{"id":28414,"date":"2025-09-10T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=28414"},"modified":"2025-09-10T13:42:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T13:42:27","slug":"50-years-of-asleep-at-the-wheel-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garyhayescountry.com\/?p=28414","title":{"rendered":"50 Years Of Asleep At The Wheel. New Album."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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There is a long list of brand-new albums that have been released in 2025, and this is definitely one of them here. Now, this band is tough to be a fan of due to their ever-changing lineup. But even with all of the different members of the band, the leader has always been Ray Benson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asleep At The Wheel Plan Grand Ode To The Place They\u2019ve Called Home For 50 Years On New Album, <\/strong>Riding High In Texas<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out August 22nd on Bismeaux Records\/Signature Sounds Recordings; Hear \u201cTexas In My Soul\u201d today; New \u201cRiding High\u201d tour dates announced <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin, TX – June 12, 2025 – \u201cIt\u2019s been fifty five years for Asleep At The Wheel<\/a> as a band, and fifty of them have been spent in Texas,\u201d says the incomparable band\u2019s founder and fearless leader, Ray Benson.<\/strong> \u201cWe are known worldwide for being a Texas band and playing Texas and Western Swing music, and it gives us great pride to carry this torch and responsibility.\u201d To honor the five decade mark in the Lonestar State, the Wheel had no choice but to dedicate their upcoming 32nd album\u2014yes, you read that correctly\u2014to the adopted home that made all of their dreams come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out on August 22nd <\/strong>via Bismeaux Records and Signature Sounds Recordings, the record dubbed Riding High In Texas<\/em><\/strong> is a ten-song collection of some of the best songs about the 28th state from a wide range of songwriters like Jimmie Rogers, Guy Clark, and Charlie Daniels\u2014with some A-list collaborations with Lyle Lovett and Billy Strings, to boot. And for a band whose lineup is ever-changing\u2014since 1970, the Wheel has had over one hundred members come through\u2014Riding High In Texas<\/em> is also an opportunity to introduce<\/strong> a new face in the band with fiddler and vocalist Ian Stewart<\/strong> joining Benson and company. Suggested to Benson by long-time Asleep At The Wheel band member, Danny Levin, Stewart fit right into the ensemble. \u201cDanny\u2019s word was enough for me,\u201d says Benson. \u201cHe knows the gig as much as anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, Asleep At The Wheel shared the first single<\/strong> from Riding High In Texas, <\/em>\u201cTexas In My Soul.\u201d<\/strong> Written by Ernest Tubb and popularized by Willie Nelson, \u201cTexas In My Soul\u201d was chosen for the project because it resonated with, in Benson\u2019s words, \u201cHow we felt in 1974 when the band moved to Texas.\u201d Ripe with everything that makes the Wheel the Wheel, \u201cTexas In My Soul\u201d is full of tTwin fiddles, steel guitar licks, and a crispy, clean piano solo, all underpinning Benson\u2019s smooth delivery of the song\u2019s classic lyrics: \u201cIt is there I know my place is. I see only smiling faces.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fans can stream or purchase \u201cTexas In My Soul\u201d today at <\/strong>this link<\/a> and pre-order or pre-save Riding High In Texas <\/em>ahead of its August release right here<\/a>. Asleep At The Wheel will take the stage at The Heights Theater in Houston tomorrow night, June 13th. A full list of tour dates can be found below or at asleepatthewheel.com\/tour<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding High In Texas <\/em><\/strong>Tracklist: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding High In Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas In My Soul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Long Tall Texan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Texas Cookin\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lonesome Pine Special<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T for Texas (Blue Yodel #1)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All My Exes (Live in Texas)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s Still a Lot of Love in San Antone<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beaumont Rag<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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