Ameripolitan Music Awards w/ Ray Benson, Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Junior Brown, Rick Trevino, Dale Watson, Kelly Willis, Reverend Horton Heat, Brennen Leigh, Melissa Carper

For the 10th anniversary of his Ameripolitan Music Awards, Dale Watson returns the event to its origins in Austin. The show caps a weekend of celebrating the more traditional influences of country epitomized in Watson’s coined genre, an expanding but still oft-underappreciated range of the Western swing, rockabilly, honky-tonk, and outlaw seams of the roots music mine. This year’s awards specifically honor Ray Benson, Augie Meyers, and Flaco Jiménez, and include performances from legends and nominees including Reverend Horton Heat, Junior Brown, Brennen Leigh, Kelly Willis, Rick Trevino, Summer Dean, and more, along with a tribute to Charlie Robison. – Doug Freeman