the years and today Ben-
son remains its only
original member. His
son, Sam, 32, has pro-
duced the group’s last
two albums and plays
guitar on them. Son
Aaron, 29, edits movie
trailers in Los Angeles.

Like his friend Willie
Nelson, who just turned
80, Benson has no plans to
retire. He neither feels his
age nor acts it, and still
spends quite a bit of time
on the road, traveling in
his tour bus to appear-
ances. Every 18 months or
so, he and his band will do
two shows at the Sell-
ersville Theater.

He says, “The only time
I’ll stop is when it stops me.

If I can’t do it or people
stop coming or my fingers
don’t work, or my voice
don’t work.” l
Gail Snyder recently put
Asleep at the Wheel into
her Spotify.

Benson is front and center for Asleep at the Wheel’s first publicity shot in the 1960s.

Name: Goldstein's Funeral Home
Width: 7.5"
Depth: 4.75"
Color: Black plus one
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