History
Asleep at the Wheel is an American country music group that was formed in Paw Paw, West Virginia, but based in Austin, Texas. Altogether, they have won nine Grammy Awards since their 1970 inception. In their career, they have released more than twenty studio albums, and have charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard country charts. Their highest-charting single, "The Letter That Johnny Walker Read", peaked at No. 10 in 1975.
In 1969, Ray Benson and Lucky Oceans (Reuben Gosfield) co-founded Asleep at the Wheel in Paw Paw, West Virginia, and soon after they found themselves opening for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna in Washington, DC.[1] A year later, they moved to East Oakland, California at the invitation of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. After being mentioned in Rolling Stone magazine by Van Morrison, they landed a record deal with United Artists. In 1973, their debut album, Comin' Right At Ya was released by United Artists. At the request of Willie Nelson, they left Oakland for Austin in 1974.
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Members
![Ray Benson Ray Benson](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Lucky Oceans Lucky Oceans](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Johnny Nicholas Johnny Nicholas](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Emily Gimble Emily Gimble](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Larry Franklin Larry Franklin](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Tim Alexander Tim Alexander](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Katie Shore Katie Shore](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![David Miller David Miller](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Eddie Rivers Eddie Rivers](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![David Sanger David Sanger](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Jason Roberts Jason Roberts](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Floyd Domino Floyd Domino](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Haydn Vitera Haydn Vitera](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Elizabeth McQueen Elizabeth McQueen](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Leroy Preston Leroy Preston](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)
![Richard Casanova Richard Casanova](https://musichearts.fm/img/stubs/artist-s.webp)