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Asleep at the Wheel: Live From Austin, TX

85 %|Nov 14, 2006|Music

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.

Featured Crew

Scott Newton
Additional Photography
Susan Caldwell
Associate Producer
Bill Arhos
Executive Producer
Gary Menotti
Director
Terry Lickona
Producer
Jeff Peterson
Associate Producer

Cast

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David Earl Miller
Bass, Vocals
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Ricky Turpin
Fiddle, Mandoguitar, Vocals
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Eldon Shamblin
Vocals, Guitar
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Ray Benson
Vocals, Guitar
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Mike Francis
Saxophone
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Tim Alexander
Piano, Vocals
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Herby Remington
Pedal Steel Guitar
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Cyndi Cashdollar
Lap Steel Guitar [Hawaiian Guitar], Steel Guitar