Ten-time Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the Wheel is bringing Western swing music to the islands ... himself told Benson ...

In 1970, singer and guitarist Ray Benson formed Western swing band Asleep at the Wheel ... dedicated to the preservation of R&B. He hosts Texas Music Scene, a television program shown on stations ...

During World War Two, a new sound sprang up in the darkened taverns and barrooms around the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma ... for the big dance bands that played Western swing.