Her new album, “Obsessed with the West” is a smart ode to Western swing featuring Asleep at the Wheel as backing band. Ray Benson carries the band back onto the road, where they’ve remained a staple for five decades.īrennen Leigh is an American songwriter, guitar player, mandolin player and singer whose -to-the-point storytelling style has elevated her to cult icon status in Europe, across the United States and South America. Inspired by western swing and honky-tonk country, the band has accrued 10 Grammy Awards. Country fans also voted Lorrie Morgan their TNN/Music City News Female Vocalist of the Year in 1994, 1996, 19.Asleep at the Wheel “Comin’ Right at Ya” in Tulsa April 6Ī mainstay in the American roots music landscape for more than 50 years, Asleep at the Wheel, featuring Brennen Leigh and Joshua Hedley is bringing the best in Western swing to Hard Rock Live inside Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa on Thursday, Apat 8 p.m.Īlthough the band got its start on a farm in Paw Paw, West Virginia, Asleep at the Wheel became a cornerstone of the Austin, Texas scene upon its arrival in 1973. She sang 'The Sad Cafe' on “Common Threads: Songs of the Eagles,” which was named the CMA Album of the Year in 1994. “War Paint,” “Greater Need” and “Shakin' Things Up” are all Gold Record winners.

Her first three albums, “Leave the Light On,” “Something in Red” and “Watch Me” all earned Platinum Record awards.

She was signed to RCA Records in 1987, and her onslaught of hits began the following year. Morgan married fellow country singer Keith Whitley in 1986. She began making her own records shortly after and was inducted into the Opry at just 24 years old. She made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry at age 13, singing “Paper Roses.” When her father died suddenly of a heart attack at age 51, she was 16 at the time and just beginning her musical career. The Nashville native is the daughter of Country Music Hall of Fame member George Morgan.

Known for hits like “A Picture of Me Without You,” “I Guess You Had to Be There,” “Watch Me,” “What Part of No,” “Five Minutes,” “I Didn’t Know My Own Strength,” “Except for Monday,” “Go Away” and “Something in Red,” she’s considered a song stylist in the grandest tradition. Lorrie Morgan, known for her lustrous vocal phrasing and the down-to-earth believability of her performances, is the first woman in her genre to begin her career with three consecutive platinum albums. Lorrie Morgan hits the road to Hard Rock Live on Aug.

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