Over 50 years! That’s how long Ray Benson and his band Asleep at the Wheel have been together in Texas, continuously finding ...

When Asleep at the Wheel decided to record a record of Texas-centric songs to commemorate the Western swing outfit spending 50 of its 55 years in the Lone Star State, Ray Benson had a simple request: ...

The record was produced by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel and features 11 songs, 10 of them originals, recorded at Benson’s studio in Austin, Texas (Hedley co-wrote one track with Brennen Leigh).

William Wayne "Rusty" Locke, the last surviving original member of the legendary Texas Top Hands - considered the region's oldest continuously performing western swing group - died Saturday at 90. In ...

Multi-generational Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel turned 55 this year. The band celebrated with the release of their new album "Riding High in Texas" Friday. The collection features 10 songs ...

Join us at the Cowtown Birthplace of Western Swing Festival, where a veritable “Who’s Who“ of legendary musicians and devoted fans ...

Asleep at the Wheel has been keeping the spirit of Western Swing and Texas country music alive for more than five decades. While the band didn’t start in the Lone Star State, they have called it home ...

The ceremony will be held at the Carthage Civic Center at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9 as part of the annual Classic Country ...

For well over a decade, Pawhuska's Turk Wade, a retired heat and air-conditioning repairman and a huge fan of western swing, brought a group of former Texas Playboys to his hometown for a weekend ...

T exas dance halls are the lifeblood of Jody Nix. At age 8, when he was a third-grader in his hometown of Big Spring, he started playing drums in his father's band, the legendary Hoyle Nix & His West ...

Texas Swing and Latin Rock will provide the dance music for Brazos Bash VIII, the annual fund-raiser for St. Joseph Health Center. Headliners will be Dave Alexander and his Big Texas Swing Band and ...

In the 1930s some young musicians blended country, polka and Western with the popular swing music of the time. The musical mix would later become known as Western swing. Western swing still holds its ...