Asleep at the Wheel: Live From Austin, TX

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Once upon a time...it all began with Asleep at the Wheel. Willie Nelson may have done the original Austin City Limits pilot show, but "The Wheel" was the first act to perform on the first episode of the very first season in 1976. Over three decades later they still deliver their own special brand of jazz-inspired Western Swing to avid fans of every description coast-to-coast. The other half of the very first show also featured a historic reunion of the original members of Bob Wills Texas Playboys. What makes this particular program, recorded October 14, 1992, so special is that several of those original Playboys return to perform with Asleep at the Wheel. Pioneering electric guitarist Eldon Shamblin, singer Leon Rausch, pedal steel player Herb Remington and virtuoso fiddler Johnny Gimble wail away on such Wills' classics as "Corine, Corina," "Roly Poly," and "Blues for Dixie." Goosebumps are guaranteed.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music

Duration:

64 minutes

Year:

2006

Director:

Gary Menotti

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Company:

New West Records

Cast:
David Earl Miller

Bass, Vocals

David Sanger

Drums

Ricky Turpin

Fiddle, Mandoguitar, Vocals

Eldon Shamblin

Vocals, Guitar

Ray Benson

Vocals, Guitar

Crew:
Gary Menotti

Director

Scott Newton

Additional Photography

Bill Arhos

Executive Producer

Susan Caldwell

Associate Producer

Terry Lickona

Producer