North County TimesJULY 20, 2007"From the Cradle to the Grave"Dale WatsonHYENA RecordsDale Watson, perhaps due to lack of competition as much as his own single-minded devotion to the cause, is assuming Johnny Cash's role as the conscience of country music. Both in his willingness to tackle subjects other than broken hearts and in his fealty to the rural roots of the music, Watson hews far closer...
Motif MagazineJUNE 2007[dale watson - from the cradle to the grave]The spirit of Johnny Cash, not to mention a dollop of Hag, loom largely over the latest release from Austin honky tonker Dale Watson in From The Cradle To The Grave. Recorded in the Tennessee mountain cabin once owned by the Man in Black (and now owned by Watson pal Johnny Knoxville), Mr. Too-Country-for-Country-Radio serves up ...
The Times of Acadiana (Lafayette, LA)JUNE 20, 2007Dale Watson: From the Cradle to the Grave (Hyena) -- Like the "Hollywood Hillbilly" about whom he sings in the song of the same name, Watson's stereo almost certainly "blar[es] Willie, Johnny Cash and Hank and Lefty," and like his heroes Watson specializes in tiptoeing right up to the razor wire between common-man profundity and common-sap corn ...
North County TimesJULY 20, 2007"From the Cradle to the Grave"Dale WatsonHYENA RecordsDale Watson, perhaps due to lack of competition as much as his own single-minded devotion to the cause, is assuming Johnny Cash's role as the conscience of country music. Both in his willingness to tackle subjects other than broken hearts and in his fealty to the rural roots of the music, Watson hews far closer...
Motif MagazineJUNE 2007[dale watson - from the cradle to the grave]The spirit of Johnny Cash, not to mention a dollop of Hag, loom largely over the latest release from Austin honky tonker Dale Watson in From The Cradle To The Grave. Recorded in the Tennessee mountain cabin once owned by the Man in Black (and now owned by Watson pal Johnny Knoxville), Mr. Too-Country-for-Country-Radio serves up ...
The Times of Acadiana (Lafayette, LA)JUNE 20, 2007Dale Watson: From the Cradle to the Grave (Hyena) -- Like the "Hollywood Hillbilly" about whom he sings in the song of the same name, Watson's stereo almost certainly "blar[es] Willie, Johnny Cash and Hank and Lefty," and like his heroes Watson specializes in tiptoeing right up to the razor wire between common-man profundity and common-sap corn ...
First off - Happy Birthday Dale Watson! Bubba you're the Deal Deal! The Villiage Voice has some choice (and funny) words about the new Lee Ann Womack release "Call Me Crazy." "PowerPoint presentation in Music Row Pandering 10…" Ha! It seems that Willie Nelson has asked the King of Country Western Troubadours Unknown Hinson and Billy Bob [...]
North County TimesJULY 20, 2007"From the Cradle to the Grave"Dale WatsonHYENA RecordsDale Watson, perhaps due to lack of competition as much as his own single-minded devotion to the cause, is assuming Johnny Cash's role as the conscience of country music. Both in his willingness to tackle subjects other than broken hearts and in his fealty to the rural roots of the music, Watson hews far closer...
Motif MagazineJUNE 2007[dale watson - from the cradle to the grave]The spirit of Johnny Cash, not to mention a dollop of Hag, loom largely over the latest release from Austin honky tonker Dale Watson in From The Cradle To The Grave. Recorded in the Tennessee mountain cabin once owned by the Man in Black (and now owned by Watson pal Johnny Knoxville), Mr. Too-Country-for-Country-Radio serves up ...