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A Ride With Bob began in the spring of 2005 with six sold out shows at the State Theater in Austin, TX. After an overwhelming success, including several theatrical nominations from Austin Circle of Theaters, the play began to branch out over Texas and Oklahoma. 2006 brings a year full of opportunity as the play has gone nationwide with several dates confirmed and more on the way. The play continues to be refined and reflects Ray’s drive for perfection.

Over the course of the last 36 years Benson and the Wheel have boldly defied the fickle lures of the mainstream -- and thrived -- by sticking to their noble cause of keeping that distinctly American of art forms, western swing, alive and kicking. Along the way, they've entertained thousands and won praise and admiration from everyone from Willie Nelson to Bob Dylan, George Strait to Van Morrison.

Theater isn’t the only new adventure the band has taken recently. After three plus decades in the music industry Asleep at the Wheel began playing their dance music with pops orchestras to an overwhelming response in Fort Worth, Dallas and Austin. After numerous packed houses the Wheel is eager to do it again.

Asleep at the Wheel is not just your typical dance band, they're an institution: an ever-shifting lineup (over 80 members to date) of like-minded musicians united under Benson's crusade to carry the torch of big band Western Swing music into the 21st Century. If you want to hear what Texas sounds like, all you need to do is pop in an Asleep at the Wheel CD.

For Ray Benson, the will to play the guitar began in Philadelphia, PA -- far, far away from the city of Austin, Texas, which the Wheel has proudly called home for the last thirty-three years. "I was born in 1951, and big band music was still very much around, and in my community it was still very much the thing," Benson explains. "I played bass in my school stage band in tenth grade, and my musical director introduced us to Count Bassie. My friend Lucky Ocean’s parents were sort of like beatniks, and his dad gave us some Lester Young records when we were still in high school. But I just happened to be a weird kind of guy: I was also into folk music, Chicago blues and country. My goal was to be more different than anybody, and that's what Asleep at the Wheel was all about: doing roots music that was different and eclectic."

"I've been told that I'm relentless, so I guess I am," he says. "Every time that I figured I was going to quit, we'd have a wonderful, incredible show where the people were so appreciative that we were doing this music that it's like, 'Well, hell -- this beats working, so why not keep doing it?' Honestly, I would like to see this go on forever. If I'm not here, I think there are some capable hands being developed right now. Western swing ain't going away."

The band's biggest success was in 1999 when their critically acclaimed album Ride with Bob struck gold on the charts and at the Grammys. But Ray felt that there was something missing with his music, “After the Ride With Bob album was done and it was doing real well, I was sitting in my office reading the sales reports on Asleep at the Wheel that the record company had sent me," says Benson. "And I looked at all the 'Best Of' Asleep at the Wheel albums, of which there are many, and none of them contained all of the songs that are our top requested songs night after night on the road. Every night the fans ask for certain songs, and there's not a package out there representing what our fans want. So that's what we set out to do."
Upcoming Concerts
Cross Canadian Ragweed - 3/12/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Travis Mitchell Band - 3/12/2010
Swiss Alp Dance Hall Garten and Grill - Schulenburg, Texas

Jason Boland and the Stragglers, Whiskey Myers - 3/12/2010
Muldoons - El Campo, Texas

Stoney Larue, Zane Lewis - 3/12/2010
Old Coupland Dancehall - Coupland, Texas

Wade Bowen - 3/12/2010
Hank's Texas Grill - McKinney, Texas

- 3/13/2010
2010 Night Of Destruction at Nacogdoches Expo Center - Nacogdoches, Texas

- 3/13/2010
MARDI GRAS Masquarade Ball and Street Parade - Grand Saline, Texas

Roger Creager - 3/13/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Reckless Kelly - 3/13/2010
Swiss Alp Dance Hall Garten and Grill - Schulenburg, Texas

Josh Abbott Band - 3/13/2010
Shooters Bar and Grill - Gainesville, Texas

Stoney Larue - 3/13/2010
Crosswire - Paris, Texas

James Lann Band - 3/13/2010
Old Coupland Dancehall - Coupland, Texas

Kevin Fowler - 3/13/2010
Armadillo Ballroom - Brazoria, Texas

Thrown - 3/13/2010
Hank's Texas Grill - McKinney, Texas

Johnny Cooper, Jeff Allen, Whiskeyfish, Cody Riley Band, Jerry Audley, Steve Helms, Wesley Pruitt, Rio Grand, Robert Donahue, Willie Stradlin, TJ Broscoff, Jerrod Medulla - 3/14/2010
Van Zandt Tornado Victims Benefit Concert - Canton, Texas

Born of Osiris - 3/15/2010
Bullfrogs and the Anex - Nacogdoches, Texas

Gary Kyle and The No Standards Band - 3/17/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Whiskey Myers - 3/17/2010
Wheres Rufus - Tyler, Texas

Slick Chix - 3/17/2010
Shooters Bar and Grill - Gainesville, Texas

Honeybrowne - 3/18/2010
Wild Horse Saloon of Lufkin - Lufkin, Texas

Brantley Gilbert - 3/19/2010
Crosswire - Paris, Texas

Kevin Fowler - 3/19/2010
Shooters Sports Bar Texarkana - Texarkana, Arkansas

Jeff Allen - 3/19/2010
Old Coupland Dancehall - Coupland, Texas

Bart Crow Band - 3/19/2010
Hank's Texas Grill - McKinney, Texas

Reckless Kelly - 3/20/2010
Shooters Bar and Grill - Gainesville, Texas

Bobby Flores - 3/20/2010
Old Coupland Dancehall - Coupland, Texas

Cory Morrow - 3/20/2010
Hank's Texas Grill - McKinney, Texas

Ralphie May - 3/23/2010
Hotel Fredonia - Nacogdoches, Texas

Jamie Richards - 3/24/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Extreme Midget Wrestling - 3/24/2010
Shooters Sports Bar Texarkana - Texarkana, Arkansas

Jamie Richards - 3/25/2010
Wild Horse Saloon of Lufkin - Lufkin, Texas

Kyle Park - 3/25/2010
Banita Creek Hall - Nacogdoches, Texas

Radney Foster - 3/26/2010
Shooters Bar and Grill - Gainesville, Texas

Micky and the Motorcars - 3/26/2010
Mi Casa Tamales - Boerne, Texas

Randy Rogers Band - 3/26/2010
KE Bushman's Winery and Celebration Center - Bullard, Texas

Zane Lewis - 3/26/2010
Old Coupland Dancehall - Coupland, Texas

Casey Donahew Band - 3/26/2010
London Dance Hall - London, Texas

Zack Walthers and the Cronkites - 3/27/2010
Shooters Bar and Grill - Gainesville, Texas

Highspeed Hayride - 3/27/2010
Old Coupland Dancehall - Coupland, Texas

Perfect Stranger - 3/27/2010
Bloomin Festival - Grand Saline, Texas

Charlie Robison - 3/27/2010
Hank's Texas Grill - McKinney, Texas

Morrison Williams - 3/31/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Whiskey Roadshow - 4/1/2010
Wild Horse Saloon of Lufkin - Lufkin, Texas

Honeybrowne - 4/1/2010
The Levee - Longview, Texas

Randy Rogers Band - 4/1/2010
Shooters Sports Bar Texarkana - Texarkana, Arkansas

Cory Morrow, Wes Hayden - 4/2/2010
Muldoons - El Campo, Texas

Casey Donahew Band - 4/6/2010
Electric Cowboy Ft. Smith - Ft. Smith, Arkansas

Casey Donahew Band - 4/7/2010
Electric Cowboy Springfield - Springfield, Missouri

Stoney Larue - 4/7/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Stoney Larue - 4/8/2010
Wild Horse Saloon of Lufkin - Lufkin, Texas

Casey Donahew Band - 4/8/2010
Electric Cowboy Chattanooga - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Hayes Carll, Bruce Robison - 4/9/2010
Banita Creek Hall - Nacogdoches, Texas

Wade Bowen - 4/10/2010
Banita Creek Hall - Nacogdoches, Texas

Phil Pritchett - 4/10/2010
Mi Casa Tamales - Boerne, Texas

Charlie Lucas Band - 4/14/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Cory Morrow - 4/16/2010
Swiss Alp Dance Hall Garten and Grill - Schulenburg, Texas

Jamie Richards, Granger Smith, Jerry Audley - 4/17/2010
Woodystock III - Burkburnett, Texas

Casey Donahew Band - 4/17/2010
Banita Creek Hall - Nacogdoches, Texas

Aaron Watson - 4/21/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Duck Jam Fri-Randy Rogers Band, Coolio, Wade Bowen, Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights, Duck Jam Sat-Willie Nelson and Family, .38 Special, Kyle Park, Rich OToole - 4/23/2010, 4/24/2010
Duck Jam 2010 - College Station, Texas

The Bellamy Brothers - 4/23/2010
Mi Casa Tamales - Boerne, Texas

Little Texas - 4/23/2010
Banita Creek Hall - Nacogdoches, Texas

Bart Crow Band - 4/24/2010
Banita Creek Hall - Nacogdoches, Texas

Reckless Kelly - 4/24/2010
Mi Casa Tamales - Boerne, Texas

Daryle Singletary, Chris Brade, Backseat Molly - 4/24/2010
Nacogdoches County Expo Center - Nacogdoches, Texas

Jake Hooker and the Outsiders - 4/24/2010
Knights of Columbus Hall at Crosby - Crosby, Texas

Curtis Grimes - 4/28/2010
Electric Cowboy of Tyler - Tyler, Texas

Johnny Cooper, Bart Crow Band, Brandon Rhyder, Mark McKinney, Rich OToole, Kyle Park, Kyle Bennett Band, Charlie Shafter , Granger Smith, Whiskey Myers, Larry Joe Taylor, Josh Abbott Band, Wade Bowen, Buckshot Bradley, Zach Edwards Band, Cody Hughes Davidson Band, Harber Miller Band, Cory Morrow, Roger Creager, Crossing Tyler - 4/29/2010
Crudefest - Midland, Texas

Johnny Cooper, Bart Crow Band, Brandon Rhyder, Mark McKinney, Rich OToole, Kyle Park, Kyle Bennett Band, Charlie Shafter , Granger Smith, Whiskey Myers, Larry Joe Taylor, Josh Abbott Band, Wade Bowen, Buckshot Bradley, Zach Edwards Band, Cody Hughes Davidson Band, Harber Miller Band, Cory Morrow, Roger Creager, Crossing Tyler - 4/30/2010
Crudefest - Midland, Texas

Johnny Cooper, Bart Crow Band, Brandon Rhyder, Mark McKinney, Rich OToole, Kyle Park, Kyle Bennett Band, Charlie Shafter , Granger Smith, Whiskey Myers, Larry Joe Taylor, Josh Abbott Band, Wade Bowen, Buckshot Bradley, Zach Edwards Band, Cody Hughes Davidson Band, Harber Miller Band, Cory Morrow, Roger Creager, Crossing Tyler - 5/1/2010
Crudefest - Midland, Texas

Rodney Carrington - 5/7/2010
Nacogdoches County Expo Center - Nacogdoches, Texas

Bart Crow Band - 5/7/2010
Down Under Pub - Tyler , Texas

Rodney Carrington - 5/7/2010
Nacogdoches County Expo Center - Nacogdoches, Texas

The Bellamy Brothers, Zona Jones, Ray Price, Cory Morrow - 5/14/2010, 5/15/2010
Magnolia Music Festival - Plantersville, Texas

Robert Earl Keen - 5/14/2010
Greek Brothers Oyster Bar and Grill - El Campo, Texas

Wade Bowen - 5/14/2010
Down Under Pub - Tyler , Texas

Tracy Lawrence, Kyle Park - 5/15/2010
Baytown Youth Fair and Livestock Association - Baytown, Texas

Two Tons of Steel - 5/22/2010
Mi Casa Tamales - Boerne, Texas

Rotel and the Hot Tomatoes - 5/28/2010
Mi Casa Tamales - Boerne, Texas

Gary P. Nunn - 5/29/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Emory Quinn - 5/30/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Artist TBA - 6/4/2010, 6/5/2010, 6/10/2010, 6/11/2010, 6/12/2010
Crosby Fair and Rodeo - Crosby, Texas

Ronnie McDowell, T. Graham Brown - 6/5/2010
Northeast Texas Music Festival - Winnsboro, Texas

Jarrod Birmingham - 6/5/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Stoney Larue - 6/12/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

The Spazmatics - 6/12/2010
Greek Brothers Oyster Bar and Grill - El Campo, Texas

Bleu Edmonson - 6/19/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Kevin Fowler - 6/26/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Cory Morrow - 7/3/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Casey Donahew Band - 7/10/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Kyle Park - 7/17/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

John Conlee - 7/31/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Owen Temple - 8/7/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Max Stalling - 10/9/2010
House Pasture Cattle Company - Concan, Texas

Cory Morrow, Honeybrowne - 10/23/2010
73rd Annual East Texas Yamboree Barn Dance - Gilmer, Texas