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music reviewpreview I' aire wMq sitoEx 'I Asleep at the Wheel When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Swing Station, 331 1 W. County Road 54G, LaPorta Cost $30 GA Information: www.swingstationusa.com or 224-3326 Asleep at the Wheel is: Ray Benson: guitar; Elizabeth McQueen: vocals and rhythm guitar; Eddie Rivers: steel guitar; Jason Roberts: fiddle; John Whitby: piano; David Miller, bass and David Sanger drums. Based out of: The band started in Paw Paw, West but it now calls Austin home. Known cohorts: The band has toured with the likes of Emmylou Harris and Bob Dylan and counts Van Morrison and Willie Nelson among Its fans.

Latest release: "Reinventing the Wheel" (2006) Sounds like: Western swing Influences: Bob Wills, Hank Williams and Willie Nelson Ignore the hack critic and listen for yourself: visit www.asleepatthewheel.com Backstory: The band's first big show was In 1970 opening for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna in Washington, D.C. Best bets: "The Devil Ain't Lazy" (featuring the Blind Boys of Alabama) and "Am I Right (or Amarillo)" Why you should go: They aren't nine-time Grammy Award winners for nothing. Why you shouldn't go: You're convinced nothing good ever came out of Texas. Stacy Nick jfil' ft ji vt'fi A- hfkhii's a'tr'V VtTl ElfllMltllllttllM JlitfflMlllftliLS csra Cotoradoan library Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel. The band will perform Sunday night at Swing Station.

releases I new New CDs out Tuesday JKAiiiiiUiiiX lori nvkenna ungimnntm mill VtiWif: Lin JP "High School Musical 2" "Uve at Radio City Music Hall," Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds "Cexcells," Blaqk Audio "Unglamorous," Lori McKenna "In Between," Paul Van Dyke "Versatile Heart," Unda Thompson "I'll Stay Me," Luke Bryan "Some Mad Hope," Matt Nathanson "Anthem for the Underdog," 12 Stones "Singularity," Mae "Combinations," Elsely "Fish Out of Water," Chris Squire "Halfway to Hazard," Halfway to Hazard www.coloradoan.com Ticket Thursday, August 9, 2007 3.