Asleep at the Wheel: Live From Austin, TX (2006)
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.
Director: Gary Menotti
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David Earl Miller as Bass, Vocals |
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David Sanger as Drums |
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Ricky Turpin as Fiddle, Mandoguitar, Vocals |
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Eldon Shamblin as Vocals, Guitar |
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Ray Benson as Vocals, Guitar |
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Leon Rausch as Vocals |
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Mike Francis as Saxophone |
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Tim Alexander as Piano, Vocals |
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Herby Remington as Pedal Steel Guitar |
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Cyndi Cashdollar as Lap Steel Guitar [Hawaiian Guitar], Steel Guitar |
| Production | Susan Caldwell | Associate Producer |
| Production | Bill Arhos | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Scott Newton | Additional Photography |
| Directing | Gary Menotti | Director |
| Production | Terry Lickona | Producer |
| Production | Jeff Peterson | Associate Producer |
