Tonya Watts is a force. She expresses herself wholeheartedly, with passion and intent in a style that is truly her own. Let her music take you into her world, you’ll have one hell of a ride…” Outlaw Magazine
After three long years indie country rocker Tonya Watts is back with a new single entitled "THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW",released on her own Dazey Rock Records. Three years ago dazey rock released Tonya's first full length cd "Handcuff My Soul" to much critical acclaim and success, including Tonya being hand picked to sing her regional hit "Alabama Crimson" in the upcoming movie,BLOODWORTH, starring Val Kilmer and Kris Kristofferson.BLOODWORTH will be the opening night selection at this year's Nashville Film Festival on April 14th, and 15th at 8pm. In the Interim Tonya also starred in a national campaign for USA GOLD cigarettes, that has found her gracing the pages of MAXIM,PEOPLE, TV GUIDE, and ROLLING STONE, not to mention billboards and posters across the country. Now Tonya returns with the first single off a still untitled upcoming new album The single (THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW) will be released on April 14th (same day as film premiere), 2011 on cdbaby, itunes, tonyawatts.com, and other online venues. ( find mp3 of single, cd art, and usa gold ad attached to this press release) Written by Tonya, THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW is a sexy sultry soulful country rock song that at once, evokes Bad Company, Waylon Jennings, Kid Rock, Melissa Etheridge, and every sex kitten any of those artists have ever dreamt of but mostly she is a wholly original voice in the tradition of...well, herself. and why am I telling you this?I just "thought you should know" love, dazey rock records what some others have said about tonya and this new release. JOHNNY WHITESIDE of LA WEEKLY says... "The former model-actress and past Baywatch-Barbwire Pamela Anderson body double has always worked a deliciously idiosyncratic, Dixie-fried brand of Outlaw country-rock...but here she creates a high-tension gem of super-charged erotic expression--something that no one else does as well as the one and only Tonya Watts" JB CLOUD of KBCY 99.7 TEXAS says... "For years there have been many singer/songwriters that had their own unique style, sound and groove. Tonya Watts has it and I like it. Bob Dylan, Robert Earl Keen, Corb Lund, Townes Van Zant and Janis Joplin aren't the only ones that did good doing their own thing. I've done really well in Texas by playing music that was different. Take your radio britches off and really listen, you'll like it." You can hear a clip of the single "thought you should know" this link http://airplaydirect.com/music/TONYAWATTS/ contact: dazeyrockrecords@aol.com tonyawatts@aol.com
