Considered Austin, Texas official musical spokesman, Dale Watson has built a worldwide legion of fans one gig at a ti me, from US honky-tonks to Tokyo performance halls and all points in between. Backed by his immensely talented band, His Lonestars, Dale s original songs include country classics, heartfelt ballads, dancehall two-steppers, and Tex-Mex canciones; a Dale Watson show is a high-energy mix of music framed by Dale s hilarious between-song banter. While in Texas, they ve been the band behind the little-known and uniquely entertaining spectacle known as Chicken S#!+ Bingo, where a caged hen struts across a plywood board divided into numbered squares, while betting customers anxiously gather round, hoping the bird will drop its mark on their chosen numeral.
Live At The Big T Roadhouse is the perfect snapshot of Dale and his band live in concert at the peak of their performing prowess, all while hosting a Chicken S#!+ Bingo show at Watson s own bar in St. Hedwig, Texas. It includes his hysterical emcee banter plus Dale s improvised commercials for Lone Star Beer (he won t drink anything else, probably because it whitens teeth and is the only beer proven to grow brain cells ) set within a hot live performance of his Ameripolitan music.