Last Man Standing: Ray Benson
Asleep at the Wheel doc debuts at the Long Center Sunday
"...Wheel for over 40 years hasn’t been easy, and Ray Benson’s got a new documentary to prove it. A..."
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Sept. 6, 2013 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
SXSW Music Live: Willie Nelson and Avett Brothers Fête Ray Benson
GSD&M b-day bash for Asleep at the Wheel leader runs three hours
"...After the peak moment of Ray Benson’s 66th birthday party at GSD&M on Tuesday night,..."
March 15, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Ray Benson Reviewed
"...Ray BensonBeyond Time (Audium)..."
July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri
Luv Doc Recommends: Ray Benson In-Store
Waterloo Records, Friday, July 11, 2003
"...live here. For example: This Friday at Waterloo Records, Ray Benson will be doing an in-store for free. Where..."
July 11, 2003 Column by The Luv Doc
Surviving COVID-19: Ray Benson Lives to Tell
Asleep at the Wheel turns your living room into a dance floor
"...fans to roll up the rug and two-step. Frontman Ray Benson phoned in last week to discuss the landmark..."
July 23, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin
Margaret Moser Tribute: Ray Benson
Soap Creek Saloon on a 10-cent tequila night
June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Ed Ward
Ray Benson's Favorite Songs About Texas
Nov. 28, 2003 Music Feature
The Cult of Ray
Ray Benson steps out from behind the Wheel.
"...Everybody knows Ray Benson: the big guy with the big hat, booming..."
July 18, 2003 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski
Never Mind the Bollocks
Ray Benson decides to cut a solo album
"...to open up for them at Randy's Rodeo," remembers Ray Benson, iconic mastermind behind Austin dancehall denizens Asleep at..."
March 15, 2002 Music Feature by Michael Bertin
Comin' Right At Ya
Asleep at the Wheel bandleader Ray Benson describes his long, strange, Western Swing trip
"...There are two ways of considering Ray Benson's improbable career, or as the subtitle to his..."
Oct. 16, 2015 Music Review by Doug Freeman
The Man Who Would Be Swing
A new play gives Ray Benson the chance finally to chat with the King, Bob Wills
"...raised on a farm in West Texas, and while Ray Benson is, as he says, “a Jewish kid from..."
March 4, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo
Never Leave Nevada
"...to the terrific score by Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson, Never Leave Nevada is worth seeing if only..."
June 14, 1991 Movie Review by Marie Mahoney
Weedaholic
The unofficial Teapot Party anthem and other half-baked ideas
"...roof of the White House with Jimmy Carter,” pauses Ray Benson, “that’s all true.” In light of Nelson's recent..."
Dec. 2, 2010 Music Post by Austin Powell
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight
We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles
"...multi-instrumentalist, world-class organist, and former arranger for the great Ray Charles, speaks in these measured hues. The literal key(s)..."
Jan. 18, 2019 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards
Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull
"...to Twine Time deejay and veteran AMA emcee Paul Ray, led by Zeppelin icon Robert Plant, built anticipation throughout..."
March 17, 2016 SXSW Post by Doug Freeman
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
Lucinda Williams, Ray Prim, and Curved Light lead the pack
"...album's 12 tunes Tom Overby, and Steve Earle co-conspirator Ray Kennedy, what follows flash fries a page outta 2020...."
Aug. 21, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
For the Benefit of Mr. Kite
A wave of benefits rides through town
"...filed away, I perked up at Stephen’s benefit when Ray Benson strolled in with a sassy young brunette brandishing..."
May 19, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Harvey Can't Mess With Texas Benefit Concert
"...Edie Brickell, James Taylor, Lyle Lovett, Ray Benson, Willie Nelson, Paul Simon (obscured), and Charlie Sexton..."
Sept. 25, 2017 Photo Gallery
The Laziest Girl in Town
Asleep at the Wheel's feminine ideal is pregnant with possibility
"...it on the East Coast, and in 1973, bandleader Ray Benson moved the group to Austin, the cosmic cowboy..."
Jan. 21, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
A Man and a Half
Hanging with music industry legend Jerry Wexler
"...Brown, the Drifters, Champion Jack Dupree, Ivory Joe Hunter, Ray Charles, Big Joe Turner, Otis Redding, Solomon Burke, Wilson..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Off the Record
Diving into Club 1808, the Real Heroes' Chinese democracy, and Ray Benson on Willie, Wexler, and the Wheel
"...the 1970s – went to Asleep at the Wheel's Ray Benson. "Western swing? Nobody knows it," Wexler reasoned at..."
Feb. 6, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell
Dancing About Architecture
Broken Spoke is broken into and thieves ride away with owner James White's family heirloom: a saddle, mister.
"...to family commitments, Michael McDonald. Funny, I would've thought Ray Benson brought enough Doobie for everyone. Benson says that,..."
Dec. 1, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck
Riding With Bob
"...The Wills Brothers in the early 1950's (l-r) Luke..."
Aug. 13, 1999 Music Feature by Lee Nichols
Austin Music Awards Gallery, 1988-2007
"...Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, and Ray Hubbard, 2000..."
Nov. 27, 2019 Photo Gallery
Asleep at the Wheel and ACL Celebrate a Half Century of History
New KLRU retrospective wrangles two Austin icons
"...with you?' and I said the Texas Playboys," recalled Ray Benson, formidable frontman for the Wheel. "Paul Bosner was..."
Oct. 30, 2020 Screens Feature by Doug Freeman
Miss Understood
Carolyn Wonderland through the looking glass
"...was out at the Backyard, hangin' with Dylan," booms Ray Benson jovially from his cell phone. "He goes: 'Hey,..."
May 2, 2008 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
If You're a Viper
From 'La Cucaracha' to Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson: P-O-T
"...Although the portrayal of marijuana as demon weed was fed to teens,..."
May 25, 2007 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
C Sick
Eight years after the Chronicle's initial look in hepatitis C, Austin's music community is both better and worse
"...forehead and leaned into the toilet to vomit. Red sprayed on white porcelain. He flushed the toilet and grabbed..."
Nov. 24, 2006 Music Feature by Margaret Moser
For Whom the Road Tolls
The Death of Touring
"...Ray Benson on the road again. photograph by Todd V...."
Dec. 5, 1997 Music Feature by Andy Langer
Austin City Limits Hall of Fame Awards
"...Ray Benson accepts the award for Asleep at the Wheel..."
June 19, 2015 Photo Gallery
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