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More than 100 musicians have passed through the Wheel, but Benson remains the front man and the keeper of the vision, in the process racking up more than 30 albums, ten Grammy awards and literally millions of miles on the road.\r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019m the reason it\u2019s still together, but the reason it\u2019s popular is because we\u2019ve had the greatest singers and players,\u201d Benson explains. \u201cWhen someone joins the band, I say, \u2018Learn everything that\u2019s ever been done, then put your own stamp on it.\u2019 I love to hear how they interpret what we do. I\u2019m just a singer and a songwriter, and a pretty good guitar player, but my best talent is convincing people to jump on board and play this music.\u201d\r\n\r\nAsleep at the Wheel has collaborated on records with genre-spanning friends, including Willie Nelson on 2009\u2019s Grammy Nominated Willie and the Wheel and other critically acclaimed artists, including Brad Paisley, Jamey Johnson, Merle Haggard, George Strait, the Avett Brothers, Amos Lee, Old Crow Medicine Show and Lyle Lovett on Still the King, their 2015 critically acclaimed and Grammy winning tribute to Bob Wills. On their latest release, Half A Hundred Years, Asleep At The Wheel continued their contributions to the American music landscape when three original members of Asleep at the Wheel\u2014Chris O\u2019Connell, Leroy Preston, and Lucky Oceans\u2014returned after 40 years to lend their voices and musicianship to a number of tracks on the album along with Emmylou Harris, Lee Ann Womack, George Strait, Lyle Lovett and Willie Nelson.\r\n\r\nAsleep at the Wheel represents an important cornerstone of American roots music, even though some of its members and audiences represent a new generation. That far-reaching appeal remains a testament to Benson\u2019s initial vision.\r\n\r\n\u201cIt took me 60 years, but I\u2019m doing what I\u2019m meant to do\u2014singing and playing and writing better than I ever have. A bandleader is just someone who gathers people around them to play the best music they can play. 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