Watson&Nash

Nashville based country/rock duo formed by songwriter/artists Joe Nash and Shay Watson. The duo fuses together tasteful harmonies and melodies with a Country meets Pop/Rock production to create a fresh, unique sound.

Collectively and individually Watson & Nash have recorded, wrote with, worked with, opened for and or performed on playbill with numerous artists including: Sony recording artist- Gretchen Wilson, Capitol recording artists- Little Big Town, Brady Seals of Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie, DC Talk's Michael Tait, Curb recording artists-Selah, Switchfoot's Jon Foreman, John Mellencamp, Sparrow recording artists-The Elms, Platinum selling artist Tammy Cochran, Curb recording artist-Deborah Allen, The Robert Reynolds of The Mavericks, Jimmy Wayne, Billy Currington, Josh Turner, Trisha Yearwood, Scotty Huff of The Havanna Horns, Former Inpop Recording artist James Clay, T. Graham Brown, Derek Webb, Sandra McCracken, Ronnie McDowell, Billy Joe Royal, The Jordanaires, Holly Dunn, The Ladds, Anti-Records recording artist-Jolie Holland and many others. Watson and Nash's songs have been recorded by various label and indie artists and heard internationally on television and radio.

Watson & Nash have worked together in both a writing and performing capacity for almost a decade. The two met around 2001 while Shay was speaking on songwriting at a workshop in Nashville, TN. At the time, Joe was writing, performing and producing while living in West Virgina. The two struck up a friendship and with Shay's encouragement, Joe soon made a move to Nashville. At that time, Shay was touring with his own band Ten Mile Drive. Joe began working on a solo career and kept ties to Shay, working with him on occasional projects. A few years passed, Shay's band had come to an end and after a brief solo run, he and Joe, who had continued to work on his songwriting and artistry, began discussing the idea of putting together a duo. The duo idea morphed into a band in 2007 with several other talented players and artists. After a brief run the group disbanded. Shay and Joe, however, continued to work and perform together and refine the original idea of forming a duo.