Asleep At The Wheel Teams Up with Leon Rausch

The world of western swing is getting ready for a new collaboration with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel and performer Leon Rausch. Asleep at the Wheel is releasing a new feature-length CD, It's A Good Day, featuring Rausch, due in stores and online July 20.

After success with the Grammy-nominated Willie and the Wheel, Benson said he knew it was time to collaborate with Rausch. "I have known Leon Rausch for over 38 years and I finally got to do the recording I have dreamed of for so long. He also is responsible for the Wheel's version of 'Get Your Kicks (on Route 66),' still our most popular song, when back in the mid-70s he suggested to Floyd Domino we take the venerable standard and put our signature boogie-woogie beat to the song."

Rausch said of the experience, "They're all good musicians and good people. I just love this band and so we tried to capture a little of that on record and see what happens."

To celebrate the CD launch, Rausch will appear with Asleep at the Wheel on A Ride With Bob: The Bob Wills Musical at Dallas/Richardson's Eisemann Center, with five performance between July 15-18, 2010.

To pre-order It's A Good Day, visit http://www.doublestereo.com/asleepatthewheel/store.