Second single from 50th anniversary album Half A Hundred Years can be heard exclusively on SiriusXM

Asleep at the Wheel is pleased to debut “Take Me Back To Tulsa,” the second single from the band’s forthcoming 50th anniversary album Half A Hundred Years exclusively via SiriusXM. Fans of the Wheel can tune into SiriusXM’s Outlaw Country (ch. 60) and Willie’s Roadhouse (ch. 59) through August 27th to hear the track first before it is released to the public on Friday, August 27th.

“Take Me Back To Tulsa,” a cover of the Bob Wills’ classic, features The Wheel joined by longtime friends Willie Nelson and George Strait. Fans of the Wheel will know that this is the first Bob Wills song the band recorded way back in 1972. Ray Benson jokes, “To me it doesn’t get more Texan than George, Willie, and Asleep at the Wheel doin’ a Bob Wills classic!”

There’s no mistaking the pride in the voice of long-time Asleep at the Wheel front man, Ray Benson, when he sings the album’s title track, “Start the jam, roll one up, and ice another beer. I’ll tip my hat and raise a toast to half a hundred years.” The revelrous, to put it lightly, refrain of “Half A Hundred Years,” the album’s first single, is the icing on the birthday cake for Benson and his band who are ringing in their 50th anniversary with a new album on October 1st.

Half A Hundred Years is a 19 track celebration of Asleep At The Wheel’s half-century-long career, filled out by a number of world-class friends of the band; a guest-list testament to Asleep at the Wheel’s reputation as a cornerstone of American music for the last 50 years. Greats like Willie Nelson, George Strait, Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, and Lyle Lovett appear throughout Half A Hundred Years on a host of classic and destined-to-be-classic Western swing and country tunes. Additionally, three original members of Asleep at the Wheel — Chris O’Connell, Leroy Preston, and Lucky Oceans — returned after 40 years to lend their voices and musicianship to a number of tracks on Half A Hundred Years.

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  1. Half A Hundred Years
  2. It’s The Same Old South (featuring Chris O’Connell)
  3. I Do What I Must (featuring Leroy Preston)
  4. There You Go Again(featuring Lyle Lovett)
  5. My Little Baby (featuring Chris O’Connell)
  6. Paycheck To Paycheck (featuring Leroy Preston)
  7. Word To The Wise (featuring Bill Kirchen)
  8. That’s How I Remember It (featuring Chris O’Connell)
  9. The Photo (featuring Leroy Preston)
  10. I Love You Most Of All (When You’re Not Here) (featuring Lucky Oceans)
  11. The Wheel Boogie
  12. Take Me Back To Tulsa (featuring George Strait & Willie Nelson)
  13. The Letter That Johnny Walker Read (featuring Lee Ann Womack)
  14. Bump Bounce Boogie (featuring Chris O’Connell, Elizabeth McQueen & Katie Shore)
  15. Miles And Miles Of Texas
  16. Get Your Kicks On Route 66 (Featuring Leroy Preston, Johnny Nicholas & Ray Benson)
  17. Marie (featuring Willie Nelson)
  18. Spanish Two Step (featuring Johnny Gimble & Jesse Ashlock)
  19. The Road Will Hold Me Tonight (featuring Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson)