Album Review: Asleep at the Wheel – New Routes

Asleep at the Wheel, “New Routes” (Thirty Tigers)-The various incarnations of Asleep at the Wheel  have been plying their trade for almost half a century now , blending country, jazz,rockabilly and western swing  elements in near perfect proportions. Leader and founder member Ray Benson has remained at the helm throughout this eclectic outfit’s  existence as more than one hundred musicians have passed through their ranks and “New Routes” mines a particularly rich vein of peerless Americana, serving up some fine new original material alongside covers of classic creations such as Guy Clark’s “Dublin Blues” and Johnny Cash’s “Big River.”