LEADER 03820nam 2200625 450 001 9910807266103321 005 20170919035537.0 010 $a1-4773-0773-7 024 7 $a10.7560/756588 035 $a(CKB)3710000000462377 035 $a(EBL)3443781 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001544105 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16135032 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001544105 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)13050690 035 $a(PQKB)11589940 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443781 035 $a(DE-B1597)588431 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781477307731 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000462377 100 $a20150815h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aComin' right at ya $ehow a Jewish Yankee hippie went country, or, the often outrageous history of Asleep at the Wheel /$fRay Benson and David Menconi 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (201 p.) 225 1 $aBrad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-75658-5 320 $aIncludes discographies and index. 327 $aPrologue: February 15, 1979; Friday's Child; You Get a Smile Every Time with the Heads-up Taste of a Ballantine; Bright Lights, Big Cities; Almost Heaven, West Virginia; A Name of Our Own; Asleep at the Wheel Goes to Washington; Go West, Young Man (and Woman); On the Road Again; Into the Mystic with "The Beatles of Western Swing""; Austin Calling; On the Bus; Spinning Texas Gold; "Framed"; Deadly Sins; Write Your Own Song; The Zen of Willie; The Film Industry Is a Series of Peaks and Valleys; 615 Blues; Ride with Bob; Ride with Job; Into the Black; Epilogue: Bringing It All Back Home 327 $aAcknowledgmentsDiscography; Index 330 $aA six-foot-seven-inch Jewish hippie from Philadelphia starts a Western swing band in 1970, when country fans hate hippies and Western swing. It sounds like a joke but?more than forty years, twenty-five albums, and nine Grammy Awards later?Asleep at the Wheel is still drawing crowds around the world. The roster of musicians who?ve shared a stage with the Wheel is a who?s who of American popular music?Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, and so many more. And the bandleader who?s brought them all together is the hippie that claimed Bob Wills?s boots: Ray Benson. In this hugely entertaining memoir, Benson looks back over his life and wild ride with Asleep at the Wheel from the band?s beginning in Paw Paw, West Virginia, through its many years as a Texas institution. He vividly recalls spending decades in a touring band, with all the inevitable ups and downs and changes in personnel, and describes the making of classic albums such as Willie and the Wheel and Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. The ultimate music industry insider, Benson explains better than anyone else how the Wheel got rock hipsters and die-hard country fans to love groovy new-old Western swing. Decades later, they still do. 410 0$aBrad and Michele Moore roots music series. 606 $aCountry musicians$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWestern swing (Music) 606 $aPopular music$zTexas 615 0$aCountry musicians 615 0$aWestern swing (Music) 615 0$aPopular music 676 $a781.642092/2 700 $aBenson$b Ray$f1951-$01659928 702 $aMenconi$b David 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807266103321 996 $aComin' right at ya$94014842 997 $aUNINA