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Hits include: "House of Blue Lights",
"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie",
"The Letter Than Johnny Walker Read",
"Bump Bounce Boogie", "Route 66",
"Nothin' Takes The Place Of You",
"The Trouble With Loving Today",
"Texas, Me & You", "Hot Rod Lincoln",
"Walk On By", "Blowin' Like a Bandit",
"Keepin' Me Up Nights",
"That's the Way Love Is",
"Dance With Who Brung You",
"Corine, Corina", "Lay Down Sally",
"Boogie Back to Texas",
"Miles And Miles of Texas",
"Way Down Texas Way".
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Grammy Award winning Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western
swing group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and is based in Austin,
Texas.
In 1969, Ray Benson and Lucky Oceans (Reuben Gosfield) co-founded Asleep
at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and soon after they found themselves
opening for Alice Cooper
and Hot Tuna in
Washington, D.C. A year later, they moved to East Oakland, California, at the
invitation of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.
After being mentioned in Rolling Stone magazine by
Van Morrison, they
landed a record deal with United Artists.

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In 1973, their debut album, Comin' Right at Ya, was released by United
Artists. At the invitation of
Willie Nelson,
they left Oakland for Austin in 1974.
In 1977, the band was voted Best Country Western Band by Rolling Stone and
was awarded the Touring Band of the Year by the Academy of Country Music. They
also went on tour with
Emmylou Harris
in Europe.
Asleep at the Wheel has won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970
inception, released more than twenty albums, and has charted more than 21
singles on the Billboard country charts. Their highest-charting single, "The
Letter That Johnny Walker Read", peaked at No. 10 in 1975.
In 1991, Ray Benson directed the music and co-starred in the movie, Wild
Texas Wind, with
Dolly Parton.
In 1999, in a tribute album to Bob Wills, Ray Benson brought in some of
country's star talent, such as the
Dixie Chicks,
Tim McGraw, and
Lee Ann Womack,
Dwight Yoakam,
and some pop stars, including
Shawn Colvin, the
Squirrel Nut
Zippers, and other fellow country stars.
In 2000, the band toured with
Bob Dylan and
George Strait. Benson recorded a tribute to Bob Wills and Texas swing
music, and included
Dwight Yoakam, Vince
Gill, Merle Haggard,
the Chicks, and
Willie Nelson.
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