Asleep At The Wheel: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Chas de Whalley, Sounds, 23 April 1977
I DON'T think I've ever seen so many ten gallon hats on one stage. Not outside Texas, anyhow. And so many straight-legged jeans and cowboy boots too. Asleep At The Wheel certainly dress to suit their role as the Lone Star State's finest bar band.
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