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    • Nov 13, 2007
    Lyle Lovett testifies to a Senate committee in support of charging radio for performance royalties for artists, musicians and background singers. Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson is also on hand for the proceeding
    Feb 21, 2008
    Barack Obama closes a presidential fundraiser at the Austin Music Hall by singing with a band that features Joe Ely and Asleep At The Wheel musicians Ray Benson, bass player David Miller and fiddler Jason Roberts
    Oct 1, 2008
    Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson places #25 with a handicap of 9 as Golf Digest ranks Music's Top 100 Golfers. He follows ZZ Top's Frank Beard, #22; and Bon Jovi's Tico Torres, #24; and beats Darius Rucker, #28
    Mar 16, 2010
    Ray Benson is feted at La Zona Rosa in Austin, Texas, with a birthday concert teaming him with present and former Asleep At The Wheel members. Benson backs Raul Malo on "I Fall To Pieces" and "All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down." Also appearing are Radney Foster, Flaco Jimenez, Gary Nicholson and J.D. Souther
    Nov 16, 2010
    Asleep At The Wheel founder Ray Benson makes a guest appearance during "Million Dollar Quartet" at New York's Nederlander Theatre. The production uses a storyline involving Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley
    Mar 24, 2011
    Asleep At The Wheel founder Ray Benson is honored as Texan of the Year
    Sep 16, 2014
    MCA releases George Strait's album "The Cowboy Rides Away: Live From AT&T Stadium." He's joined on "All My Ex's Live In Texas" by Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney, Sheryl Crow, Martina McBride, Eric Church, Faith Hill, Ray Benson, Vince Gill, Alan Jackson and Miranda Lambert
    Jul 3, 2015
    Asleep At The Wheel's Ray Benson begins hosting a bi-weekly radio show, "Austin Outer Limits," featuring western swing and honky tonk on SiriusXM
    Oct 1, 2015
    The University of Texas Press publishes "Comin' Right At Ya: How A Jewish Yankee Hippie Went Country, Or, The Often Outrageous History Of Asleep At The Wheel." The book is written by Wheel co-founder Ray Benson and David Menconi
    Oct 26, 2015
    Asleep At The Wheel founder Ray Benson is inducted in the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame along with The Roots, The Trammps and Billie Holiday
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