Dawn Tyler Watson - Jawbreaker! (2016)

I started on the Montreal Blues scene in 1997 playing various venues and doing some festivals. In 2001 I put out my first original album titled Ten Dollar Dress. My blend of Blues always had a twist of jazz, folk, funk, and good old rock 'n roll in the pot. Though eclectic in nature, that record secured me a spot in the Canadian Blues scene and won me a Maple Blues Award for Female Vocalist of the Year. I did a lot of road, met a lot of crazy cool people and shared the stage with many great artists.

For the last 13 years I have been working and touring with a wonderful guitarist (Paul Deslauriers) as part of a pretty successful acoustic duo. We played from the North Pole to Mexico, and from Memphis to Moscow together; had two successful albums together, and garnered a number of accolades and awards. I've had a blast, but a lot of my fans have been telling me that my solo album is still in rotation in there cars and home stereos...and then inevitably they ask when Im going to do another full band original album. Well Im happy to report that the time is now!

Jawbreaker! is Dawn’s fourth album and displays her wide range to advantage, from gospel to rock with touches of soul and jazz thrown in along the way. Dawn wrote most of the album and there are three covers. Backing Dawn here are Ben Racine on guitar and vocals, John Sadowy on keys, François Dube on bass, Nicky Estor on drums, ‘Little Frankie’ Thiffault on tenor sax and Mathieu ‘Moose’ Mousseau on baritone sax; guests include Paul Deslauriers on guitar, Guy Belanger on harp, Patrick Lehman on vocals, Richard Irwin on drums, Morgan Moore on upright bass, Rob Macdonald on acoustic guitar, Dimitri Lebel-Alexandre on pedal steel, Ron Dilauro on trumpet and Charles Pappasoff on baritone sax.