Swing Time (album)

Swing Time is a compilation album by American country band Asleep at the Wheel. Released on February 5, 1992 by Sony Music Special Products, it contains select tracks from the group's three albums on Epic Records: 1974's Asleep at the Wheel, 1987's 10 and 1988's Western Standard Time.

Swing Time
Compilation album by Asleep at the Wheel
Released	February 5, 1992
Recorded	1974 1986 1988
Genre	Country Western swing
Length	30:19
Label	Sony Music Special Products
Producer	Norro Wilson Ray Benson
Asleep at the Wheel chronology
Asleep at the Wheel (1988) Swing Time (1992) Route 66 (1992)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Hank Small of music website AllMusic awarded Swing Time three out of five stars and described the album as "a fine introduction to Asleep at the Wheel's retro sound".[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (originally released on Asleep at the Wheel, 1974)	Milt Gabler Vaughn Horton Denver Darling	3:14
2.	"Don't Ask Me Why (I'm Going to Texas)" (originally released on Asleep at the Wheel, 1974)	Ray Benson LeRoy Preston Kevin Farrell	2:49
3.	"House of Blue Lights" (originally released on 10, 1987)	Don Raye Freddie Slack	3:06
4.	"Miss Molly" (originally released on Asleep at the Wheel, 1974)	Cindy Walker	2:44
5.	"Boogie Back to Texas" (originally released on 10, 1987)	Benson	3:17
6.	"San Antonio Rose" (originally released on Western Standard Time, 1988)	Bob Wills	4:02
7.	"Blues Stay Away from Me" (originally released on 10, 1987)	Alton Delmore Rabon Delmore Wayne Raney Henry Glover	2:49
8.	"Walking the Floor Over You" (originally released on Western Standard Time, 1988)	Ernest Tubb	2:28
9.	"Way Down Texas Way" (originally released on 10, 1987)	Billy Joe Shaver	2:36
10.	"Hot Rod Lincoln" (originally released on Western Standard Time, 1988)	Charlie Ryan W.S. Stevenson	2:56
Total length:			30:19

Personnel

Asleep at the Wheel tracks Ray Benson – lead guitar, lead vocals Chris O'Connell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals LeRoy Preston – drums Lucky Oceans – pedal and lap steel guitars Tony Garnier – upright and electric basses Floyd Domino – piano Richard "Corky" Casanova – fiddle Bill Joor – trumpet Andy Stein – saxophone (track 1) Mickey Raphael – harmonica (track 2) Johnny Gimble – fiddle and backing vocals (track 4)

10 tracks Ray Benson – lead guitar, vocals John Ely – pedal and Hawaiian steel guitars David Dawson – bass Tim Alexander – piano, accordion, backing vocals David Sanger – drums Larry Franklin – fiddle, guitar, backing vocals Michael Francis – saxophone Tom Anastasio – bass Chris O'Connell – backing vocals Johnny Gimble – fiddle (track 9)

Western Standard Time tracks Ray Benson – guitar, vocals, six-string bass John Ely – pedal and Hawaiian steel guitars Jon Mitchell – bass Tim Alexander – piano, vocals, string arrangements David Sanger – drums Larry Franklin – fiddle, guitar, vocals Michael Francis – saxophone Chris O'Connell – vocals Larry Seyer – rhythm guitar, vocals Tony Garnier – upright and six-string bass Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin, vocals

References

1. Small, Hank. "Swing Time - Asleep at the Wheel: Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved July 15, 2020.

External links

• Swing Time at Discogs (list of releases)