Dale Watson’s “Christmas Time In Texas” from “Angels Sing”
One of the most anticipated country music events of the holiday season has been the release of the film Angels Sing that includes an All-Star country cast of legends and current greats like Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Lyle Lovett, Harry Connick Jr., Dale Watson, The Trishas, and many others. Well now a soundtrack for the movie is being made available with a lineup and track list to make classic country fans drool. Dale Watson, The Trishas, Guy Forsyth, Carolyn Wonderland, and of course Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett all lend their voices to the Angels Sing soundtrack, set to be released on December 17th and available for pre-order now.
Angels Sing is based off a novel of the same name released in 1999 by Turk Pipkin. The film stars Harry Connick, Jr. who meets Nick (Willie Nelson) who sells him a house at half price, but only if he will keep up the traditions of the house and neighborhood, including maintaining the house as the centerpiece of the neighborhood’s Christmas celebration.
Kris Kristofferson plays Harry Connick Jr.’s father, Connie Britton from ABC’s Nashville plays Connick’s wife, and Lyle Lovett plays one of the neighbors. The film also includes cameos from The Trishas, Texas swing legend Ray Benson, Dale Watson, Sarah Hickman, Marcia Ball, Guy Forsyth, Joel Guzman, Kat Edmonson, Miss Lavelle , Eloise DeJoria, and others. The film is based in Austin, TX. Music wasn’t a part of the original script, but director Tim McCanlies saw a unique opportunity with so much music talent on the set to make it a seminal part of the movie.
You can listen exclusively to Dale Watson’s “Christmas Time In Texas” from the Angels Sing soundtrack below ahead of the release. And if you leave a comment below telling us your favorite Dale Watson song, it will make you eligible to win one of 5 digital copies we are giving away of the soundtrack! And if you can’t pick just one favorite Dale Watson song, list them all! Just make sure you include your real email address when prompted by the comment forum so if you win we can contact you.
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Track List:
- Up On The House Top (Black Soot)
- Mistletoe on Death Row (Dale Watson)
- Deck The Halls (The Trishas)
- Christmas Time Is Here (Lyle Lovett & Kat Edmonson, with Mitch Watkins)
- Family Bible (Willie Nelson, with Bobbie Nelson)
- Signals In The Dark (Sahara Smith)
- Moses (The Trishas)
- Christmas Time in Texas (Dale Watson)
- Christmas Love (Miss Lavelle with Guy Forsyth & Carolyn Wonderland)
- Silent Night (Carolyn Wonderland & Guy Forsyth)
- Amazing Grace (Willie Nelson with Bobbie Nelson)
- When I’m Home (Harry Connick Jr & Willie Nelson)
December 12, 2013 @ 9:45 am
Favorite Dale Watson song is, “Old Farts and Jackasses” 😉
December 12, 2013 @ 9:50 am
My Baby Makes Me Gravy!
December 12, 2013 @ 9:51 am
My favorite Dale Watson song has to be “Nashville Rash”
December 12, 2013 @ 9:57 am
Runaway Train
December 12, 2013 @ 10:01 am
My favorite Dale Watson song is “Fox on the run” but “You Lied” is a close second
December 12, 2013 @ 10:17 am
My Baby Makes Me Gravy
December 12, 2013 @ 10:19 am
Holes in the wall!!!
December 12, 2013 @ 10:25 am
“I Wish I Was Crazy Again” and “Where Do You Want It?” Although he hasn’t recorded the latter one on an album that I know of. He did tell me he was going to though.
December 12, 2013 @ 10:33 am
It’s on his latest studio album El Rancho Azul, which was released in January 2013, I believe.
December 12, 2013 @ 11:11 am
Awesome I didn’t know that I just watch it on YouTube and bought Whiteys version. Looks like its time to make a purchase. Thanks bud.
December 12, 2013 @ 11:15 am
My pleasure. And Whitey’s version is a good one, too. That’s where I heard it first.
December 12, 2013 @ 10:29 am
Carryin’ On This Way
December 12, 2013 @ 10:33 am
“A Real Country Song”
December 12, 2013 @ 10:51 am
“I Lie When I Drink”
December 12, 2013 @ 10:57 am
Fox On the Run is awesome, especially when he does it live
December 12, 2013 @ 11:05 am
I Hate These Songs
December 12, 2013 @ 11:23 am
whiskey or god
December 12, 2013 @ 11:27 am
Carryin’ On This Way, Whiskey Or God, and of course Nashville Rash
December 12, 2013 @ 11:54 am
Cowboy boots, Heart of Stone, Exit 109, and Truck Stop in LaGrange, I could keep going but I will stop at 4 favorites.
December 12, 2013 @ 12:00 pm
I’m fixin’ to have me a breakdown!!!!
December 12, 2013 @ 12:41 pm
“Blessed or Damned”
December 12, 2013 @ 1:52 pm
Pity Party, Hair of the Dog, I wish you’d come around, and all the rest.
December 12, 2013 @ 2:05 pm
It has to be be “List of Reason” followed by Cheatin´ Heart Attack. Third is a cover from the same great album: Don´t be Angry.
December 12, 2013 @ 2:30 pm
I Cant Be Satisfied
That Man In The Lloyd Cross Crease
Exit 109
Whiskey or God
December 12, 2013 @ 2:37 pm
One Memory At a Time is my all time favorite Dale Watson song, followed by I’d Deal With The Devil.
December 12, 2013 @ 6:05 pm
“My Baby Makes Me Gravy” is my favorite Dale Watson’s song, because it was the one I sang with him on his birthday at The Continental Club on October the 7th 2013.
December 12, 2013 @ 6:50 pm
good luck, good truckin
December 12, 2013 @ 7:30 pm
Since I got married this year and walked into this song. I would have to say “We’re Gonna Get Married” otherwise it would be “I Lie When I Drink”
December 12, 2013 @ 8:23 pm
My favorite Dale Watson song is every one on every album! Why? Because he is keeping the roots of country music alive and he sings truly from the heart! I have a CD box full on nothing but Dale Watson in it that I keep in my truck that always gets me down the road!
December 12, 2013 @ 8:29 pm
Country My Ass
Your Love I’m Gonna Miss
I Hate These Songs
The Pint of No Return
Sweet Jesse Brown
December 12, 2013 @ 8:50 pm
Sweet sweet sweet ‘Wine, Wine, Wine’ takes me back to when she was mine mine mine!!!!!!
December 12, 2013 @ 9:24 pm
Impossible to have just one favorite of Dale’s. Here are a few at the top of my list! Honky Tonkers Don’t Cry, Legends (What If), Country My A*s,Texas Boogie, That’s What I Like About Texas, Truckin’ Man, I Lie When I Drink, Hey Brown Bottle, I Wish I Was Crazy Again, Big Frank, Exit 109, Give Me More Kisses, Honky Tonk Christmas, and Christmas Time In Texas.
December 12, 2013 @ 9:52 pm
When I Was Told To Go and Meet Dale Watson, I Never Dreamed That I Would Fall In LOVE With His Music So Heartfully~But I Did, and His VOICE IS UNFORGETTABLE!! With A Personality Like Dale’s, He Is So TRUE To His Fan’s!! There Are So Many Song’s Of Dale’s That Hard To Pick The Best, But I Will Name A Few: Crazy Again Forever/Always Runaway Lovin On Backstreets Caught Carrin On This Way Cowboy Boots Pour More Salt On The Wound Whiskey or God Real Country Song Justice For All He Is The #1 Male Artist In Keeping Real Country Music Alive !! Thank You Dale x
December 12, 2013 @ 10:11 pm
My baby makes me gravy!
I really love Christmas music and I’m looking forward to this movie and soundtrack.
December 13, 2013 @ 1:16 am
I wish you”™d come around
Country My Ass
Cheatin´ Heart Attack
Deal With The Devil.
December 13, 2013 @ 1:39 am
Hello, I’m An Old Country Song
December 13, 2013 @ 3:01 am
Blimey, just so many! “Nashville Rash”, “I Hate These Songs”: the quirkiness of “Tequila, Whiskey, and Beer, Oh My”; “Truck Stop in La Grange” (especially after seeing him perform that one in The Continental Club in October where he sequed into ZZ Top’s “La Grange” for the last minute or so – excellent!!).
I’ve also got to say that “Mistletoe On Death Row” is a fantastic title for a song. Can’t wait to hear that one …. shame it’s not availalbe to download seperately from the album!!
December 13, 2013 @ 7:48 am
South of Round Rock Texas!
December 13, 2013 @ 9:05 am
Country My ASS
December 14, 2013 @ 7:38 am
…or was that COUNTRY MY YASS?
December 13, 2013 @ 9:56 am
It is hard to pin down my favorite Dale Watson song. My introduction to his music was the “Live in London……England” record. I would say that “The Legends (What If)” is my favorite song. Since that song was recorded on that record, we have lost many of those he mentions in the song. Soon, we will lose Ray Price. Dale mentions to the crowd that his favorite record is “The Nightlife” by Ray Price. He then does a great rendition of “Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women.” After I heard Dale mention that classic Ray Price album, I was given a copy of it by the same person who introduced me to Dale Watson and became a fan of Ray Price. Sorry for rambling, but Dale’s record “Live in London….England” and Ray Price’s “Nightlife” should be in every collection. If you do not have these records, go get them.
December 13, 2013 @ 9:52 pm
Probably the most obvious, but it’s Truckin’ Man.
December 15, 2013 @ 12:05 am
whiskey or god