Dale Watson - Live in London...England! '2002

Tracks list

	Tracklist:

1. Dale Watson – Intro (Live) (01:07)
2. Dale Watson – Real Country Song (Live) (03:59)
3. Dale Watson – Can't Be Satisfied (Live) (03:13)
4. Dale Watson – Ain't That Livin' (Live) (02:42)
5. Dale Watson – In the Jailhouse Now (Live) (03:01)
6. Dale Watson – Mam's Hungry Eyes (Live) (04:47)
7. Dale Watson – Another Day, Another Dollar (Live) (03:56)
8. Dale Watson – Legends (What If...) [Live] (03:14)
9. Dale Watson – Bright Lights and Blonde-Haired Women (Live) (03:48)
10. Dale Watson – Heart of Stone (Live) (03:31)
11. Dale Watson – Nashville Rash (Live) (02:46)
12. Dale Watson – Lee's Liquor Lounge (Live) (02:14)
13. Dale Watson – I Hate These Songs (Live) (03:54)
14. Dale Watson – Turn off the Jukebox (Live) (03:29)
15. Dale Watson – You Are My Friend (Live) (02:57)
16. Dale Watson – How to Break Your Own Heart (Live) (03:30)
17. Dale Watson – Country My Ass (Live) (06:19)
18. Dale Watson – I Got Stripes (Live) (02:47)
19. Dale Watson – A Couple of Beers Ago (Live) (03:33)
20. Dale Watson – No Fussin', No Cussin' (Live) (02:12)
21. Dale Watson – Closing / Call It a Night (Live) (02:03)


 moreWatson was born in Alabama in 1962 but spent his teenage years near
Houston, and he grew to think of Texas as his true home state. His father and
brother were both musically inclined, and he began writing his own songs at age
12, making his first recording two years later. After graduating from high
school, he spent seven years playing local clubs and honky tonks. He moved to
Los Angeles in 1988 on the advice of Rosie Flores and soon joined the house band
at North Hollywood's now-legendary alt-country venue the Palomino Club. He
recorded two singles for Curb in 1990, "One Tear at a Time" and "You Pour It
On," and appeared on the third volume of the compilation series A Town South of
Bakersfield in 1992. Not long afterward, he moved to Nashville and spent some
time writing songs for the Gary Morris publishing company.

Watson didn't find commercial country much to his taste, and he relocated to the
more progressive-minded scene in Austin, Texas, where he formed a backing band
called the Lone Stars. He scored a deal with Hightone Records and released his
debut album, Cheatin' Heart Attack, in 1995. It was greeted with enormous
acclaim for the vitality Watson brought to his vintage-style material and
performances and also featured a witty dig at mainstream country in "Nashville
Rash." Follow-up Blessed or Damned appeared in 1996 and continued in a similar
vein, as did 1997's I Hate These Songs. His next release, The Truckin' Sessions,
appeared on Koch in 1998 and was devoted entirely to that distinct country
subgenre of truck-driving songs.

Unfortunately, that album was almost his last. In 2000, Watson's fiancée was
killed in an automobile accident; devastated, he attempted to drown his sorrows
in booze and drugs and nearly died of an overdose shortly after Christmas. He
wound up checking himself into a mental institution to recover and re-emerged
later in 2001 with the deeply sorrowful tribute Every Song I Write Is for You,
which appeared on Audium, Koch's new country imprint. A couple of lower-key
releases followed, the holiday album Christmas in Texas (2001) and Live in
London, England (2002). In 2004, with his heart still on his sleeve but
possessing a thicker skin, he released Dreamland.

Watson was inducted into the Austin Music Hall of Fame in 2005, but took a break
from music for most of the year, moving to Maryland in order to spend more time
with his daughters. He was back playing gigs in Austin by 2006, and a
documentary on Watson, Crazy Again, premiered at SXSW that year. Directed by
Zalman King (who at one time hoped to star Watson in a drama about country music
that was never produced), the film charted Watson's mental breakdown following
the death of his fiancée.

A new full-length, From the Cradle to the Grave, came out in 2007, along with a
second album, The Little Darlin' Sessions. The Truckin' Sessions, Vol. 2
appeared in 2009 from Hyena Records; a box set, 2014's The Truckin' Sessions
Trilogy, featured the first two Truckin' albums along with a third disc, which
received a stand-alone release as The Truckin' Sessions, Vol. 3 in 2015. The
year 2010 saw the release of Carryin' On, which featured session players active
in the '50s and '60s, the era so beloved by Watson. With his road band the Lone
Stars, he released El Rancho Azul on Red House Records in 2012. Watson and the
Lone Stars continued to deliver their honky tonk sound on another Red House
release, Call Me Insane, in 2015.

Watson continued a steady pace of performing and recording in 2016, releasing
the concert record Live at the Big T Roadhouse: Chicken S#!+ Bingo, and the
covers album Under the Influence. Early 2017 brought a duet album with Ray
Benson, and he wrapped up the year with Blackjack. Basing himself in Memphis,
Watson made his next album, Call Me Lucky, at the historic Sam Phillips
Recording studio. It was released in early 2019 by Red House Records. When the
COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 put Watson's touring schedule on hold, he responded by
taking on a unique project, writing and recording a set of atmospheric
instrumentals at his own studio in Memphis. The session was released in February
2021 as Dale Watson Presents: The Memphians. Watson next released Jukebox Fury,
a collection of covers of county classics featuring guest spots by Steve
Cropper, Lorrie Morgan, and Linda Gail Lewis. 2023 saw the release of Starvation
Box, a haunting, stripped-down acoustic affair with roots in Delta blues, folk,
and country. © Steve Huey



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