Haskell Burl "B. B." Watson (July 10, 1953 – September 28, 2013) was an American
country music artist. He charted in 1991 with the single "Light at the End of the Tunnel" from his album of the same name.
Biography
Haskell Burl Watson was born July 10, 1953, in
Tyler, Texas, and raised in
La Porte, Texas. His nickname "B. B." stood for "Bad Boy".
Watson spent his teenage and young adult years working as a musician throughout Texas before moving to
Nashville, Tennessee, in 1991 to begin a music career. That same year, he was the first act signed to
BNA Records, then a new label division of
RCA Records Nashville. His debut single "Light at the End of the Tunnel" was the label's first charted single, entering ''
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in mid-1991. The song peaked at number 23 that year. Another single, "Lover Not a Fighter", peaked at number 43. Both songs were included on his only BNA album, also titled ''Light at the End of the Tunnel''.
Nick Cristiano of ''
The Philadelphia Inquirer'' rated the album three out of four stars, comparing Watson's style favorably to
Merle Haggard. Michael McCall of ''
Country Music'' magazine praised the album's
honky-tonk sound and Watson's "big voice".
His only other release was 2001's ''Delta Dream'', which charted the single "The Memory Is the Last Thing to Go" that year.
Watson died in
Baytown, Texas
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, on September 28, 2013.
Discography
Albums
Singles
References
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American country singer-songwriters
American male singer-songwriters
1953 births
2013 deaths
People from Tyler, Texas
BNA Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Texas
Country musicians from Texas