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Asleep at the Wheel

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Country

Asleep at the Wheel is a Country act. Their sound grew out of Steve Wariner, The Blasters, Brooks & Dunn, John Hiatt and Béla Fleck. Those roots explain a lot about how Asleep at the Wheel arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bob Wills, Hank Thompson, Junior Brown, Wayne Hancock and The Statler Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Diamond Rio, The Blind Boys of Alabama, George Strait, Bob Dylan and Firefall, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Asleep at the Wheel, reaching back through Steve Wariner and forward to Diamond Rio. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Asleep at the WheelSteve WarinerThe BlastersBrooks & DunnJohn HiattBéla FleckLouis JordanCount BasieBob WillsDiamond RioThe Blind Boys of Al…George StraitBob DylanFirefallLyle LovettDolly PartonAlice CooperBob WillsHank ThompsonJunior BrownWayne HancockThe Statler BrothersGeorge StraitBuck OwensRodney Crowell

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Asleep at the Wheel connections

Asleep at the Wheel grew out of Steve Wariner, The Blasters, Brooks & Dunn and John Hiatt, shares an orbit with Bob Wills, Hank Thompson, Junior Brown and Wayne Hancock, went on to shape Diamond Rio, The Blind Boys of Alabama, George Strait and Bob Dylan. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Asleep at the Wheel

Roots16

Sounds and acts that shaped Asleep at the Wheel.

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Kindred12

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Asleep at the Wheel.

Bands Asleep at the Wheel shaped

Legacy16

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