| Product Summary | | Label: Capitol Records | | UPC: 00724354179129 | | Release Date: 4/1/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60593756 | | Item#: MMFHF5 | Format:  CD |
|
|
|
|
| Song Listing |  |
Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Take Me Back To Tulsa ~ Asleep At The Wheel |  | | 2. Fat Boy Rag ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 3. Letter That Johnny Walker Read, The ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 4. Bump Bounce Boogie ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 5. Nothin' Takes The Place Of You ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 6. Route 66 ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 7. Miles And Miles Of Texas ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 8. Trouble With Loving Today, The ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 9. One O'Clock Jump ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 10. Texas Me And You ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 11. Choo Choo Ch' Boogie - (live) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 12. House Of The Blue Lights ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 13. Keepin' Me Up Nights ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 14. Corine, Corrina - (with Brooks & Dunn) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 15. Red Wing - (with Eldon Shamblin/Johnny Gimble/Chet Atkins/Vince Gill/Marty Stuart/Reuben Cosfield) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 16. Blues For Dixie - (with Lyle Lovett) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 17. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 18. Hightower - (with Bela Fleck/Johnny Gimble) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 19. You Ain't Woman Enough - (previously unreleased) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | | | 20. If You See My Baby - (previously unreleased) ~ Asleep At The Wheel | |
|
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Alseep At The Wheel: Ray Benson (vocals, guitar); Leroy Preston (guitar, drums, background vocals); Chris O'Connell (guitar, background vocals); | | Lisa Silver (fiddle); Jo-El Sonnier (accordion); Bobby Womack (trumpet); Floyd Domino (keyboards). | | Additional personnel includes: Bela Fleck, Brooks & Dunn, Chet Atkins, Vince Gill, Marty Stuart, Lyle Lovett. | | Producers include: Tommy Allsup, Asleep At The Wheel, Joel Dorn, Chuck Flood, Ray Benson. | | Compilation producer: Gregg Ogorzelec. | | Recorded between 1972 & 1995. Includes liner notes by Ray Benson. | | Liner Note Author: Ray Benson. | | Recording information: Golden Gate Recording, San Francisco, CA (07/13/1972). | | Arrangers: Ray Benson; Brooks & Dunn. | | While Ray Benson's indefatigable Western swing revival outfit Asleep at the Wheel has recorded for a handful of labels over the course of a career that's spanned four decades (so far), they've cut enough stuff for Capitol and other labels currently under their ownership (United Artists and Liberty) that this compilation, if not definitive, certainly provides a healthy and accurate overview of their career. (Capitol also licensed one track each from the band's Epic and Arista back catalogs for good measure.) Though Asleep at the Wheel has dipped its toes ever so slightly into the country mainstream over the years, Benson and his crew have always stayed true to their love for the vintage sounds of hillbilly boogie, Western swing, and twang-infused blues, and these 20 cuts prove that despite dozens of lineup changes, this group's musical vision has remained consistently strong through the decades, and that both then and now they knew how to keep the sainted spirit of Bob Wills alive and dancing. While the sheer bulk of Asleep at the Wheel's back catalog would suggest that a box set is in order for this band, 20 Greatest Hits shows they started out with the right idea and have yet to lose it, and if it isn't the ideal AATW collection, it's a better-than-average cross section of their music and a pretty good introduction for beginners. ~ Mark Deming |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/01/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 41791 | | Label : Capitol/EMI Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724354179129 |
|
| |
|
|
