“I tell you friends, I’ve seen a lot in half a hundred years,” Ray Benson sings in the title track to Asleep at the Wheel's latest album, which celebrates the Grammy-winning western swing band's 50th ...

Only Merle Haggard. Never one who was shy or too scared to speak his mind, Merle was good friends with Ray Benson, frontman of Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel, who recalled a great story about ...

Now fully recovered from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Asleep at the Wheel co-founder and leader Ray Benson has turned his firsthand experience with the virus into a lighthearted new song. Readers ...

“It’s just a number,” says Ray Benson, waxing modest about a couple of big ones that are arriving this year for himself and his group, “but as you know, being in the business, publicists need ...

Asleep at the Wheel celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2021 and the band is still going strong. Frontman, bandleader, and singer Ray Benson has been there from the beginning and will be for the ...

Asleep at the Wheel’s Ray Benson has been making music for more than fifty years. In all that time, Benson has never walked away from a musical challenge. So, when legendary Jamaican producer Dr.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Asleep at the Wheel‘s Ray Benson is celebrating 50 years of performances and music brought to Austin and around the world with one question. “What’s the next thing?” the front man and ...

Fortunately, neither one is the case. Benson is still at the helm of Asleep at the Wheel, fronting the best damn western swing band in the country. And this new release, Swingin' and Skankin', does ...

"I'll tell you, friends, I've seen a lot in half a hundred years." That's a line from "Half a Hundred Years," the title track of Asleep at the Wheel's 2021 album celebrating the Grammy-winning Austin ...