Dale Watson

30Dec

NO BULL RADIO Legends Concert & Dance

JB Wells Expo Center and Arena
2301 County Road 197
Gonzales, Texas 78629

Sat, December 30, 2023 4:00 PM

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12Jan

Magnolia Motor Lounge
3803 Southwest Blvd
Fort Worth, Texas 76116

Fri, January 12, 2024 10:00 PM

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4May

Dale Watson

Old Town Theatre
1023 12th Street
Huntsville, Texas 77340

Sat, May 04, 2024 7:00 PM

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DALE WATSON

Dale Watson isn't one to uphold the music industry's status quo. He's moving forward on his own terms and true to his own convictions. Even with frequent proclamations declaring him one of country music's last authentic voices (like that in Crazy Again--a recent documentary on Watson's life--when a fan declares, "son, you play country like country was when country was country"), Watson is done with the "C" word and what it's come to represent in modern times. So much so that he's created his own genre, simply called Ameripolitan. In a recent posting on his website (www.dalewatson.com), Dale explains it like this: "I've been trying to come up with a name the best describes this music that me and folks similar do. When folks ask, I hesitate, down right embarrassed really, to say country. I didn't used to be that way, but with the change in country, the term doesn't mean the same as it used to. If you say traditional, or old, or western swing most folks think 'retro' and dismiss it without hearing it. I wanted a name that didn't say country anything and didn't give anyone a preconceived idea. I came up with Ameripolitan. I even put it in Wikipedia defined as: Original music with 'prominent' roots influence." And so it goes with Dale Watson, the kind of unparalleled iconoclast that's far too rare in music today.