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Asleep At The Wheel at Rio Theatre
Courtesy of Brown Paper Tickets | Posted on March 11, 2018
Where
Rio Theatre
1205 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA
Map
(831) 423-8209
When
Sat, May 19, 2018
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Asleep At The Wheel
band / ensemble / orchestraAbout
Ray Benson founded Asleep At The Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia 48 years ago. Now based in Austin, the band holds 10 Grammy awards, 20 studio albums and 20 singles on the Billboard country charts. the Grammy Award-winning Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys is the bands most recent release (2015) and marks their third full-length Bob Wills tribute album. Featuring 22 acclaimed collaborations, the all-star lineup on the album includes legends such as Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and George Strait and newcomers like the Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine Show and many other fine talents. Now traveling as an 8-piece band, recent additions Katie Shore (fiddle, vocals), Dennis Ludiker (fiddle, mandolin) and Connor Forsyth (keyboard, vocals) have instilled a newfound energy and their own unique style within the band. ...