The Americana Music Association proudly announces Asleep at the Wheel will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Performance at the 8th Annual Americana Honors & Awards ceremony, presented by the Gibson Foundation, scheduled for September 17th at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee. "I can't think of a more deserving outfit for this award," says the legendary Willie Nelson, himself a past award recipient of the AMA's Lifetime Achievement for Songwriting. The band's recent collaboration with Nelson, Willie and the Wheel , has garnered critical acclaim and is a fixture on the Americana charts since its release earlier this year. "Our Ray Benson will leave a mark," adds Nelson. "He's been a lot of places, done a lot of things and recorded it all." Since 1969, the Austin-based band has released over twenty-five albums , charting more than twenty Billboard singles and winning nine Grammy Awards along the way. Led ...
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