Episode 18-27: Asleep at the Wheel with Dale Watson

About This Episode

Formed in 1970 in Paw Paw, West Virginia and now based in Austin,
Texas, Asleep at the Wheel has been the most instrumental force
in keeping Western swing music alive. In their career, they have
released more than twenty studio albums, have charted more than
twenty singles on the Billboard country charts, and earned nine
Grammy Awards.


The band continues to introduce Western swing to new generations
on tour and takes audiences on the ride of a lifetime with their
freewheeling, classic sound. Described by Reuter’s as “one of the
best live acts in the business,” Asleep at the Wheel made their
third appearance on the Big Top stage in 2017, this time joined
by Texas musical icon Dale Watson. Watson is a country singer,
guitarist, and songwriter based in Austin. He champions
“Ameripolitan” as a new genre of original music and has
positioned himself as a tattooed, stubbornly independent and
slightly irreverent outsider who is interested in authentic
country music.
About Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist
and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin.


Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love
Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn
Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for
young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first
novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of
2015.


Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself
through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then
wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire
and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts
the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a
humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently
recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has
recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A
Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.


Learn more about Michael and where to get his publications at
www.sneezingcow.com.


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