Gene Watson's Peers: Curt Ryle
Gene Watson's peers within the country music industry
believe in the sheer talent of this unassuming man from east Texas, so much
so that Gene is regarded by many of them as 'the singer's singer' - and
rightly so!
All of Gene's Peers who were contacted in 2010 were most gracious with their
time & words. It is here, within this special part of gene-watson.com, that
you have an opportunity to read quotes from
Curt Ryle, which he
submitted to this site on Saturday 24 July 2010.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Curt Ryle who made a special
contribution to this unique part of this online 'celebration of a Lone Star
Hero'.
Curt Ryle
This quote was submitted on Saturday 24 July 2010
'My favourite country singer of all time is & will always be Gene
Watson.
I have written songs for a lot of artists such as
George Jones, Billy Ray Cyrus & many others.
The biggest day of my career was when I learned Gene Watson had recorded not
just one of my songs, but three of them. 'Mirrors don't lie' was one
of those songs & I was told that, when Gene recorded it, the musicians gave
him a standing ovation right there in the recording studio!
As a studio guitarist myself, I've played on thousands of recordings with
huge stars & have never seen musicians lay down
their instruments & give an artist an ovation.
But then, Gene Watson is truly a one of a kind artist'.
Thank you,
Curt Ryle, for your support of Gene Watson.
About Curt Ryle...
Curt Ryle
was born in Duncan, Oklahoma & attended elementary school at Comanche
Elementary in Oklahoma; he also attended Empire Junior High School in
Duncan, Oklahoma. Curt graduated from Broken Bow High School in Broken
Bow, Oklahoma.
Curt Ryle became a professional musician when he was sixteen years old.
After high school, Curt worked with country music legends including
Mel Tillis, George
Jones, Vern Gosdin & many others.
As a studio musician, Curt Ryle has played guitar on recordings for many
artists including Taylor Swift, Brooks & Dunn,
Trisha Yearwood, Marty Stuart, Carolyn Dawn
Johnson, Paul Overstreet, Steve Holy,
Hal Ketchum, Mark McGuinn, Pam Tillis &
Mel Tillis.
George Jones recorded Curt Ryle's 'The real
McCoy' & included the track on 'Too Wild Too Long' (Epic Records, 1987)
Clinton Gregory recorded Curt Ryle's 'One shot at a time' & Curt Ryle's
'House of diamonds' (co-written with Mike Baker); both tracks were included on 'If It Weren't for Country
Music (I'd Go Crazy)' (Step One Records, 1991)
Dude Mowrey recorded Curt Ryle's 'It could've been me' (co-written with
Johnny Park) & included the track on 'Honky Tonk' (Capitol Nashville
Records, 1991)
Clinton Gregory recorded Curt Ryle's 'She takes the sad out of Saturday
night' (co-written with B. Henderson) & included the track on 'Freeborn Man' (Step One Records, 1992)
Clinton Gregory recorded Curt Ryle's 'Master of illusion'
(co-written with Mel Tillis Junior) & included the
track on 'Master of Illusion' (Step One Records, 1993)
Gene Watson
recorded Curt Ryle's 'Simple minded heart'
(co-written with Mel Tillis Junior & Donald Lee Burns)
& Curt Ryle's 'Mirrors don't lie'
( co-written with Billy Henderson; both tracks
were included on 'Uncharted
Mind' (Step One Records, 1993)
Billy Ray Cyrus recorded Cury Ryle's 'Storm in the heartland' (co-written
with Billy Henderson & Donald Burns) & included the track on 'Storm in the
Heartland' (Mercury Records, 1994)
'Gene Watson recorded Curt Ryle's 'Drivin' me sane' (co-written with Tony
Mullins) & included the track on 'From The
Heart' (RMG Records, 2001)
At the time of the acquisition of this 'Peer's Quote' about Gene Watson,
Curt Ryle was residing in Nashville with his beautiful wife Mia & his little
boy Brayden. He was very active as a recording musician & when not
doing recording sessions in Nashville, Curt was doing songwriter demos for
anyone with songs to record at his personal studio A.R.T. Recording in
Clarksville, Tennessee.
Curt Ryle, as well as being a recording musician/songwriter/producer in the
country music industry in Nashville, is also one of the founders of a
company called Jingle Mania; the
company undertake mail order demos for songwriters around the world.
A rough guitar or piano & vocal of an original song can be sent to
Jingle Mania & they can bring it
to life with a full Nashville recording & production with the best musicians
& engineers in Nashville at a price you can
afford & you don't even have to leave your house!
Jingle Mania also do top quality
national or local jingles.
Visit Curt Ryle's Official
MySpace Site
