In The Rain |
| 01/1987 | SP EPIC 34-06671 (US) | . | Way Down Texas Way / String Of Pars |
| 05/1987 | SP EPIC 34-07125 (US) | . | House Of Blue Lights / Big Foot Stomp |
| 09/1987 | SP EPIC 34-07610 (US) | . | Boogie Back To Texas / Tulsa Straight Ahead |
| 11/1987 | SP EPIC 34-07659 (US) | . | Blowin' Like A Bandit / String Of Pars |
| 05/1988 | SP EPIC 34-07966 (US) | . | Walk On By / Sugarfoot Rag |
| 09/1988 | SP EPIC 34-08087 (US) | . | Hot Rod Lincoln / String Of Pars |
| 02/1989 | SP EPIC 34-68620 (US) | . | Chattanooga Choo Choo / Sugarfoot Rag |
| 08/1990 | SP ARISTA AS-2045 (US) | . | Keepin' Me Up Nights / Pedernale Stroll |
| 11/1990 | SP ARISTA AS-2122 (US) | . | That's The Way Love Is / Beat Me Daddy |
| 02/1991 | SP ARISTA AS-2178 (US) | . | Dance With Who Brung You / Quittin' Time |
| 08/1991 | SP ARISTA 07822-12340-7 (US) | . |
Four Scores And Seven Beers Ago (Ray BENSON) / Eyes (ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL) |
| 09/1993 | SP CAPITOL S7-58046 (US) | . | Red Wing / ? |
| 05/1994 | SP CAPITOL S7-17970 (US) | . | Blues For Dixie / Got A Letter From My Kid Today |
| 1994 | CD LIBERTY DPRO-79038 (US) (promo) |
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Asleep At The Wheel featuring Lyle Lovett - Blues For Dixie |
| 10/1995 | SP CAPITOL S7-18844 (US) | . | Hightower / Lay Down Sally |
| 04/015 | SP BISMEAUX BRV1315 (US) |
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Still The King - Celebrating The Music Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - New Spanish Two-Step (Asleep At The Wheel with Willie Nelson) / New Spanish Two-Step (Asleep At The Wheel with The Blind Boys Of Alabama) |
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Albums
| 1973 | LP 12" UNITED ARTISTS 038F (US) |
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COMIN' RIGHT AT YA - Take Me Back To Tulsa / Daddy's Advice / Before You Stopped Loving Me / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive / Space Buggy / Cherokee Boogie / Hillbilly Nut / Your Downhome Is Uptown / I'm The Fool / I've Been Everywhere / Sun Shines Down On Me | |||
| 1974 | LP 12" EPIC KE 33097 (US) |
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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / You And Me Instead / Jumping At The Woodside / Last Letter / Don't Ask Me Why / Kind Of Love I Can't Forget / I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday / Our Names Aren't Mentioned / Miss Molly / Blood Shot Eyes / Dead Man | |||
| 1975 | 2 LP 12" EPIC BG 33782 (US) |
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FATHERS & SONS - ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL & Bob WILLS - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / You And Me Instead / Jumping At The Woodside / Last Letter / Don't Ask Me Why / Kind Of Love I Can't Forget / I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday / Our Names Aren't Mentioned / Miss Molly / Blood Shot Eyes / Dead Man / San Antonio Rose / Trouble In Mind / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Big Beaver / Roly Poly / I Can't Go On This Way / Time Changes Everything / Miss Molly / Convict And The Rose / New San Antonio Rose | |||
| 1975 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11441 (US) |
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TEXAS GOLD - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Fat Boy Rag / Runnin' After Fools / Let Me Go Home Whiskey / Nothing Takes The Place Of You / Roll 'em Floyd / Tonight The Bartender Is On The Wrong Side Of The Bar / Bump Bounce Boogie / Where No One Stands Alone / Trouble In Mind | |||
| 1976 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11546 (US) |
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WHEELIN' AND DEALIN' - (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Trouble With Loving Today / Shout Wa Hey / Blues For Dixie / Cajun Stripper / If I Can't Love You / Lost Mind / They Raided The Joint / We've Gone As Far As We Can Do | |||
| 1977 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11620 (US) |
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THE WHEEL - Wheel / I Wonder / Am I High / Dollar Short And A Day Late / My Baby Thinks He's A Train / Ragtime Annie / When Love Goes Wrong / Somebody Stole His Body / Let's Face Up / I Can't Handle It Now / Red Stick | |||
| 1977 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11726 (US) |
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COLLISION COURSE - Pipe Dreams / Song Of The Wanderer / Pine Grove Blues / One O'Clock Jump / Louisiana 1927 / Texas Me And You / Ruler Of My Heart / Don't Forget The Trains / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Ghost Dancer | |||
| 1979 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-11945 (US) |
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SERVED LIVE - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Last Meal / God Bless The Child / Jumping At The Woodside / Am I High / Route 66 / Baby You've Got What It Takes / Too Many Bad Habits / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Will The Circle Be Unbroken | |||
| 1980 | LP 12" IMPERIAL WU-350 (US) |
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DRIVIN' - Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Bump Bounce Boogie / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Trouble With Lovin' Today / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Don't Forget The Trains / Space Buggy / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Texas Me And You / Route 66 / Let's Face Up / One O'Clock Jump / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Ghost Dancer / Shout Wa Hey | |||
| 1980 | LP 12" MCA 5131 (US) |
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FRAMED - Midnight In Memphis / Lonely Avenue Revisited / Slow Dancing / Cool As A Breeze / You Wanna Give Me A Lift / Don't Get Caught Out In The Rain / Whatever It Takes / Fiddle Funk Corn Fusion / Up Up Up / Musical Talk | |||
| 1983 | LP 12" BLIND PIG BP-1282 (US) |
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LUCKY STEALS THE WHEEL - Lucky OCEANS / ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL REVIEW - Deep Water / Texas Playboy Rag / Careless Love / The Same Chain / Lucky Lopes In / If You Ain't Lovin' / Relaxin' / Weary Blues / Am I Blue / Precious Child / Cows Frolic Nightly / Sleepwalk | |||
| 1985 | LP 12" DEMON 044 (UK) |
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PASTURE PRIME - Across The Alley From The Alamo / Switchin' In The Kitchen / Write Your Own Songs / Cotton Eyed Joe / Baby / Shorty / That Chick's Too Young To Fry / Big Beaver / This Is The Way We Make A Broken Heart / Deep Water / Natural Thing To Do / Liars Moon / That's Your Red Wagon | |||
| 1985 | LP 12" MCA / DOT MCAD-39036 (US) |
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ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - Cotton Eyed Joe / This Is The Way We Make A Broken Heart / Across The Alley From The Alamo / Switchin' In The Kitchen / Deep Water / Write Your Own Song / Your Red Wagon / Baby / Liar's Moon / Shorty | |||
| 03/1987 | LP 12" EPIC FE 40681 (US) |
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10 - Way Down Texas Way / Tulsa Straight Ahead / Coast To Coast / House Of Blue Lights / Blowin' Like A Bandit / I Want A New Drug / Big Foot Stomp / Boogie Back To Texas / String Of Pars / Blues Stay Away From Me | |||
| 08/1988 | LP 12" EPIC FE 44213 (US) |
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WESTERN STANDART TIME - Chattanooga Choo Choo / Don't Let Go / Hot Rod Lincoln / That's What I Like About The South / That Lucky Old Sun / Walk On By / San Antonio Rose / Roly Poly / Sugarfoot Rag / Walking The Floor Over You | |||
| 06/1990 | LP 12" ARISTA AL 8550 (US) |
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KEEPIN' ME UP NIGHTS - Keepin' Me Up Nights / Boot Scootin' Boogie / Dance With Who Brung You / Quittin' Time / Eyes / Goin' Home / That's The Way Love Is / Gone But Not Forgotten / You Don't Have To Go To Memphis / Beat Me Daddy / Texas Fiddle Man / Padernales Stroll | |||
| 03/1992 | LP 12" ARISTA AL 8698 (US) |
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LIVE AND KICKIN' - Route 66 / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Take Me Back To Tulsa - Stay All Night / Black And White Rag / Jambalaya / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Dance With Who Brung You / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / House Of Blue Lights / Beat Me Daddy | |||
| 1992 | CD SONY 22634 (US) |
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SWING TIME - Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Don't Ask Me Why (I'm Going To Texas) / House Of Blue Lights / Miss Molly / Boogie Back To Texas / San Antonio Rose / Blues Stay Away From Me / Walking The Floor Over You / Way Down Texas Way / Hot Rod Lincoln | |||
| 1992 | CD EMI 57000 (US) |
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THE BEST OF ASLEEP AT THE WHELL - Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Bump Bounce Boogie / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Route 66 / Nothing Takes The Place Of You / Trouble With Loving Today / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Texas Me And You / Jumpin' At The Woodside / We've Gone As Far As We Can Go | |||
| 11/1992 | CD EPIC EK 53049 (US) |
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THE SWINGING BEST OF... ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - Chattanooga Choo Choo / Coast To Coast / Way Down Texas Way / String Of Pars / Blowin' Like A Bandit / House Of Blue Lights / Boogie Back To Texas / Tulsa Straight Ahead / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Don't Ask Me Why | |||
| 11/1993 | CD LIBERTY 81470 (US) |
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TRIBUTE TO BOB WILLS - Red Wing / Big Ball In Cowtown / Yearning / Bring It On Down To My House Honey / Deep Water / Blues For Dixie / Billy Dale / Across The Alley Of The Alamo / Old Fashioned Love / Ida Red Likes The Boogie / Misery / I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do / Hubbin' It / Corrine Corrina / Still Water Runs The Deepest / All Night Long / Got A Letter From My Kid Today / Dusty Skies | |||
| 11/1994 | 3 CD LIBERTY 30284 (US) |
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STILL SWINGIN' - Take Me Back To Tulsa / I'm The Fool /Cherokee Boogie / Your Down Home Is Uptown / Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Bump Bounce Boogie / Well Oh Well / Spanish Two Step / Route 66 / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Shout Wa Hey / I Wonder / Dollar Short And A Day Late / My Baby Thinks He's A Train / Song Of The Wanderer / Texas Me And You / One O'Clock Jump / Louisiana 1927 / Last Meal / God Bless The Child / Am I High / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Blues Stay Away From Me / Trouble In Mind / Problem Drinker / Ruler Of My Hear / Let Me Go Home Whiskey / Blues For Dixie / Fat Boy Rag / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Same Rope / Texas Me And You / Jumpin' At The Woodside / Red Wing / Big Ball In Cowtown / Yearning / Bring It On Down To My House Honey / Deep Water / Blues For Dixie / Billy Dale / Across The Alley Of The Alamo / Old Fashioned Love / Ida Red Likes The Boogie / Misery / I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do / Hubbin' It / Corrine Corrina / Still Water Runs The Deepest / All Night Long / Got A Letter From My Kid Today / Dusty Skies | |||
| 1995 | CD CAPITOL 31280 (US) |
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THE WHEEL KEEPS ON ROLLIN' - Meanwhile Back At The Ranch / How The West Was Sung / Lay Down Sally / Wheel Keeps On Rollin' / Hightower / If I Could / Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette / Rockin' Rodeo / She Came To Dance / In My Dreams / Lay Down Sally | |||
| 09/1997 | CD HIGH STREET 10355 (US) |
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MERRY TEXAS CHRISTMAS Y'ALL - ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL & Willie NELSON - Feliz Navidad / Xmas In Jail / Swingin' Drummer Boy / Merry Texas Christmas Y'all / Pretty Paper / T'was The Night Before / Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow / Jingle Bell Bogie / Christmas Wish / Silver Bells / Here Comes Santa Claus / Silent Night / Swingin' Silent Nite | |||
| 03/1999 | CD ARISTA 18883 (US) |
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SUPER HITS - Boot Scootin' Boogie / Dance With Who Brung You / Route 66 / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Keepin' Me Up Nights / Quittin' Time / Texas Fiddle Man / Black And White Rag / Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | |||
| 1999 | CD EPIC EK 67981 (US) |
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BACK TO THE FUTURE NOW - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Roly Poly / Ida Red / My Baby Thinks She's A Train / Letter That Johnny Walker Read / God Bless The Child / Fat Boy Rag / Cherokee Boogie / Hot Rod Lincoln / Boogie Back To Texas / House Of Blue Lights | |||
| 08/1999 | CD DREAMWORKS 50117 (US) |
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RIDE WITH BOB - ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL with FRIENDS - Bob's Breakdown / New San Antonio Rose / I Ain't Got Nobody / Roly Poly / Heart To Heart Talk / Cherokee Maiden / Maiden's Prayer / You're From Texas / Right Or Wrong / Faded Love / St Louis Blues / End Of The Line / Take Me Back To Tulsa / Milk Cow Blues / Stay All Night / Bob Wills Is Still The King / Going Away Party | |||
| 09/2000 | CD KOCH KOC-CD-8172 (US) |
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COMIN' RIGHT AT YA - TEXAS GOLD - Take Me Back To Tulsa / Daddy's Advice / Before You Stopped Loving Me / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin / I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive / Space Buggy / Cherokee Boogie / Hillbilly Nut / Your Downhome Is Uptown / I'm The Fool / I've Been Everywhere / Sun Shines Down On Me / The Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Fat Boy Rag / Runnin' After Fools / Let Me Go Home Whiskey / Nothing Takes The Place Of You / Roll 'em Floyd / Tonight The Bartender Is On The Wrong Side Of The Bar / Bump Bounce Boogie / Where No One Stands Alone / Trouble In Mind | |||
| 01/2001 | CD MADACY 1001 (US) |
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THE VERY BEST OF ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Route 66 / Take Me Back To Tulsa / My Baby Thinks She's A Train / House Of Blue Lights / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Sugarfoot Rag / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / Dance With Who Brung You / Big Balls In Cowtown / Last Meal / Boogie Back To Texas / Texas Me And You | |||
| 01/2001 | CD SONY 30819 (US) |
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BACK TO BACK - BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS - ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - House Of Blue Lights (BOB WILLS feat. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL) / San Antonio Rose (BOB WILLS) / Boogie Back To Texas (BOB WILLS feat. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL) / New Spanish Two-Step (BOB WILLS) / Way Down Texas Way (BOB WILLS feat. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL) / Texarkana Baby (BOB WILLS) / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (BOB WILLS feat. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL) / Roly Poly (BOB WILLS) / Miss Molly (BOB WILLS feat. ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL) / Stay A Little Longer (BOB WILLS) |
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| 06/2001 | CD MCA 170211 (US) |
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20TH CENTURY MASTERS - THE MILLENNIUM COLLECTION - THE BEST OF ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - Cotton-Eyed Joe / This Is The Way We Make A Broken Heart / Across The Alley From The Alamo / Deep Water / Write Your Own Song / Switchin' In The Kitchen / Liar's Moon / Cool As A Breeze / You Wanna Give Me A Lift / Lonely Avenue Revisited / Slow Dancin' / Midnight In Memphis | |||
| 2002 | CD ACADIA ACA 8022 (UK) |
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TEXAS GOLD / WHEELIN' AND DEALIN' - The Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Fat Boy Rag / Runnin' After Fools / Let Me Go Home Whiskey / Nothing Takes The Place Of You / Roll 'em Floyd / Tonight The Bartender Is On The Wrong Side Of The Bar / Bump Bounce Boogie / Where No One Stands Alone / Trouble In Mind / (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Trouble With Loving Today / Shout Wa Hey / Blues For Dixie / Cajun Stripper / If I Can't Love You / Lost Mind / They Raided The Joint / We've Gone As Far As We Can Do | |||
| 04/2003 | CD CAPITOL 72435-41791-2-9 (US) |
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20 GREATEST HITS - Take Me Back To Tulsa / Fat Boy Rag / Letter That Johnny Walker Read / Bump Bounce Boogie / Nothing Takes The Place Of You / Route 66 / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Trouble With Loving Today / One O'Clock Jump / Texas Me And You / Choo Choo Ch'Boogie / House Of Blue Lights / Keepin' Me Up Nights / Corrina Corrina / Red Wing / Blues For Dixie / Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) / Hightower / You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man) / If You See My Baby | |||
| 11/2003 | CD SHOUT FACTORY 31133 (US) |
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REMEMBERS THE ALAMO - Remember The Alamo - Letter From Col Travis / Green Leaves Of Summer / Billy In The Low Ground / Ballad Of The Alamo / Deguello / Ballad Of Davy Crockett / Yellow Rose Of Texas / New San Antonio Rose / Eighth Of January / Across The Alley From The Alamo / Stout And High / Don't Go There / Soldier's Joy | |||
| 11/2003 | CD SMG 5023 (US) |
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LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS - Miles And Miles Of Texas / Route 66 / One Six Pack To Go / Hang Up My Spurs And Saddle / Don't Fence Me In / Before The Next Teardrop Falls / Dance With Who Brung Ya / Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens / Amarillo By Morning / Take Me Back To Tulsa / You're From Texas / If I Needed You / Boogie Back To Texas / Cotton Eyed Joe / Big Balls In Cowtown | |||
| 10/2006 | 2 CD MADACY 52697 (US) |
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THE BEST OF ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL ON THE ROAD :
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| 11/2006 | CD NEW WEST 6111 (US) |
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LIVE FROM AUSTIN, TEXAS - ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL & The TEXAS PLAYBOYS - Black And White Rag / Miles And Miles Of Texas / Boot Scoot Boogie / You Don't Know Me / Hot Rod Lincoln / Boogie Back To Texas / The House Of Blue Lights / Fat Boy Rag / Get Your Kicks (On Route 66) / Corrine, Corrina / Blues For Dixie / Roly Poly / Misery / Sugar Moon | |||
| 03/2007 | CD MEGA FORCE 9566 (US) |
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REINVENTING THE WHEEL - The Devil Ain't Lazy (with The BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA) / Your Mind Is On Vacation / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine / Am I Right (Or Amarillo) / This Ol' Cowboy / I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande) / Pop A Wheelie (with Rolf SIEKER) / Misery / Hot Like That / Saturday Night Fish Fry / You're My Sugar / The Cape | |||
| 06/2007 | CD ACADIA 8158 (US) |
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WESTERN STANDARD TIME / KEEPIN' ME UP NIGHTS - Chattanooga Choo Choo / Don't Let Go / Hot Rod Lincoln / That's What I Like About The South / That Lucky Old Sun / Walk On By / San Antonio Rose / Roly Poly / Sugarfoot Rag / Walking The Floor Over You / Keepin' Me Up Nights / Boot Scootin' Boogie / Dance With Who Brung You / Quittin' Time / Eyes / Goin' Home / That's The Way Love Is / Gone But Not Forgotten / You Don't Have To Go To Memphis / Beat Me Daddy / Texas Fiddle Man / Padernales Stroll | |||
| 09/2007 | CD MRI ASSOCIATED LABELS 9564 (US) |
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SANTA LOVES TO BOOGIE - Santa Loves To Boogie / Hot Texas Christmas Day (with Dale WATSON) / Give You My Gift / Pretty Paper (with Willie NELSON) / Mele Kalikimaka / Santa's On His Way / I Hate Christmas / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer (with Jack INGRAM) / I'll Be Home For Christmas / Christmas In Texas (with Kevin FOWLER) / Silent Night | |||
| 02/2009 | CD BISMEAUX PRODUCTIONS 1287 (US) |
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WILLIE AND THE WHEEL - Willie NELSON & ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL - Hesitation Blues / Sweet Jennie Lee / Fan It / I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll / Oh! You Pretty Woman / Bring It On Down To My House / Right Or Wrong / Corrine Corrina / I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World / Shame On You / South / Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon | |||
| 07/2010 | CD BISMEAUX PRODUCTIONS 9670 (US) |
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IT'S A GOOD DAY - ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL & Leon RAUSCH - It's A Good Day / Truck Driver's Blues / Well All Right (Tonight's The Night) / Rosetta / Basin Street Blues / I Didn't Realize / Mean Woman With The Green Eyes / Sugar Moon / Cotton Patch Blues / Snap Your Fingers / Get Your Kicks (On Route 66) / Osage Stomp | |||
| 12/2012 | CD SPV Yellow Label SPV 260782 (GER) |
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10 & Western Standard Time - Way Down Texas Way / Tulsa Straight Ahead / Coast To Coast / House Of Blue Lights / Blowin' Like A Bandit / I Want A New Drug / Big Foot Stomp / Boogie Back To Texas / String Of Pars / Blues Stay Away From Me / Chattanooga Choo Choo / Don't Let Go / Hot Rod Lincoln / That's What I Like About The South / That Lucky Old Sun / Walk On By / San Antonio Rose / Roly Poly / Sugarfoot Rag / Walking The Floor Over You | |||
| 2013 | CD Bismeaux Productions BRSN 01 (US) |
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Snapshot - Boogie Back To Texas / The Letter (That Johnny Walker Read) / Dance With Who Brung Ya / Hot Like That / Am I Right (Or Amarillo) / Last Meal / Hang Up My Spurs And Saddle / Texas Me And You / Bump Bounce Boogie / Cotton Eyed Joe | |||
| 05/2014 | LP 12" Cleopatra CLPLP 1759 (US) |
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Havin' a Party - Live - Choo Choo Ch-Boogie / Ain't Misbehavin' / The Letter That Johnny Walker Read / What A Wonderful World / Big Ball's In Cowtown / Hot Rod Lincoln / House Of Blue Lights / Cotton Eyed Joe / Miles And Miles Of Texas / (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 / Take Me Back To Tulsa | |||
| 01/2015 | 2 CD + DVD ZYX Music ZYX 450702(UK) |
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| 03/2015 | CD Mailboat 1314 (US) |
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Still the King - Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Intro: Texas Playboys Theme / I Hear Ya Talkin' / The Girl I Left Behind Me / Trouble In Mind / Keeper Of My Heart / I Can't Give You Anything But Love / Tiger Rag / What's The Matter With The Mill / Navajo Trail / Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight / Faded Love / South Of the Border (Down Mexico Way) / I Had Someone Else Before I Had You / My Window Faces The South / Time Changes Everything / A Good Man Is Hard To Find / Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas / Brain Cloudy Blues / Bubbles In My Beer / It's All Your Fault / Twin Guitar Special / Bob Wills Is Still The King | |||
| 09/2018 | CD Bismeaux 69133LP (US) |
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New Routes - Jack I'm Mellow / Pencil Full Of Lead / Call It A Day Tonight / Seven Nights To Rock / Dublin Blues / I Am Blue / Pass The Bottle Around / Big River / Waery Rambler / More Days Like This / Willie Got There First |
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| 10/2021 | CD Home 36305CD (US) |
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Half A Hundred Years - Half A Hundred Years / It's The Same Old South / I Do What I Must / There You Go Again (featuring Lyle LOVETT) / My Little Baby / Paycheck To Paycheck / Word To The Wise (featuring Bill KIRCHEN) / That's How I Remember It / The Photo / I Love You Most Of All (When You're Not Here) / The Wheel Boogie (featuring - Cindy Cashdollar, Danny Levin, David Sanger, Eddie Rivers, Flavio Pasquetto, Floyd Domino, Jason Roberts, Joey Colarusso, John Ely, Katie Shore, Larry Franklin, Lucky Oceans, Michael Francis, Ray Benson, Tony Garnier) / Take Me Back To Tulsa (featuring - George Strait, Willie Nelson) / The Letter That Johnny Walker Read (featuring - Lee Ann Womack) / Bump Bounce Boogie (featuring - Chris O'Connell, Elizabeth McQueen, Katie Shore) / Miles And Miles Of Texas / (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 (featuring - Johnny Nicholas, Leroy Preston, Ray Benson) / Marie (featuring - Willie Nelson) / Spanish Two-Step (featuring - Jesse Ashlock, Johnny Gimble) / The Road Will Hold Me Tonight (featuring - Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson) |
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