REO Speedwagon singer Terry Luttrell was injured in a car crash after falling asleep at the wheel. The accident happened just one day after his band played a farewell show at the State Farm Center in ...

Asleep at the Wheel frontman Ray Benson remembers back in the late 1960s when his band started to take shape. “Me and my pals I grew up with — we were searching around and realized that we were way ...

Leaving a band that was like family was heart-wrenching for everyone, including founder and frontman Ray Benson, Roberts said. “I'm so thankful for the time I spent with Asleep at the Wheel.

Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson talks Western swing band's new album 'New Routes,' working with Willie Nelson.

Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, the one mainstay through the Texas band's 50-year career, talks about keeping on for a half-century.

Music How a Band of Hippies and Potheads Kept Western Swing Alive Asleep at the Wheel (belatedly) celebrates fifty years of championing a genre once considered all but dead.

This year's inductees are legendary Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel and iconic singer Johnny Horton. The ceremony will be held at the Carthage Civic Center at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9 as ...

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Asleep at the Wheel has been a driving force behind the resurrection of Western swing for a little more than 50 years, and the iconic band is now bringing its timeless music to Alma's Skokos ...

Asleep at the Wheel will perform on Oct. 7 at ACL to help kick off the popular music festival. The band has played at nearly every ACL since it began in 2002.

Benson and Asleep at the Wheel celebrated 50 years as a band in 2020. Wind the clock back 52 years to their beginnings and you’ve got a young, long-haired Benson who formed a country band and ...

Fifty-five years. That’s how long singer, songwriter, guitarist and bandleader Ray Benson has been fronting Asleep At The Wheel, which performs April 19 at Charleston Music Hall.