Asleep at the Wheel - Big Balls in Cow Town

[@barbaradesimine]

Puts a smile on my face every time I hear it isnt that what music is all about! Viva Texas swing!

[@paulandersen9492]

Saw them in !979, 1991,2005, 2009,2022. Great every time. My wife of 7 years is extremely grateful I turned her onto them.

[@leopistone396]

43 years they've made me grin and dance, and i can't dance

[@mikelarge117]

What a treat. Great musicianship, vocals and performance-Live even!

[@tommymasters369]

song was written by Hoyle and Benny Nix, from Big Spring, Texas. Home of the "stomp"

[@karenmurphy6749]

Good ole Texas swing!!

[@dancline3722]

Been watching them since my college days at UT

[@jonathanbanks8749]

First saw them in '74 and many times since.

[@nitemechpa6018]

This is party music of the highest caliber . Absolutely Joyous ,Wonderful !!

[@efrostrup]

Elizabeth You indeed have balls girl! love your superb presentation!

[@thomashamilton9102]

I saw the WHEEL in the 90's Greatest show ever!

[@arthurogle7581]

Remember B Wills version of this? I've lived in "Cow Town" (Ft Worth, Tx) 81 years.

[@elaineblackman783]

I was just listening to it, but I like this one better for the voice pitch. I grew up in Ft. Worth and lived across the street from Trail Drivers' Park when I was in the first grade. It was 1/4 mile from the stockyards. My father worked in Panther City area just below the courthouse bluff at American Cyanamid for a couple of decades. As far as Bob Wills, he was the real deal.

[@thomasloughran2408]

I think of Granny and Granddaddy Ogle when I hear this song. Tee❤

[@jetcitysinatra7300]

Asleep At The Wheel is perfect for this kind of music.

[@sharonchamberlain6455]

Going to see them tomorrow night in SW Florida. Can't wait .

[@buddybee5514]

Takes me back to the Broken Spoke in Austin Texas. Man we had fun.

[@custerranch]

Ray sure does dwarf those guitars. Saw him up close after a live show, and you don't realize how big he is until then. But he's a real-deal guitar picker! It's not just a prop.

[@XOkie]

I'm pretty sure that Bob Wills would give Jason Roberts a few hollers.

[@richardbellot3147]

TJRS aussi efficace!!!Un ensemble parfait!👍 Indémodable,ET la steel-guitare,au TOP!!👍💣💣💣

[@rzmods2346]

I'm not a North American but I really like country music ! : )

[@lelandmorris7259]

That's just fine

[@knucklehead7456]

The first Verse is about how Cowtown became Cowtown instead of Dallas. The Story is actually two fold. First, they built the Railroad thru Dallas but they ran out of Money about half way to FtWorth and the Citzens of FtWorth knew the importance of the Railroad so they used their own Money and the Citizens provided their OWN Labor and finished it and FtWorth became the furthest West shipping point for some time in TEXAS. The REAL REASON that FtWorth became the main shipping point for Cattle headed North on Cattle Drives is because Denton County (Next County North of Dallas and FtWorth) had a VERY CORRUPT Sherriff's Office and they were WELL KNOWN for hanging Cowboys for rustling Cattle they didnt rustle and stealing Horses they didnt Steal. As a result you couldn't pay a Cowboy enough Money to drive Cattle out of Dallas so they.moved the Stockyards West to FtWorth and bypassed Denton County. I'm 7th Generation TEXAS and I've lived outside FtWorth and Dallas for 51 years and I can assure you that Denton County TEXAS is, to this day, STILL CORRUPT as Hell itself. 😉🤠 The song Big Balls in Cowtown is about the Annual Cattlemens Ball that still happens every year in FtWorth TO THIS DAY🤠 P.S. Bob Wills is STILL the King 😉🤠

[@sidholt8996]

I love Fort Worth, although I'm puzzled by the fact there's no gambling or casinos in Texas. (Westarn Canadian)

[@hot88s23]

Good to know.

[@kikupub71]

I didn't know that! Thanks for the clarification! Texas Swing music always gets me going!

[@cherokeehippie]

My gr-grandfather came to FW where the railroad ended at the time! In 1881 or 82!!

[@danbraker4036]

Proud of Eddie from my hometown!

[@roadking99jokerst60]

Elizabeth, sing to us ! Love it when she does I'm an Old Cow Hand.

[@rayt8761]

Good ole boys 👀😎 1:00

[@dougdunbar4084]

Classic

[@samking73]

Just seen AATW last night in Miami, OK. Awesome Show!!

[@anncoster7458]

My fav. Now that's country!

[@iaincraig7114]

Will see them tomorrow at Schroeder hall can’t wait!!! Us chickens will be there!❤️

[@BoxSocket]

It don't get no better than that.

[@cayogator]

I want that short-scale Tele !!!!

[@GWGowans]

True Western music. Not Country. Not Country & Western. AATW plays good old Western and Western Swing. And as somebody else said, this is the real deal.

[@GWGowans]

Absolutely true, Max. But as he died nearly forty years ago and AATW has been playing about that long too. For me and many others they are also the real deal.

[@GWGowans]

too am a fan of AATW although not as long as you've been. You got me there for sure but I wasn't really into any music when I was just starting Grade 1. I guess you missed the part of my statement where I agreed that Bob Wills was the real deal. I am curious though where AATW has been playing their music for over forty years in their own style of western swing, albeit heavily influenced by Bob Wills, when would you consider them to be a real deal in their own right? In 2018 after 45 years? Does it need to wait until 2023 and 50 years?

[@samking73]

GWGowans I agree with. The Wheel IS the real deal for our generation.

[@Panglos]

Max Cady No, I don't dig. Your argument is akin to saying Dr. J was the real deal, the original, and Michael Jordan and LeBron James weren't and aren't because the latter did and do more than Dr. J did. In effect, you're saying that Bob Wills was more limited than AATW. That makes him better how? Every artist and set of artists has its own personality. Should AATW's or anyone else's musical personality should be more like Bob Wills', particularly after so much time has passed, and musical tastes and instrumentation have changed so much? Music isn't a competitive sport. There's no such thing as "better than" or "real deal." There's only such purely subjective criteria as "brings me pleasure," "doesn't bring me pleasure" and "I prefer." When you use specious arguments in defense of liking artists less than you might, all you wind up doing is willfully reducing the pleasure you derive from music. I've been a fan of AATW for as long as you have. As far as I'm concerned, that and a buck buys me a lottery ticket. If someone else discovers them tomorrow and gets more happiness from that discovery than you or I get from them in the future, they win. And I'm happy for them.

[@Panglos]

Max Cady "Max Cady doesn't understand the reply" is not the same thing as "the 'retort' fails miserably." An education in analogies would help (hint: Kareem wasn't a small forward, Mr. "Obvious Basketball Fan"). Just as Larry Bird said, if you look at the stats, it's pretty obvious who the best player of all time is. He wasn't talking about Kareem. Kareem isn't even close to #1. But of course, to you and your ego, no facts are needed, because your opinion trumps the facts. Other people will say what they want, when and wherever they want, irrespective of what your outsized, deformed ego wants. Nobody cares what you want.

[@daveaspen6775]

FANTASTIC!!!!

[@LovinNorthFlorida]

One of my favorites :)

[@bryanbradfield8952]

LovinNorthFlorida

[@mizzmead8077]

AATW is always perfect and I'm sure Big MON would know it and admire and kick happy dance day I know I DON'T CARE dododo still wear my boots when I dance

[@joeblack7497]

Fort Worth And Calgary are both called CowTown..... Fort Worth is also called Funky Town in affection.....

[@elaineblackman783]

Other nicknames for Ft. Worth are Panther City and "Where the West Begins". Chisholm Trail ran through Ft. Worth stockyards. I used to live across the street from Trail Drivers' Park and 1/4 mile from stockyards.

[@charlesmarshall2697]

Love some wheel!

[@iisleila7354]

Muleshoe, TX for sure haha

[@imacomputerbuddie]

PLAY THIS TO SOME FOLK IN THE UK AND THEY WOULD STATE THAT'S NOT COUNTRY AND WESTERN IGNORANCE IS BLISS

[@jasonjohnson7445]

Bob Wills would be proud.

[@bastetutube]

For myself, I just can't stand posers; once you've heard the Real Deal, there's no goin back. Forget ur next county star or whatever is on tv, this is the real deal.

[@rowley1950]

Yeeharrr Big Balls! How hey hanging man?

[@justinsubbert4189]

That fiddler sounds like Leon Rausch

[@TheGusta01]

Earl you do remember the old days.lol

[@genevievegelatto8447]

Who in the hell are the people who gave this a thumb’s down?! Somethin’ ails them folk.

[@shuruff904]

Cow Town is Jacksonville Florida Look it up. Duuuuval!!!!! Lol

[@joedesoto8609]

You have to be kidding "cow town" is the north side of Fort Worth, Texas, where the stock yards were maybe still are? Armour & Co. and Swift was there also right across the street from each other. There was a collasseim there where all the big country stars performed. Latter years there was the famous Billy Bob's night club there.. I am told it was the biggest club in the USA. I don't need to look it up. I lived it. I have also been to jacksonville.

[@marc2397]

Ray, you have a good drummer, but he needs a break..I’m here in Houston..come get me!

[@garymackey850]

lol

[@eightinches6094]

Ray can sure hit those low notes can't he?

[@ROGER2095]

Shows you who has the big balls in Cowtown.

[@vaniaelisabete6690]

🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠🤠💋💋💋💋💋💋

[@raanangeberer1903]

Shouldn't that be Big Balls in Bull Town?

[@gracebarzyz5754]

Let's see how big the balls in DALLAS are in helping with Hurricane Harvey relief!!!!! From yours truly the Dam Yankee 😙

[@texsangie]

Is this at Floore's in Helotes?

[@Bird-pd7st]

How come Cindy never gets a solo? She can do so much more than strum rhythm on an accouistic. Do enjoy her vocals, though.

[@tracykingston9668]

Cindy ? Cindy Cashdollar is not in this performance. Elizabeth does a solo vocal in "Route 66 " video , on YT. Good luck.

[@subg8858]

Everybody solos in a Wheel concert so I doubt your claim of ‘never’

[@whoareyouwhenimnotlooking]

Bro chest is all natural

[@bryanbradfield8952]

thanks

[@drumcircler]

Get a hydrocelectomy, boys!

[@whoareyouwhenimnotlooking]

Pigs in a blankets roxky mountain oysters munute sells

[@LosPistons]

El del violín es un loco

[@logophile]

Needs an apostrophe before the s!

[@easyaspi1177]

Western Swing became bastard child rock & roll, which was the start of the horseshit music today.

[@LovinNorthFlorida]

you go Jason!!

[@danielneger133]

5a535442

[@custerranch]

He went.

[@ramonagravely3672]

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