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Live from Austin, TX
Released: Nov 14, 2006
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Live at Billy Bob's Texas: Act One
Released: Mar 18, 2005
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Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel
Released: Mar 15, 2005
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Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Released: Nov 11, 2003
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Remembers the Alamo
Released: Nov 4, 2003
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Is this really a concept album by {$Asleep at the Wheel}? Sho' nuff, and yes it is. And why not? {$Ray Benson} and company have already done a tribute to {$Bob Wills}, so what could be more Texan than to do one of songs about and related to the Alamo? In his tribute to one of America's greatest mythological battles and a cornerstone of the modern Texas consciousness, {$Benson}'s research has paid off bigtime, in a wonderfully wrought, engaging, enlightening, and thoroughly delightful listening experience. Using {\traditional} melodies ({&"Remember the Alamo"}), old fiddle tunes ({&"Soldier's Joy"}), and a mournful bugle call ({&"Deguello"}), as well as nationalistic anthems ({&"Davy Crockett"}), classic {\cowboy} tunes ({&"Yellow Rose of Texas"}), modernist hits ({$Bob Wills}' {&"New San Antonio Rose"} -- you didn't think he was gonna leave {\Western swing} completely out of the mix did you?), movie songs by {$Dimitri Tiomkin} ({&"Green Leaves of Summer"} and {&"Remember the Alamo"} from the 1960 {$John Wayne} flick of the same name), and tunes written for the project itself (such as {$Monte Warden}'s {&"Stout and High"}), {$Benson} has woven his own fabulist universe. In it, he humanizes the Alamo for the listener, gives it faces, feelings, context, and a new kind of endurance that is certainly romantic, but is also far more realistic than most historic accounts. {$Benson}'s sound world is one that crisscrosses time and space and employs many textures -- one is {$the Tosca String Quartet}'s embellishment on three tunes -- as well as his ready (corny) sense of humor (check the tune about {$Ozzy Osbourne}'s wacko trip to the relic and pissing on it). It's a fine recording and one that will wear exceedingly well in the band's catalog. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

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Live at Billy Bob's Texas
Released: Oct 14, 2003
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{$Ray Benson} and {$Asleep at the Wheel} have become prolific in the 21st century. In 2003 alone the band has issued a new studio album in {^Remembers the Alamo}, this live CD, and an accompanying DVD from a gig at {~Billy Bob's Texas} in April 2003. In addition, {$Benson}'s solo album hit the street earlier that summer. It doesn't appear that the {$Wheel} has lapsed in its quality control, however. This live show at {~Billy Bob}'s is scorching hot; full of tight, {\Western swing}, {\R&B}, {\blues}, and {\honky tonk}, it is one of the finer {$Asleep at the Wheel} live outings available. As an added bonus, the {$Wheel} performs with former pedal steel guitarist {$Cindy Cashdollar} as a guest, along with current steel chair {$Jim Murphy}, who also doubles on saxophone. Sonically, this disc sounds better than most folks' studio recordings. The material is a great grab bag: there are the standards {&"Miles and Miles of Texas,"} {&"Get Your Kicks on Route 66,"} {&"Take Me Back to Tulsa,"} {&"Boogie Back to Texas,"} {&"Don't Fence Me In,"} and {&"Cotton Eyed Joe."} There's a great read of {$Hank Thompson}'s {&"Six Pack to Go,"} as well as the {\jump blues} of {&"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens."} But it's in the unexpected tracks, such as a moving version of {$Townes Van Zandt}'s {&"If I Needed You,"} the {$Venna Keith}/{$Ben Peters} hit {&"Before the Next Teardrop Falls"} so closely associated with {$Freddy Fender} (with beautiful vocals in Spanish by {$Haydn Vitera}), and a killer version of {&"Amarillo by Morning"} (the {$George Strait} hit) that make this collection such a delight. Once again {$Asleep at the Wheel} surprises and enchants, all the while bringing a slice of the great {\Western swing} tradition to the masses. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

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In Concert
Released: Apr 8, 2003
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20 Greatest Hits
Released: Apr 1, 2003
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While {$Ray Benson}'s indefatigable {\Western swing revival} outfit {$Asleep at the Wheel} has recorded for a handful of labels over the course of a career that's spanned four decades (so far),... Continue[+]

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Take Me Back to Tulsa
Released: Feb 18, 2003
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
Released: Jun 19, 2001
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{^20th Century Masters} compiles a dozen highlights from a pair of albums {$Asleep at the Wheel} recorded for {@MCA}. Most of the inclusions come from {^Asleep at the Wheel}, a fine 1985 album,... Continue[+]

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