Official Dale Watson Website

NEWS UPDATE JULY 2009
Hi y'all,
Thanks for dropping by! Every week I plan on giving a small update right here on this opening page of the website. My friend Frank in The Netherlands is still the webmaster and is working on a new design as we speak. Check back at least once a week and see what's cooking and maybe see we're headed to your neck of the woods. Now the update.....

Here I am in Delft , Holland ( my Euro-home away from home) and I'm getting ready to play the Stars and Bars Club on Friday July 3rd. Now folks, the Van Velzens own this place and are like family to me. Frank will be there and you can give him some suggestions in person if you come to this show. If you haven't been to Delft , then you should. It's a great town and the Stars and Bars is a great venue. You'd think you're at a Texas bar with all the great music they play on the jukebox. Johnny Bush, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Bob Wills,...new folks too, like James Intveld, Jesse Dayton, Jake Hooker, and Amber Digby and more. After the Delft show we fly to Ydre, Sweden ( I know , I know,...I can't pronounce it either) for a really big music festival. I've played lot's of places in Sweden, even wrote a song called Gotenberg Train about a ride from Stockholm to Gotenburg , but this will be my first time in Ydre. Then it's back home and of course, we ain't letting the grass grow under our feet. We play the Continental Club in Austin our first night back home , July 5th.

Okie Dokie, that's the way the updates will go, but with more recaps of what the shows were like the week before. Which , speaking of, Croatia was AWESOME! Here is a link to the national TV spot that they aired on their news show.

Croatian newsclip
http://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=137&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=41191&tx_ttnews[backPid]=23&cHash=3a96a910a0%20%3Chttp://www.hrt.hr/index.php?id=137&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=41191&tx_ttnews[backPid]=23&cHash=3a96a910a0%3E

Miro and Dubravka ( I sure hope I spelled it right this time) were so magnificent hosts and friends. Thanks again Miro and Beroslav for making the show happen. Germany,... The Old West Ranch was fun. It really looks like an old western town. Nice folks and general good time. I think my accent made it tough to understand me, but they were mighty kind in applause. Same was true at The Four Corners. Man I always have too much fun there. That's largely due to Bill and his pretty wife being so dang obliging. This time though they had help from the opening band Doggone from England. The band was really good and just plum nice guys. We ended up jammin' and just having a good ol' Texas time right there in the middle of Germany,...with good ol' boys from England , haha. England...Lord knows I need to thank Jean Fish of Jean Fish Tours for putting the show in Liverpool on. It was the highlight of the UK shows. Frank, thank you and your kind family for a great pre-show meal and hospitality. Your home was lovely as is your wife.The london show should not go unmentioned. The Luminairre is a great venue and I hope we go back. It is the ONLY London venue for roots music and I hope Londoners begin supporting the shows there more. I am thankful for the crowd I had and I hope I'm not suggesting or offending them. I only want to pass on the venues difficulties getting Londoners to support these acts. If it doesn't start , the venue will disappear, also the Kings Head pub ( meaning Elvis, that have the coolest shirts!) underneath is it's sister club and has the best jukebox in London. Please drop by and say hi to the folks for me. Big is the bouncer and the owner John turned me on to Coffee Tequila,...I know, but it really did taste good. Skjak, Norway was so beautiful. The festival is one of the most well done I've seen in Norway. Great classic American cars and great folks. I met some fans I haven't seen in 15 or more years and made lots of new ones. Also got to sing with a guy I've always loved to hear sing Wendal Atkins. If you don't know him, look him up and buy some of his music. You'll thank me for it.Thank you Alf for creating such a fun festival and having us be a part of it. That's about enough for now. I hope not to make these so long from now on. Hope yall like the new Truckin' Sessions 2 album and let the folks you hear playing it on the radio know that you do. Hell, call up one's that ain't and give 'em hell for it!!
Adios Amigos,
Dale