BAND RELEASES STILL THE KING: CELEBRATING THE MUSIC OF BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS

Tickets on Sale Now at CMATheater.com 

NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 12, 2015: AEG Live/The Messina Group presents nine-time Grammy Award-winning band Asleep at the Wheel Live in the CMA Theater, Nashville’s hottest new music venue at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum. The band will perform on Friday, March 27, 2015, at 7:30pm and will be joined by special guest, Elizabeth Cook. Their tour is in support of their third tribute to the late, great king of western swing, Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys out now. With 22 tracks, their newest release includes Wills’ signature tunes such as “Trouble in Mind,” “Time Changes Everything” and “Faded Love.” Much like the Wheel’s earlier Wills tributes, the album boasts a flashy cameo guest list, from Old Crow Medicine Show to George Strait to Brad Paisley to Merle Haggard and many more.

Tickets are on sale now at CMATheater.com for $27.50-$39.50.

Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys is available now: http://tinyurl.com/STKiTunes

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Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum’s mission is the preservation of the history of country and related vernacular music rooted in southern culture.  With the same educational mission, the foundation also operates CMF Records, the museum’s Frist Library and Archive, CMF Press, Historic RCA Studio B and Hatch Show Print®. Museum programs are made possible, in part, by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, the Tennessee Arts Commission, and under agreements with the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001.