Dale Watson plays sold out Station Inn

“I don’t call what I do country music,” said Dale Watson near the beginning of his sold-out show at the Station Inn. He calls it “Ameripolitan,” a genre that has four components: honky tonk, rockabilly, outlaw and western swing.

Backed by his three-piece band, The Lone Stars, Watson delivered a set that hit all of those elements, beginning with a take on “Lucille,” which he recently recorded for a covers album called “Under the Influences,” which is due out later this year.

In between excellent honky tonkers such as “I Lie When I Drink,” which ended with a raucous crowd singalong, and more reflective songs such as “Carryin’ on This Way,” the affable Watson took fan requests and endorsed the two products nearest to his heart: Lone Star beer and the Ameripolitan Music Awards, which he developed as a way to separate roots-influenced music from what the Ameripolitan website describes as the now “hopelessly compromised” term “country music.”

“We can piss and moan all day long, but if you don’t do nothin’ about it, you’re a complainer,” Watson said.

Call it traditional country, call it Ameripolitan or eschew the genre altogether, Watson’s music is just darn good.