Half a Hundred Years
One of several brilliant Xmas prezzies from K.
"Half a Hundred Years" is a new album celebrating 50 years of Asleep at the Wheel. The anniversary project started just as Covid hit the world. Ray Benson fortunately survived after contracting the disease so early on in the pandemic that the powers-that-be didn't believe he had it and wouldn't even give him an immediate test.
Quote from Texas Public Radio :
"He first felt symptoms after playing a musical event for Willie Nelson on March 17. "On the 18th it hit me like a ton of bricks," he said. A few days later Benson wanted to get tested but he was turned away because he didn't have a fever or respiratory symptoms. He was experiencing nausea, fatigue and loss of appetite. He eventually did get tested, and was really sick for about two-and-a-half weeks. "I went public because I couldn't get a test, otherwise I wouldn't have gone public," Benson said.
Anyways the project started up again in 2021 and the cd is the end result. It involved dozens of musicians across Texas, America and the world using remote digital chicanery to put the album together with everything eventually being mixed in Austin, TX.
Thanks to Kim for the collage. From top left : cd foldout of the musicians across the decades; Ray Benson; the old tour bus; the new cd and our tickets to their 2018 Galveston concert.
bithbox # 181
Asleep at the Wheel "Half a Hundred Years"
Half a Hundred Years
One of several brilliant Xmas prezzies from K.
"Half a Hundred Years" is a new album celebrating 50 years of Asleep at the Wheel. The anniversary project started just as Covid hit the world. Ray Benson fortunately survived after contracting the disease so early on in the pandemic that the powers-that-be didn't believe he had it and wouldn't even give him an immediate test.
Quote from Texas Public Radio :
"He first felt symptoms after playing a musical event for Willie Nelson on March 17. "On the 18th it hit me like a ton of bricks," he said. A few days later Benson wanted to get tested but he was turned away because he didn't have a fever or respiratory symptoms. He was experiencing nausea, fatigue and loss of appetite. He eventually did get tested, and was really sick for about two-and-a-half weeks. "I went public because I couldn't get a test, otherwise I wouldn't have gone public," Benson said.
Anyways the project started up again in 2021 and the cd is the end result. It involved dozens of musicians across Texas, America and the world using remote digital chicanery to put the album together with everything eventually being mixed in Austin, TX.
Thanks to Kim for the collage. From top left : cd foldout of the musicians across the decades; Ray Benson; the old tour bus; the new cd and our tickets to their 2018 Galveston concert.
bithbox # 181
Asleep at the Wheel "Half a Hundred Years"