Biography

Lou Watson is a person and a singer with a friendly down-to-earth manner. He combines his knowledge of working class American life with his ability to communicate lyrics with grace and effortless confidence. He’s worked alongside regular folks from coast to coast and performed country music for thousands of people cut from the same cloth. He transfers a confidence into people that makes them feel good about themselves.

Lou knows how country music relates to everyday struggles of hard working people. He understands how a good song can touch people’s lives and speak to their hearts. As an entertainer who toiled out of the limelight in Texas Barrooms and Country Fairs, he knows how listeners react to a from the heart performance. Crowds are amazed with his ability to communicate lyrics in Spanish as well as English.

A real life Cowboy, Lou grew up on a ranch in South Texas in a large family of eight brothers and one sister. When talking about his family, he notes “My parents raised us with the philosophy that we can be anything we want to be in life if we want it badly enough! When you have a goal and a dream, you never stop until you get there.”

He entered the Wrangler Star Search Contest in Del Rio, Texas and won first place. He went on to win the State Finals which landed him a recording deal with Casino Records in Memphis, Tennessee. Before long he was leading his own band and opening shows. He earned the opportunity to perform at the Louisiana Hayride and also appeared with Mel Tillis, Conway Twitty, Gene Watson, Johnny Russell, and Fanfest ’94, Los Angeles, California.

Lou’s professional training includes acting, taught by Hollywood Actress Arlene Golonka from the Andy Griffith Show and Matlock.

When reflecting back on his past experience, Lou explains “Country Music has always been an influence on me. It’s what I always thought life was about, the ups and downs, the good and the bad, the ability to pick yourself up and brush yourself off.”