Dale Watson - Unwanted [Ltd Ed Red Vinyl]

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 it's 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 shotgun blast of country twang and honky-tonk bang 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 contemplative on "Life is Like a Song." Entirely written and produced by Watson, Unwanted is the sound of an Ameripolitan diehard with plenty of life left in the tank, speeding toward a horizon of his own making.
 
Tracklist:
1 Willie Waylon and Whiskey
2 She Was My Baby
3 If You Really Love Me (Outlive Me)
4 Gotta Try Harder
5 What the Hell Happened to the Cadillac
6 You've Got My Heart
7 Don't Let the Honky Tonks Go
8 Just Yesterday
9 Life Is Like a Song
10 Never Mend the Broken Spoke
11 If I Can
12 Unwanted