Asleep at the Wheel

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Asleep at the Wheel is an American Western swing band known for reviving classic country and swing standards with a modern twist.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Asleep at the Wheel canonical 2
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Western swing band
musical group
activeYearsStart 1970
associatedWithScene Austin music scene
basedIn Austin
surface form: Austin, Texas
collaboratedWith George Strait
Lyle Lovett
Merle Haggard
Willie Nelson
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedBy Lucky Oceans
Ray Benson
foundedInPlace Paw Paw, West Virginia
foundedInYear 1970
genre Americana
Western swing
country
swing
hasLivePerformanceReputation high-energy Western swing shows
hasMember Ray Benson
hasTouringHistory Europe
United States of America
surface form: United States
hasWebsite https://asleepatthewheel.com/
hasWonAward Country Music Association Award
Grammy Award
influencedBy The Texas Playboys
surface form: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Western swing
surface form: Western swing tradition
knownFor blending traditional swing with modern country sounds
covering Bob Wills songs
reviving classic Western swing music
languageOfWork English
notableAlbumTheme tributes to Bob Wills
notableFormerMember Chris O’Connell
Floyd Domino
Lucky Oceans
notableSong Miles and Miles of Texas
The Letter That Johnny Walker Read
notableWork Ride with Bob
Texas Gold
The Wheel
Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys
recordLabel Bismeaux Records
Capitol Records
Columbia Records
Epic Records
MCA Records

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

song "Route 66" hasNotableCoverVersionBy Asleep at the Wheel
subject surface form: Route 66
Cain’s Ballroom notableAssociation Asleep at the Wheel
this entity surface form: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Johnny Gimble performedWith Asleep at the Wheel