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Review: "Willie and the Wheel," Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel

Feb 9, 2009, 8:29am 30 Days Out
Review: "Willie and the Wheel," Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel Man, music doesn't get any more fun than this. American master musician Willie Nelson singing a selection of Western Swing classics accompanied by Texas swingers Asleep at the Wheel - an unlikely union, to be sure. But this union was envisioned and engineered by master producer Jerry Wexler, who died last year. He was able to hear the result of this bit of genius before he passed, thank god. From the first licks of opener "Hesitation Blues" to the closer "Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon," this album rocks. Many of these songs were made famous by people like [...]
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