Gene Watson's Peers: Dale Dodson
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 2009 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 a quote from
Dale Dodson, which he
submitted to this site on Tuesday 12 May 2009.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Dale Dodson who made a special contribution to this unique part of this online
'celebration of a Lone Star Hero'.
Dale Dodson
This quote was submitted on Tuesday 12 May 2009
'The tone of Gene Watson's voice is one of the greatest
I have ever heard, coupled with a great ear for a country song is what makes
him a country legend'.
Thank you, Dale Dodson, for your support of Gene Watson.
About Dale Dodson...
Dale Dodson
was reared in West Virginia & started his professional music career as a
disc jockey for a small station in Berkeley Springs. But Dale wanted
in on the action so in 1987 he moved to Nashville & obtained a job
performing at Opryland.
In his spare time, Dale played songs for Music Row veteran Pat Rolfe at
ASCAP; Pat got Dale a meeting with Sony/ATV Tree president Donna Hilley, who
was so impressed by Dale's knowledge of the Tree song catalogue that she
suggested that he come on board as a writer & see if he could use his
knowledge & ambition to carve out a place for himself on Tree's staff of
song-pluggers. That was in 1992.
Dale then decided to delve into some of the older catalogue, where lay the
rich gems of writers like Harlan Howard, Hank
Cochran, Merle Haggard, Buck
Owens & others; Dale was able to get some impressive cuts on them.
Eventually Dale got into Bill Anderson's old catalogue & the results were so
good that Bill got excited, re-signed with Tree & moved into a new phase in
his career, writing new songs in a new era, and hearing them on the radio.
Two years after Dale arrived at Tree, in recognition of his efforts, he was
put on staff with a salary & subsequently enjoyed cuts by Tracy Byrd,
Mark Chesnutt, George Strait, Wade Hayes,
Lee Ann Womack, Sara Evans, Rodney Crowell,
Lorrie Morgan, Ty Herndon,
Chely Wright, Ken
Mellons & Gary Allan; nearly ninety cuts in all.
To date, Dale Dodson has had
a number of songs recorded in his
career, including the following:
Chely Wright
recorded Dale Dodson's 'Go on &
on' (co-written with Chely Wright) & included the track on
'Woman in the Moon' (Polydor Records, 1994)
Chely Wright
recorded Dale Dodson's 'Sea of cowboy hats' (co-written with
Jimmy Melton & Chely Wright) & included the track on
'Woman in the Moon' (Polydor Records, 1994)
Chely Wright
recorded Dale Dodson's 'He don't do bars anymore' (co-written with
Jimmy Melton & Chely Wright) & included the track on
'Woman in the Moon' (Polydor Records, 1994)
Chely Wright
recorded Dale Dodson's 'The last supper' (co-written with
Jimmy Melton & Chely Wright) & included the track on
'Woman in the Moon' (Polydor Records, 1994)
Ken Mellons recorded Dale Dodson's 'I can bring her
back' (written with Ken Mellons
&
Gene Simmons) & included the track on 'Ken Mellons' (Epic Records, 1994);
the track reached No.42
on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1994
Ken Mellons recorded Dale Dodson's 'Lookin'
in the same direction' (written with Ken Mellons
&
Jimmy Melton) & included the track on 'Ken Mellons' (Epic Records, 1994)
Ken Mellons recorded Dale Dodson's 'Seven
lonely days makes one weak' (written with Ken Mellons
&
Jimmy Melton) & included the track on 'Ken Mellons' (Epic Records, 1994)
Ken Mellons recorded Dale Dodson's 'Learnin'
to live without you' (written with Ken Mellons, Gene
Simmons & Jerry Cupit) & included the track on 'Ken Mellons' (Epic Records, 1994)
Ken Mellons recorded Dale Dodson's 'Honky
tonk teachers' (written with Ken
Mellons & Jerry Cupit) & included the track on 'Ken Mellons' (Epic Records, 1994)
Ken Mellons recorded
Dale Dodson's 'Memory remover' (co-written with Ken Mellons &
Jimmy Melton) & included the track on 'Where
Forever Begins' (Epic Records,
1995)
Lee Ann Womack
recorded Dale Dodson's 'Man
who made my mama cry' & included the track on
'Some Things I Know' (MCA Records, 1998)
Lee Ann Womack
recorded Dale Dodson's 'He'll
be back'
(co-written with
Hank
Cochran & Red Lane) & included the
track on 'Something Worth Leaving Behind' (MCA Records, 2002)
Dierks Bentley recorded Dale Dodson's 'I bought the
shoes' (co-written with Ken Mellons &
Jimmy Melton) & included the track on 'Dierks
Bentley' (Capitol Nashville Records, 2003)
Gene Watson recorded Dale Dodson's 'Coast of Texas' (co-written
with
Jimmy Melton) & included the track on 'Gene
Watson...Sings' (Intersound Records, 2003)
Mark Chesnutt recorded Dale Dodson's 'Since
you ain't home' (co-written with Ken Mellons &
Shawn Camp) & included the track on 'Savin' The
Honky Tonks' (Vivaton Records, 2004)
Ken Mellons
recorded Dale Dodson's 'If I've learned anything at all' (co-written with John Northrup
& Ken Mellons) & included the track on
'Sweet'
(Home Records, 2004)
George Strait &
Lee Ann
Womack recorded Dale Dodson's 'Good news, bad news'
& included the track on
'Somewhere Down in Texas' (MCA Records, 2005)
Alan Jackson recorded Dale Dodson's 'I want to stroll over heaven with you'
& included the track on 'Precious Memories' (Arista Records, 2006)
Sarah Johns recorded Dale Dodson's 'It's hard to be a
girl (in a young man's world)' (co-written with Sarah Johns &
Dean Dillon) & included
the track on 'Big Love in a Small Town' (BNA Records, 2007)
Sarah Johns recorded Dale Dodson's 'A lot to let go of'
(co-written with Sarah Johns & Jason Sellers) & included the track on 'Big
Love in a Small Town' (BNA Records, 2007)
Sarah Johns recorded Dale Dodson's 'That's just me
getting over you' (co-written with Sarah Johns &
Billy Lawson) & included the track on 'Big Love in a Small Town' (BNA
Records, 2007)
Lee Ann Womack
recorded Dale Dodson's 'New again' & included the track on
'Call Me Crazy' (MCA Records, 2008)
Gene Watson recorded
'Use me again'
(co-written with
Billy Lawson
& Curly Putman)
& included the track on
'A Taste of the Truth' (Shanachie Records, 2009)
Teea Goans recorded Dale Dodson's
'He'll be back' (co-written with
Hank Cochran & Red Lane) & included the track on
'The Way I Remember It' (Crosswind Records, 2010)
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