Joe Dawson
Origin: Highlander
Hair: Grey
Occupation: Owner of Joe's Blues Bar, Musician/Singer
Residence: Defoe Street 7 (2-10)
Import date: Year 8
Species: Human
Joe Dawson is from Highlander: The Series.
Dawson's personal information is sketchy, but it is safe to say he had a sister, Catherine, with whom he corresponded during his tour in Viet Nam, (An Evening at Joe's) though it is thought she is now deceased. It was in 1967 that Joe enlisted in the Marines and did a tour of duty in Vietnam, serving under Andrew Cord, an Immortal. In 1968, after seeing Cord shot and apparently killed, Joe tripped a land mine, and was severely wounded. His life was saved by Cord, who carried him on his back miles to the nearest field hospital. There, he tried to tell the psychiatrist that it had been Cord who had saved him, but he was told that Cord was dead.
He would lose his legs as a result of his injuries. Despondent over the loss of his legs, he contemplated suicide, hiding a pistol under his pillow. Before he was able to decide, however, he was visited by a Watcher, Ian Bancroft, who told him about immortals, explaining that Cord had indeed saved him, and Cord was an immortal.
Joe found a new meaning to his life and became a Watcher, attributing his new lease on life to Andrew Cord. Bancroft would become Joe's mentor within the Watchers and a close friend. Joe began his Watcher career as an historian. He later became a field Watcher, observing Immortals like Roy Ferrer and Liza Grant, only being assigned to Duncan MacLeod in 1979.
Joe had his legs replaced after coming to the Inn-Between. He prefers to keep an early-50s look.