Title Comin' right at ya : how a Jewish Yankee hippie went country, or, the often outrageous history of Asleep at the Wheel / Ray Benson and David Menconi.

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Austin : University of Texas Press, 2015.

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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	781.642 BENSON	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	vi, 182 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm
Series	Brad and Michele Moore roots music series
	Brad and Michele Moore roots music series.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	Prologue : February 15, 1979 -- Friday's child -- You get a smile every time with the heads-up taste of a Ballantine -- Bright lights, big cities -- Almost heaven, West Virginia -- A name of our own -- Asleep at the Wheel goes to Washington -- Go West, young man (and woman) -- On the road again -- Into the mystic with "The Beatles of western swing" -- Austin calling -- On the bus -- Spinning Texas gold -- "Framed" -- Deadly sins -- Write your own song -- The zen of Willie -- The film industry is a series of peaks and valleys -- 615 Blues -- Ride with Bob -- Ride with Job -- Into the black -- Epilogue : bringing it all back home.
Bibliography	Includes discographies (pages 165-167) and index.
Subject	Benson, Ray, 1951-
	Asleep at the Wheel (Musical group)
	Country musicians -- United States -- Biography.
	Western swing (Music)
	Popular music -- Texas.
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Subject	Benson, Ray, 1951- (OCoLC)fst00457809
	Asleep at the Wheel (Musical group) (OCoLC)fst00672803
	Country musicians. (OCoLC)fst00881442
	Popular music. (OCoLC)fst01071422
	Western swing (Music) (OCoLC)fst01174087
	Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author	Menconi, David, author.
ISBN	9780292756588 (cloth)
	0292756585 (cloth)
	9781477307731 (library e-book)
	9781477307748 (non-library e-book)
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