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Over the years there have been numerous books published using Watt’s photographs taken over several decades beginning in the early 1970’s. Books on Willie Nelson including the latest: Picnic: Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Tradition, The Oak Ridge Boys, multiple books on Stevie Ray Vaughan and Bruce Springsteen,  Eric Clapton including a forthcoming book being written by Christian Larsen in Denmark which will focus on the 1974 tours including the summer tour Watt worked from the east coast to the west coast and back to New Orleans and many other books!

 

Watt photographed internationally known photographer Robb Kendrick as Robb photographed on several Texas ranches. These images are in The Revealing Character: Texas Tintypes by Robb Kendrick, foreword by John Graves. This book was published by The Old Jail Art Center, www.theojac.org Albany, Texas. Robb is well known for his tintypes of Texas cowgirls/cowboys that were used in a series of Frost Bank advertisements, for his work in National Geographic and for other clients. Robb’s exhibit opened in September 2005 at The Witte Museum in San Antonio, TX, and traveled around the state and is now part of the permanent collection at the Old Jail Art Center.

 

 

 

 

Watt’s photographs also appear in The Learning from Longhorns, published Fall 2004.

Santa Cruz Press published numerous books which feature Watt’s photographs including Great Cattlemen I Have Known, Tailwind. Two to Mexico and The Lasater Philosophy of Cattle Raising Available from Watt or www.IsaBeefmasters.com.

 

Flatrock combines scripture with ranch photographs Watt took over many years on what was The Lasater Ranch in eastern Colorado. Watt’s first cousin Dale Lasater selected the verses. There are a few copies left.

 

 

 

 

A long awaited, much talked about book featuring Watt’s photographs of musicians arrived November 2017. The book, published by Texas A & M press, is available nationwide. The focus is on Texas and the staggering number of musicians who played various venues around the state. The book also has images from Watt’s work on Eric Clapton’s 1974 US tour, Steve Miller at Red Rocks and other locations, Bruce Springsteen at Red Rocks and Memphis and of course a Texas favorite Stevie Ray Vaughan and many others famous, well known and not so well known musicians.

Steve Miller contributed the foreword, there are long captions and various details about images along with an essay from Watt’s mid to late 1970’s UT Austin housemate, Mark Seal. Mark has become a well known writer for Vanity Fair and author of several books. We both have come a long way from our humble beginnings on Hillside drive in south Austin. The well known chronicler of music, Texan Joe Nick Patoski, has written an essay on Willie, Sir Doug Sahm and the Austin scene where we both arrived a long time ago (1970).

Several other musicians are involved in addition to people involved in the music business. Bill Bentley, a musician and writer, moved from Austin to California has worked in the music business for years is contributing insights about many of the musicians and concerts we both attended in the mid 1970’s. Bill’s work with artists like Merle Haggard and Neil Young plus many others provides a unique view. One of Eric Clapton’s people told me Bill is a near legendary figure in the music business and I agree.

The Grammy Museum PRIDE & JOY: THE TEXAS BLUES OF STEVIE RAY VAUGHN exhibit opened in Tulsa, OK March 31st, 2016 and traveled. The exhibit opened at the Bob Bullock Museum in Austin on March 10th, 2017 then traveled!!! The exhibit has multiple B/W and Color images of Watt’s from 1975-1990.