10/02/2026
Tonight!
OCTOBER 2 at the ONE AND ONLY Grand Lodge!!! Ticket link in bio!!
LIMITED TICKETS LEFT!!!!!!!!
Dale Watson is a living legend of American roots music.
With Texas-sized defiance and drive, he’s spent four decades flying the flag for his own brand of honky-tonk, outlaw country, western swing, and rockabilly. That signature sound has a name — “Ameripolitan” — and its originator is Watson himself: a singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, actor, cultural architect, and rule-breaking traditionalist for the modern world, championing the traditions that fly in the face of the homogenous mainstream. With Unwanted, he fires another double-barreled sh***un blast of country twang and honky-tonk bang. It’s a raw, rowdy record, recorded in Austin and Memphis — two cities that have always lived large in Watson’s history — and fueled by the heartaches, hard-won lessons, and high-speed thrills of a life largely logged on the road. Singing with a booming voice that could cut through the chaos of a packed dancehall, Watson runs the show like a roots-rock ringleader. He salutes his vices on the galloping “Willie Waylon and Whiskey,” reflects upon a lifetime of loss with the gorgeous ballad “If You Really Loved Me (Outlive Me),” and gets wistfully reflective on “Life is Like a Song.” Entirely written and produced by Watson, Unwanted is the sound of an Ameripolitan die hard with plenty of life left in the tank, speeding toward a horizon of his own making.
If the heart of American music beats loudest where tradition and innovation intersect, then Dale Watson’s albums are the lifeblood of a sound that never dies.
