Friday, April 20, 2018

Friday Music

It would seem to me that this country music band has been around forever.  Ray Benson and Reuben Gosfield formed the group in 1969 in Paw Paw, West Virginia.  Before too long they were the opening act for Alice Cooper and Hot Tuna and in short order relocated to Oakland, California at the invitation of Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen.  (I told you they’ve been around forever).  They eventually settling down in Austin, Texas on the advice of Willie Nelson.  They’ve released more than twenty albums, charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard country charts and won nine Grammy Awards.   Crank-up the volume for Asleep at the Wheel and Route 66…

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