Asleep At The Wheel - Riding High In Texas

 

Asleep At The Wheel — Riding High In Texas

Band celebrates five decades in Texas with 2025 album

Founded in 1970, Asleep At The Wheel has been part of the American roots music landscape for more than 50 years. Although the band got its start on a farm in Paw Paw, West Virginia, Asleep At The Wheel became a cornerstone of the Austin, Texas scene upon its arrival in 1973. 

The title track of their newest album, Riding High In Texas, features vocals by fiddle player Ian Stewart and guest guitarist Billy Strings. The song, a reinterpretation of Peter Rowan's 1980 bluegrass original, blends the band's signature pedal steel and fiddle with Strings' guitar to create a fresh, energetic road anthem.

"When we started going through what songs we wanted to do for this project, Ian brought this Peter Rowan tune to the table," says the band's frontman Ray Benson. "I thought this was a great tune and I was hooked after hearing the first line."

Asleep at the Wheel is celebrating five decades as Western swing pioneers, and were inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame on August 9, 2025. Riding High In Texas will be released on August 22 via Bismeaux Records and Signature Sounds Recordings, with the band touring in support of the record throughout the summer.

1. Riding High In Texas (feat. Billy Strings)

2. Texas In My Soul

3. Long Tall Texan (feat. Lyle Lovett)

4. Texas

5. Texas Cookin'

6. Lonesome Pine Special (feat. Brennen Leigh)

7. T For Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)

8. All My Exes (Live in Texas)

9. There's Still A Lot Of Love In San Antone

10. Beaumont Rag

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