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Comin' Right at Ya
Ray Benson
David Menconi
其他書名
How a Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, or, the Often Outrageous History of Asleep at the Wheel (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music Series)
出版
Univ of TX + ORM
, 2015-10-01
主題
Biography & Autobiography / Music
Music / Genres & Styles / Country & Bluegrass
Biography & Autobiography / Jewish
Music / Individual Composer & Musician
ISBN
1477307737
9781477307731
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=GU7UEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“Full of humor and humility . . . Since Benson started Asleep at the Wheel as a working-class country band, it’s one helluva ride worth telling.” —
The
Austin Chronicle
A six-foot-seven-inch Jewish hippie from Philadelphia starts a Western swing band in 1970. It sounds like a joke but—more than forty years, twenty-five albums, and nine Grammy Awards later—Asleep at the Wheel is still drawing crowds around the world. The roster of musicians who’ve shared a stage with the Wheel is a who’s who of American popular music—Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, George Strait, Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, and so many more. And the bandleader who’s brought them all together is the hippie that claimed Bob Wills’s boots: Ray Benson.
In this hugely entertaining memoir, Benson looks back over his life and wild ride with Asleep at the Wheel from the band’s beginning in Paw Paw, West Virginia, through its many years as a Texas institution. He vividly recalls all the inevitable ups and downs and changes in personnel and describes the making of classic albums such as
Willie and the Wheel
and
Tribute to the Music of Bob Wills
and the Texas Playboys
. The ultimate music industry insider, Benson explains better than anyone else how the Wheel got rock hipsters and die-hard country fans to love groovy new-old Western swing. Decades later, they still do.
“Ray Benson is
something
—creative, fun, entertaining—you’ll love this book!” —Dolly Parton
“I’ve known Ray Benson for over forty years and never could figure out how he does all he does while asleep at the wheel! This book, however, tells how it all went down!” —Willie Nelson