Asleep at the Wheel

Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson is one of seven honorees being added to the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame in 2015.

A plethora of new country releases will hit the street in March 2015, and it's up to The Boot's readers to determine which of these 14 albums will be named Album of the Month.

Loretta Lynn and Asleep at the Wheel are among the new class of inductees into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame. The acts will be inducted during a ceremony and concert in June at ACL Live.

Asleep at the Wheel has announced the release of a new Bob Wills tribute album, ‘Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.’

Asleep at the Wheel front man Ray Benson teamed up with his longtime friend Willie Nelson to shoot a video for his latest song, and he's letting readers of The Boot see it first.

The Boot rounds up today's (Jan. 17) headlines from around the web. Carrie Underwood will perform on the 55th Annual Grammy Awards. The country superstar joins fellow 2013 Grammy nominees the Black Keys, FUN., Mumford & Sons, Rihanna, and Taylor Swift as the first performers announced for the Feb. 10...

Asleep at the Wheel's shows make one wonder if the band's name is something of a misnomer. It certainly was at a recent show in Falls Church, Va., when it seemed that at least a quarter of the audience was out of their seats and dancing in the aisles as the band played some of its classics tunes, including 'Am I Right (or Amarillo),' 'I'm an Old Cow Hand' and 'Sweet Jennie Lee,' a song made famous

'Willie & The Wheel' was such a success, they're doing it again. When Willie Nelson and Ray Benson, leader and founder of Asleep at the Wheel, teamed up in 2009 for the 'Willie & The Wheel' album and tour, they said the collaboration was 30 years in the making. Their ...

Alice Cooper likely won't be in attendance, but the upcoming 40th anniversary celebration of western swing band Asleep at the Wheel will include performances by Willie Nelson, Wheel co-founders Lucky Oceans and Leroy Preston and many others who played with and influenced the group during its four-decades-and-counting run...

Willie Nelson's annual Independence Day celebration, dubbed the 'Backyard Summer Picnic,' is only days away, and we now know who's hitting the stage with the legendary entertainer. Willie's star-packed show, held at Austin's Backyard at Bee Cave, will include performances by Jack Ingram, Jamey Johnson, Kris Kristofferson, the Randy Rogers Band, Asleep at the Wheel, Leon Russell, Ray Price, plus a