From the Cradle to the Grave Tour 2007

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From The Cradle To The Grave

"...the kind of stuff country music legends are made of..." - Austin Chronicle

"...heir to the throne." - The Absolute Sound

"On From the Cradle to the Grave, Dale Watson combines Bakersfield filigree and basic country stomp for a record of terse, elegant fatalism." - American Songwriter

At turns philosophical, playful, fatalistic and scarred, Watson is as country as country can be, no matter what he's calling his music now." - No Depression

"The results on From The Cradle To The Grave are striking." - Harp Magazine

"From The Cradle To The Grave draws on the spirit of Johnny Cash--not just in its earnestness, but in its affability." - Performing Songwriter

"Believe me: when Dale Watson sings something, it stays sung...it's kinda difficult to argue with a man who sounds like God." - PopMatters.com

"...honky-tonk songs that look back to Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, with fiddle and pedal steel guitar to ease the music onto the dance floor." – The New York Times

"Dale Watson writes songs that wouldn't sound out of place on one of Johnny Cash's best albums -- songs that will endure...addressing matters of life and death, truth and justice, loss and longing in a voice that rings -- make that, rumbles -- with conviction." - The Washington Post

"Dale Watson makes country music the old-fashioned way, cradling his strong baritone voice with weeping steel guitar and fiddle as he spins yarns of love and death." - Boston Phoenix

"Thanks to Dale's enduring and brave 25-year career and to this album, to paraphrase the late, Great Mark Twain, the rumors of country music's death has been greatly exaggerated."

- Twang Nation

"...themes of personal angst, honor and redemption are what makes Watson's brand of country such a gratifying experience." - Country Standard Time

Dwight Yoakam, Dale and Owen Wilson.

Photo Credit Felicia Graham

VOTE FOR VIDEO ON CMT                                       Feb-14-2008

Hey yall,
Lot's of stuff going on to tell you about so I'll keep this email nice and short. First off, thank you all for supporting the live shows, especially the folks of Austin who I'm amazed and how often you get out to the many shows we do here. With that said , we've added a new night to the line up, by request. Now every Wednesday we play the world famous Broken Spoke. Not only that, but it will be lowest cover in town at $5. This Wednesday will be the very first one, so if you can make it please come by for the kick off.
Next , I'd like to share an announcement from my record company Hyena Records:

Hey DALE WATSON Fans...

We've got some good news. Dale's video for "Justice For All" has been nominated by the CMT Music Awards for "Supporting Character of the Year" thanks to the role played by James Denton (who many of you know and love from Desperate Housewives). And his video for "Hollywood Hillbilly" starring and directed by Johnny Knoxville, has been nominated for "Comedy Video of the Year."

Here's where you come in. We need your help. The CMT Music Awards are open to the public for voting. Please log in and vote before the deadline of February 25.

Click here and follow the link to vote
http://www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/
If you haven't already, pick up Dale's latest album "From The Cradle To The Grave" available here.


Thanks for supporting the real thing!!!

HYENA Records

Thank you Hyena Record folks for constantly trying to kick down that door.
And lastly, some may already know about the MTV 24 hour Takeover that Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass guys are doing, and we have a date now for the rescheduled show. For those who don't know, Johnny has invited me to perform Hollywood Hillbilly during his takeover. Quite an honor for me.
FEBRUARY 23rd to 24th will be the LIVE Takeover, from noon to noon. We will update the website ASAP when we find out an exact time frame for our performance. We also will try to reschedule the New York City Shows that we had planned since we are going to be in the big Apple Feb 23 and 24th.
That's a fast blast of news. Please vote if you're so inclined and I hope to see ya at the upcoming shows.

Gratefully yours,
Dale Watson

EVERY MONDAY - THE CONTINENTAL CLUB -AUSTIN TX
EVERY TUESDAY- THE BELMONT -AUSTIN TX
EVERY WEDNESDAY- THE BROKEN SPOKE -AUSTIN TX
EVERY THURSDAY -GINNY'S LITTLE LONGHORN AUSTIN TX
EVERY SUNDAY 4PM TO 8PM- CHICKEN SH** SUNDAY -LITTLE LONGHORN AUSTIN TX

November - 29- 2007

NOMINATED - Nominated for "Best Austin Video" on "Justice For All."

Click to vote.

November - 13- 2007

DALE WATSON will be appearing on the music television network
CONCERT.TV from November 15th – November 30th. CONCERT.TV is a FREE to view on demand television network that programs memorable performances, compelling documentaries and unique originals for subscribers of Comcast, Cox, Insight, Charter and many other digital cable services. To check for availability of CONCERT.TV on your local cable service, look in the on demand listings or visit us online at www.concert.tv.

Broadcast of Dale Watson on NPR's World Cafe

World Café
Broadcast Notification
 
The World Cafe will be broadcasting the session on Wednesday, December 12th, 2007.  

National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to our website:
 http://worldcafe.org
 
or they can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday to Friday 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to:
 http://xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php
 
Late in the day of broadcast, the audio will be available on the National Public Radio website if permission has been granted for this session:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4724307

Dale Watson on KEXP

While Dale Watson was in Seattle last month, he stopped by Seattle's favorite radio station KEXP for a "live" performance and interview. It's now available as a podcast.

You can get it through iTunes by clicking here:
http://phobos.apple.com/

Or get the direct link in mp3 form by clicking here:
http://www.digitalwell.washington.edu/dw/1/51/59/5980ca01-25f8-454b-bfc4-f8de91ccfc36.mp3

News Update September

September - 7 - 2007

Hi Yall,
lots of things to inform yall about. First, thank yall for voting on the"Justice For All" video on CMT Pure Country to get it to number one. The new video " Hollywood Hillbilly" will hopefully follow in it's footprints and maybe make it to the main channels. It's tough for our type of music in the music world today and yall are the ones that make us or break us. In the meantime you can see both videos on my website www.dalewatson.com/media.htm
Most of you know that the song was written about Johnny Knoxville, so he directed and stars in the video Hollywood Hillbilly. We even have a cameo appearance from Johnny's buddy Luke Wilson. Give it a peek and let me know whatcha think.

I'd like to thank the folks that supported the shows in the South and Mid-West and Colorado this last tour. The shows went great and it positions us to come back as soon as possible. When I get back home September 10th I'll be playing in Texas , but only long enough to gear up for the European Tour. It will be different this time in the way that I'm only bringing a guitar player and an upright Bassist. But.... The guitar player is Redd Volkeart and his Bassist Nate Rowe. I'll be playing Acoustic guitar. It will be different and will focus on the new CD " From The Cradle To The Grave". We'll hit some of the old stomping grounds as well as some new venues in France, Belgium, Netherlands, Scotland and England.
It will be a different show, but I know just as fun with that psycho Redd Volkeart. Here are the European Tour Dates:


10/5/2007 Paris FRANCE New Morning
10/6/2007 Lavardac FRANCE Festival Country de Lavardac
10/7/2007 Pont Pean FRANCE Salle de la Cite
10/8/2007 Verviers BELGIUM Spirit of 66
10/9/2007 Amsterdam NETHERLANDS Paradiso
10/10/2007 OSS NETHERLANDS Het Oude Theatre
10/11/2007 Burgerweeshuis NETHERLANDS Deventer
10/12/2007 Delft NETHERLANDS Stars and Bars
10/13/2007 Klaaswaal NETHERLANDS Newland
10/16/2007 London ENGLAND Dingwalls
10/17/2007 Norwich ENGLAND Norwich Arts Centre
10/18/2007 Newcastle ENGLAND The Cluny
10/19/2007 Chorley ENGLAND St. Bede's
10/20/2007 Glasgow SCOTLAND ABC Glasgow
10/21/2007 Leicester ENGLAND The Musician

As far as local shows in Austin, I'll play The Continental on Monday Nights 10pm as usual and Chicken Sh** Sunday 4pm to 8pm and the Broken Spoke Sept. 21st. 2 new shows that may interest some folks are the Tuesday night 7 to 10 " SwingThang" I put together at The Belmont in Austin. It features a horn section, piano, bass, drums and me on guitar / vocals and it's Dean Bob
Sinatra with some swinging Originals thrown in along the way. With that same band I'll play a monthly "date" night at Reed's Supper Club in Austin every last Thursday of the month. You can dress to the nines, eat a great dinner and come and dance to the swingin tunes and be home before 11pm.

9/11/2007 Austin TX The Belmont Dean Bob Sinatra & the Swang Thang
9/14/2007 Manor TX Lionfest Benefit
9/17/2007 Austin TX The Continental Club
9/18/2007 Austin TX The Belmont -Dean Bob Sinatra & the Swang Thang
9/21/2007 Austin TX The Broken Spoke
9/24/2007 Austin TX The Continental Club
9/25/2007 Austin TX The Belmont -Dean Bob Sinatra & the Swang Thang
9/27/2007 Austin Tx Reed's Supper Club- Dean Bob Sinatra & the Swang Thang
9/28/2007 Austin TX Saxon Pub
9/29/2007 San Antonio TX San Antonio Botanical Gardens
9/29/2007 Austin TX The Continental Club @ Midnight
10/1/2007 Austin TX The Continental Club

That's kinda what's going on for now. I hope to have some pics up soon. Thank all yall again for supporting the live shows and buying the CD's.
See yall down the road.
Dale

Update.. The Little Darlin sessions    

April - 22 - 2007

The Little Darling CD was never finished ( we cut a lot of songs but never were given the chance to correct mistakes or overdub background vocals or anything else.) i.e. We were given one run through and that was it. They wouldn't allow any of my originals and that result is tandem to me doing Karaoke on Little Darling songs. A couple of the songs I begged not to have to sing as I really did not like them. In that regard it really was Nashville 1966. KOCH is releasing it under protest of me and Lloyd Green. They are basically unfinished roughs. We offered to go in for free and fix the record but they were done spending anything on it. I plan on the next record to be with Lloyd and the guys again but with me and Lloyd producing, and with a lot of my new originals. The next Hyena release will be the monumental record of legendary musicians meeting new originals thus being the record that the Little Darling Sessions failed to be. To those of you that choose to buy the record, please give a sympathetic ear to my vocals and the musicians playing. Many of these recordings were run throughs. It's is not the record we thought we were making. That said, it was a joy to work with these legendary pickers and look forward to recording the next record with them.
Sincerely,
Dale