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Asleep at the Wheel: Live From Austin, TX

Asleep at the Wheel: Live From Austin, TX

NOV 14, 2006 · 64 MIN · DIR. GARY MENOTTI

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.

Cast

  • David Earl Miller

    David Earl Miller

    Bass, Vocals

  • David Sanger

    Drums

  • Ricky Turpin

    Ricky Turpin

    Fiddle, Mandoguitar, Vocals

  • Eldon Shamblin

    Eldon Shamblin

    Vocals, Guitar

  • Ray Benson

    Ray Benson

    Vocals, Guitar

  • Leon Rausch

    Leon Rausch

    Vocals

  • Mike Francis

    Mike Francis

    Saxophone

  • Tim Alexander

    Tim Alexander

    Piano, Vocals

  • Herby Remington

    Herby Remington

    Pedal Steel Guitar

  • Cyndi Cashdollar

    Cyndi Cashdollar

    Lap Steel Guitar [Hawaiian Guitar], Steel Guitar

Crew

Producer

Terry Lickona

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