Texas News Asleep At The Wheel Celebrates 50 Years Of Western Swing KWBU | By Texas Standard Published June 1, 2021 at 12:33 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 8:59 KUTX Ray Benson performs at the Austin Music Awards in 2014. Ray Benson, the Grammy-winning group’s frontman, says the Lone Star State has always embraced him even though his roots are not in Texas.