Asleep at the Wheel to play MCT

From Staff Reports

LINDEN—Fans of multiple Grammy-Award winning group Asleep at the Wheel will be in for a treat this month with the band playing at Music City Texas, in Linden, on Dec. 11.

This month the group kicks off a tour that will take them across the U.S. and into Canada in support of their newest album Still The King- Celebrating The Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys.

The band released their third Bob Wills tribute album in March. Their two previous tribute albums earned them six Grammy Awards.

Still The King is a star-studded tribute to the King of Western Swing with line-up of guests artists including country and western icons George Strait, Merge Haggard and Lyle Lovett among others.

Music City Texas is the second stop of a nine-month concert tours that will include stops in Nashville, Anchorage, and Havelock, Ontario.

Asleep at the Wheel will take the stage at 8 p.m. Tickets are now available by calling the MCT box office at 903-756-9934, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.