http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/08/24/q-a-with-asleep-at-the-wheels-ray-benson/ News and Criticism on D.C. and Beyond Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:10:07 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/08/24/q-a-with-asleep-at-the-wheels-ray-benson/comment-page-1/#comment-38143 carole bryant Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:02:04 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=9183#comment-38143 Ray...did you ever play in hastings nebraska in about 1968? You look real familiar. I just saw you in bakersfield this week, and I'm not sure......41 years is a very long time! I remember partying with someone named "big ray" in grand island bebraska. He (you??) Had a country/western band that came through hastings. I'm probably way off base, but...nothing ventured, nothing gained. Is it you? Go to "flickr", ill upload a photo of myself. Great show, by the way!! Ray...did you ever play in hastings nebraska in about 1968? You look real familiar. I just saw you in bakersfield this week, and I'm not sure......41 years is a very long time! I remember partying with someone named "big ray" in grand island bebraska. He (you??) Had a country/western band that came through hastings. I'm probably way off base, but...nothing ventured, nothing gained. Is it you? Go to "flickr", ill upload a photo of myself. Great show, by the way!!

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/08/24/q-a-with-asleep-at-the-wheels-ray-benson/comment-page-1/#comment-32183 Quotable Country – 08/31/09 Edition | Country California Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:34:37 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=9183#comment-32183 [...] companies that want to make a gazillion dollars and really could care less about making good music. ● - – Asleep at the Wheel mafioso Ray Benson saws an old [...] [...] companies that want to make a gazillion dollars and really could care less about making good music. ● - – Asleep at the Wheel mafioso Ray Benson saws an old [...]

]]> http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2009/08/24/q-a-with-asleep-at-the-wheels-ray-benson/comment-page-1/#comment-31765 Mean Old Man Jerry Lee Lewis; New Releases; Asleep At the Wheel vs. Lyle Lovett and His Large Band | The 9513 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:43:28 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/blackplasticbag/?p=9183#comment-31765 [...] In a Q&A with Washington City Paper, Ray Benson named several bands he considers contemporaries of western swing, commented on the differences between the Nashville and Austin music scenes, and pondered the size of his band and Lyle Lovett’s Large Band to determine who would win in a bar fight. [...] [...] In a Q&A with Washington City Paper, Ray Benson named several bands he considers contemporaries of western swing, commented on the differences between the Nashville and Austin music scenes, and pondered the size of his band and Lyle Lovett’s Large Band to determine who would win in a bar fight. [...]

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