Gene Watson's Peers: Dean Dillon
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
Dean Dillon, which he
submitted to this site on Wednesday 11 August 2010.
Sean Brady would like to take this opportunity to say 'thank you' to
Dean Dillon who made a special
contribution to this unique part of this online 'celebration of a Lone Star
Hero'.
Dean Dillon
This quote was submitted on Wednesday 11 August 2010
'I still remember the first time I heard 'Farewell
party'.
As good as I thought I could sing, when I heard Gene Watson sing this song,
I thought to myself, just shut up & write songs'.
Thank you,
Dean Dillon, for your support of Gene Watson.
About Dean Dillon...
Dean Dillon
was born on Saturday 26 March 1955 in Lake City, Tennessee & started playing
guitar at the age of seven. At the age of fifteen, Dean appeared in a
local Knoxville variety show called 'Jim Clayton Star Time' as a songwriter
& performer; by the end of high school, he had his mind set on Nashville.
Hitchhiking to Nashville in 1973, it wasn't long before Dean Dillon
caught the watchful eye of Shelby Singleton of Sun Records. After a short recording
stint that produced one record, Dean was once again walking the streets of a
town he barely knew.
As luck would have it, days of pounding pavement &
beating on doors paid off when songwriter Frank Dycus took an interest in
him. In the years to come, it was Dean Dillon-Frank Dycus collaborations that would help
launch country music legend George Strait.
Dean Dillon also worked with ex-Porter
Wagoner fiddler Mac McGahey's combo at the Opryland Theme Park.
In 1976, Dean
landed the role of Hank Williams in the Country Music Show at Opryland.
While there, a friend introduced him to hit songwriter John Schweers, who in
turn introduced him to heavyweight Nashville producer & publisher Tom
Collins.
Three weeks later, Barbara Mandrell recorded three of Dean Dillon's
songs, all of which she included on 'Lovers, Friends & Strangers' (Dot
Records, 1977).
Jim Ed Brown &
Helen Cornelius
recorded
Dean Dillon's 'Lying here in love with you' (co-written with
Gary Harrison) & included the track on 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers' (RCA
Records, 1979); the track reached No.2 on the Billboard country music
singles chart in 1979
Between 1979 & 1983, as a recording artist in his own right, Dean Dillon charted eight times
& broke the
country music Top 30 with 'I'm into the bottle (to get you out of my mind)'.
Dean also wrote
hits for other country stars, like the 1983 George Jones hit
'Tennessee
whiskey'.
These successes established Dean Dillon as a performer & songwriter; it wasn't long until
Dean was paired by RCA record head, Jerry Bradley,
with Gary Stewart, the 'King of the honky tonkers'.
The two men's vices fed
off of one another and, while their two bleary, good-timing albums were
successful, especially 'Brotherly Love' (RCA Victor, 1982), the partnership had little
use for the straight & narrow.
Dean Dillon then took a
five-year hiatus from recording, cleaned up his personal life & concentrated on song-writing.
He wrote or co-wrote a number of hits during
this period & had considerable success with George Strait, who took five
of his songs to the Billboard country music singles chart between 1981 & 1988.
The exposure landed Dean Dillon a new contract with Capitol Records, who
released two Ricky Scruggs-produced albums, 'I've Learned to Live'
(Capitol Records, 1989), which included the Tanya Tucker duet 'Don't you
even think about leaving' & 'Slick Nickel' (Capitol Records, 1990).
Dean Dillon next signed with Atlantic Records,
where he saw the release of his most successful album; 'Out of Your Ever Lovin'
Mind' (Atlantic Records, 1991) referenced the hard country of Dillon's heroes, but it also flirted
with pop. The album was lauded as a throwback, an answer to Nashville's
penchant for vapidity.
While he stopped performing, Dean Dillon's song-writing
career thrived for the rest of the 1990s, as he continued to work with
George Strait & newer faces like Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith &
Lee Ann Womack.
In
2002, Dean Dillon was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
(along with Bob Dylan & Shel Silverstein). Early in 2003, Dean
signed a song-writing contract with Sony/ATV Tree, which came after his
fifteen-year relationship with Acuff Rose, a smaller publishing company Sony
acquired in July 2002.
At present, Dean Dillon is still cranking out the hits &
just this year recorded a duet with his friend & hero George Strait; 'West
Texas town', which was co-written with Robert Earl Keen, was included on
George Strait's 'Troubadour' (MCA Records, 2009).
To date, Dean Dillon has had over
fifty songs recorded
by George Strait alone.
The number of songs that have been written by Dean Dillon is quite
extraordinary; he is a truly gifted writer within the country music genre,
as evidenced by this list:
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Unwound'
(co-written with Frank Dycus) & included the track on 'Strait Country' (MCA
Records, 1981); the track reached No.6 on the Billboard country music
singles chart in 1981
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'I get along
with you' (co-written with Frank Dycus & Buddy
Cannon) & included the track on 'Strait Country' (MCA Records, 1981)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Down & out'
(co-written with Frank Dycus) & included the track on 'Strait Country' (MCA
Records, 1981); the track reached No.16 on the Billboard country music
singles chart in 1981
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Friday night
fever' (co-written with Blake Mevis & Frank Dycus) & included the track on
'Strait Country' (MCA Records, 1981)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'She's playing
hell (trying to get me to heaven)' (co-written with David Wills & Charles
Quillen) & included the track on 'Strait Country' (MCA Records, 1981)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Her goodbye
hit me in the heart' (co-written with Frank Dycus) & included the track on
'Strait Country' (MCA Records, 1981)
David Allan Coe recorded Dean Dillon's 'Tennessee
whiskey' (co-written with Linda Hargrove) & included the track on 'Tennessee
Whiskey' (Columbia Records, 1981)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Honky tonk crazy' (co-written with
Frank Dycus) & included the track on 'Strait From The Heart' (MCA Records,
1982)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Marina Del Rey' (co-written with Frank
Dycus) & included the track on 'Strait From The Heart' (MCA Records, 1982);
the track reached No.6 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1982
Alabama recorded Dean Dillon's 'Changes comin' on'
& included the track on 'Mountain Music' (RCA Records, 1982)
Hank Williams Junior recorded Dean Dillon's 'Leave them boys alone'
(co-written with Gary Stewart, Tanya Tucker & Hank Williams Junior) &
included the track on 'Strong Stuff' (Elektra Records, 1983); special vocal
guests on the track were Waylon Jennings & Ernest Tubb
George Jones recorded Dean Dillon's
'Tennessee whiskey' (co-written with Linda Hargrove) & included the track on
'Shine On' (Epic Records, 1983)
Hank Williams Junior recorded Dean Dillon's 'Leave them boys alone' & included the track on 'Strong Stuff'
(Elektra Records, 1983); the track was a duet with Waylon Jennings & Ernest
Tubb
Alabama recorded Dean Dillon's '(She won't have a thing to do with) Nobody
but me' (co-written with Buzz Rabin & Flash Gordon) & included the track on
'Forty Hour Week' (RCA Records, 1985)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'You sure got this old redneck feelin'
blue' (co-written with Buzz Rabin) & included the track on 'Something
Special' (MCA Records, 1985)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'The chair' (co-written with
Hank Cochran) & included the track on
'Something Special' (MCA Records, 1985); the track was No.1 for one week on
the Billboard country music singles chart in December 1985
Keith Whitley recorded Dean Dillon's 'Miami, my Amy' (co-written with
Hank Cochran & Royce Porter) & included the
track on 'LA to Miami' (RCA Records, 1986)
Keith Whitley recorded Dean Dillon's 'Homecoming '63' (co-written with Royce
Porter) & included the track on 'LA to Miami' (RCA Records, 1986)
Keith Whitley recorded Dean Dillon's 'Nobody in his right mind would've left
her' & included the track on 'LA to Miami' (RCA Records, 1986)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Nobody in his right mind would've left
her' & included the track on 'No.7' (MCA Records, 1986); the track was No.1
for one week on the Billboard country music singles chart in August 1986
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'It ain't cool to be crazy about you' &
included the track on 'No.7' (MCA Records, 1986); the track was No.1 for one
week on the Billboard country music singles chart in December 1986
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'For Christ's sake, it's Christmas'
(co-written with Hank Cochran) & included the
track on 'Merry Christmas Strait to You' (MCA Records, 1986)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Ocean front property' (co-written with
Hank Cochran & Royce Porter) & included the
track on 'Ocean Front Property' (MCA Records, 1987); the track was No.1 for
one week on the Billboard country music singles chart in April 1987
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Without you here' (co-written with
Royce Porter) & included the track on 'Ocean Front Property' (MCA Records,
1987)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'I'm all behind you now' & included the
track on 'Ocean Front Property' (MCA Records, 1987)
Tanya Tucker recorded Dean Dillon's 'Hope you find what you're loving for'
(co-written with
Hank Cochran) & included the
track on 'Love Me Like You Used To' (Capitol Records, 1987)
Gary Stewart recorded Dean Dillon's 'Empty glass' & included the track on
'Brand New' (Hightone Records, 1988)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Famous last words of a fool'
(co-written with Rex Huston) & included the track on 'If You Ain't Loving'
(MCA Records, 1988); the track was No.1 on the Billboard country music
singles chart in April 1988
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Is it that time again'
(co-written with Buddy Cannon &
Vern Gosdin) & included the track on 'If You Ain't
Loving' (MCA Records, 1988)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Back to bein' me'
(co-written with Hank Cochran) & included the track on 'If You Ain't
Loving' (MCA Records, 1988)
Vern Gosdin
recorded Dean Dillon's 'Is it raining at your house' & included the track on 'Chiseled
in Stone' (Columbia Records, 1988)
Vern Gosdin
recorded Dean Dillon's
'Set 'em
up Joe' (co-written with
Hank Cochran,
Vern Gosdin & Buddy Cannon)
& included the track on 'Chiseled
in Stone' (Columbia Records, 1988); the track was No.1 for 1 week on
the Billboard country music singles chart in July 1988
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'I've come to expect it from you'
(co-written with Buddy Cannon) & included the
track on 'Livin' It Up' (MCA Records, 1990)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'We're supposed to do that now
& then'
(co-written with David Anthony & Joe Royer) & included the
track on 'Livin' It Up' (MCA Records, 1990)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'If I know me' (co-written with Pamela
Belford) & included the track on 'Chill of an Early Fall' (MCA Records,
1991)
Paul Overstreet recorded Dean Dillon's 'If
I could bottle this up' & included the track on 'Heroes' (RCA Records, 1991)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Holding my own' (co-written with
Pamela Belford) & included the track on 'Holding My Own' (MCA Records, 1992)
Doug Stone recorded Dean Dillon's 'She
used to love me a lot' (co-written with
Doug Stone) & included the track on 'More Love' (Epic Records, 1993)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Easy come, easy go' (co-written with
Aaron Barker) & included the track on 'Easy Come, Easy Go' (MCA Records,
1993)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Without
me around' (co-written with John
Northrup) & included the track on 'Easy Come, Easy Go' (MCA Records, 1993)
Tracy Byrd recorded Dean Dillon's 'Back in the swing of things' (co-written with
Vern Gosdin & Buddy
Cannon) & included the track
on 'Tracy Byrd' (MCA Records, 1993)
Brooks & Dunn
recorded Dean Dillon's 'I'll never forgive my heart' (co-written with Ronnie Dunn & Janine
Dunn) & included the track on 'Waitin' on Sundown' (Arista Records, 1994)
Pam Tillis recorded Dean Dillon's 'Spilled perfume' (co-written with Pam
Tillis) & included the track on Sweetheart's Dance' (Arista Records, 1994)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Lead on' (co-written with Teddy
Gentry) & included the track on 'Lead On' (MCA Records, 1994)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Any old love won't do' (co-written
with Frank Dycus) & included the track on 'Strait Out of The Box' (MCA
Records, 1995)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'What would your memories do'
(co-written with Hank Cochran) & included the
track on 'Strait Out of The Box' (MCA Records, 1995)
Shenandoah recorded Dean Dillon's 'Darned if I don't, danged if I do' &
included the track on 'In The Vicinity of the Heart' (Liberty Records, 1995)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Rockin' in the arms of your memory' (co-written
with Norro Wilson) & included the track on 'Blue Clear Sky' (MCA Records,
1996)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'I'd just as soon go' (co-written with
Aaron Barker) & included the track on 'Blue Clear Sky' (MCA Records, 1996)
George Jones recorded Dean Dillon's 'Back down to hung
up on you' (co-written with Larry Butler) & included the track on 'I've
Lived To Tell It All' (MCA Records, 1996)
Tracy Byrd recorded Dean Dillon's 'If I stay' (co-written with Larry
Bastian) & included the track on 'Big Love' (MCA Records, 1996)
Sammy Kershaw recorded Dean Dillon's 'One
day left to live' (co-written with Randy Boudreaux & John Northrup) &
included the track on 'Labor of Love' (Mercury Records, 1997)
Pam Tillis recorded Dean Dillon's 'All the good ones are gone' & included
the track on 'Greatest Hits' (Arista Records, 1997)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean Dillon's 'She always says it first' (co-written
with Kenny Chesney) & included the track on 'I Will Stand' (BNA Records,
1997)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean Dillon's 'Chance' (co-written with Royce Porter)
& included the track on 'I Will Stand' (BNA Records, 1997)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'A real good place to start'
(co-written with Gary Nicholson) & included the track on 'Carrying Your Love
With Me' (MCA Records, 1997)
Aaron Tippin recorded Dean Dillon's 'Don't
stop (we're just gettin' started)' (co-written with Al Anderson) & included
the track on 'What This Country Needs' (Lyric Street Records, 1998)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'That's the break' (co-written with
Royce Porter) & included the track on 'One Step At A Time' (MCA Records,
1998)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Peace of mind' (co-written with Aaron
Barker) & included the track on 'Always Never The Same' (MCA Records, 1999)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'That's where I wanna take our love'
(co-written with Hank Cochran) & included the
track on 'Always Never The Same' (MCA Records, 1999)
Mark Chesnutt
recorded Dean Dillon's 'Tonight I'll let my memory take me home' (co-written
with Roger Springer & Robert Arthur) & included the track on 'I Don't Want
to Miss a Thing' (Decca Records, 1999)
Lee Ann Womack
recorded Dean Dillon's 'Thinkin' with my heart
again'
(co-written with Sanger D. Shafer & Donny Kees) & included the track on 'I Hope You Dance' (MCA Nashville, 2000)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'The best day of my life' (co-written
with Carson Chamberlain) & included the track on 'Latest Greatest Straitest
Hits' (MCA Records, 2000)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'If it's gonna rain' (co-written with
Donny Kees & Scott Emerick) & included the track on 'George Strait' (MCA
Records, 2000)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'She took the wind from his sails'
(co-written with Donny Kees) & included the track on 'George Strait' (MCA
Records, 2000)
Craig Morgan recorded Dean Dillon's 'I want us back' (co-written with Maria
Cannon-Goodman & Buddy Cannon) & included the
track on 'Craig Morgan' (Atlantic Records, 2000)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Road less traveled' (co-written with
Buddy Brock) & included the track on 'Road Less Traveled' (MCA Records,
2001)
John Anderson recorded Dean Dillon's 'I ain't afraid of dying' (co-written
with John Anderson) & included the track on 'Nobody's Got It All' (Columbia
Records, 2001)
John Anderson recorded Dean Dillon's 'Go to town' (co-written with John
Anderson) & included the track on 'Nobody's Got It All' (Columbia Records,
2001)
Bill Anderson recorded Dean Dillon's 'A lot of things different' (co-written
with Bill Anderson) & included the track on 'A Lot of Things Different'
(Varese Records, 2001)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean Dillon's 'Lot of things different' (co-written
with Bill Anderson) & included the track on 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No
Problems' (BNA Records, 2002)
Mark Chesnutt recorded Dean Dillon's 'I drew
me' (co-written with Casey Beathard) & included the track on 'Mark Chesnutt'
(Columbia Records, 2002)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Honkytonkville' (co-written with Buddy
Brock & Kim Williams) & included the track on 'Honkytonkville' (MCA Records,
2003)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Honk if you honky tonk' (co-written
with Ken Mellons & John Northrup) & included
the track on 'Honkytonkville' (MCA Records, 2003)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Four down & twelve across' (co-written
with Tom Douglas) & included the track on 'Honkytonkville' (MCA Records,
2003)
Vince Gill recorded Dean Dillon's 'Whippoorwill river' (co-written with
Vince Gill) & included the track on 'Next Big Thing' (MCA Records, 2003)
Brad Paisley recorded Dean Dillon's 'Is it raining at
your house' (co-written with Hank Cochran
& Vern Gosdin) & included the track on 'Mud on the Tires' (Arista
Nashville, 2003)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean Dillon's 'Angel at the top of my tree'
(co-written with Kenny Chesney & Buddy Cannon)
& included the track on 'All I Want for Christmas is a Real Good Tan' (BNA
Records, 2003)
Ken Mellons
recorded Dean Dillon's 'Climb my
tree' (co-written with John Northrup &
Billy Lawson) & included the track on
'Sweet'
(Home Records, 2004)
Ken Mellons
recorded Dean Dillon's 'You can't make my heart believe' (co-written with John Northrup
& Ken Mellons) & included the track on
'Sweet'
(Home Records, 2004)
Lee Ann Womack recorded Dean Dillon's
'Twenty years & two husbands ago' & included the track on 'There's More
Where That Came From' (MCA Records, 2005)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'Knock yourself
out' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) &
included the track on 'Honky Tonk University' (DreamWorks Records, 2005)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'You ain't
leaving' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) &
included the track on 'Honky Tonk University' (DreamWorks Records, 2005)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean
Dillon's 'Be as you are' (co-written with Kenny Chesney) & included the
track on 'Be As You Are' (BNA Records, 2005)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean
Dillon's 'Soul of a sailor' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Kenny Chesney)
& included the track on 'Be As You Are' (BNA Records, 2005)
Kenny Chesney recorded Dean Dillon's 'Guitars & tiki bars' (co-written with
Mark Tamburino & Kenny Chesney) & included the track on 'Be As You Are' (BNA
Records, 2005)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Good news, bad news' (co-written with
Dale Dodson & Lee
Ann Womack) & included the track on 'Somewhere Down in Texas' (MCA
Records, 2005); this track was a duet with Lee
Ann Womack
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'She let yourself go' (co-written with
Kerry Kurt Philips) & included the track on 'Somewhere Down in Texas' (MCA
Records, 2005)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'A little too
late' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) & included the
track on 'White Trash with Money' (Show Dog Nashville
Records, 2006)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'I ain't
already there' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) & included
the track on 'White Trash with Money' (Show Dog Nashville
Records, 2006)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's
'Note to self' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) & included
the track on 'White Trash with Money' (Show Dog Nashville
Records, 2006)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's
'Too far this time' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) & included
the track on 'White Trash with Money' (Show Dog Nashville
Records, 2006)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'Ain't no right way' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith)
& included the track on 'White Trash with Money' (Show Dog Nashville
Records, 2006)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'That's my kind of woman' (co-written
with Tammy Hyler) & included the track on 'It Just Comes Natural' (MCA
Records, 2006)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'I ain't her cowboy anymore'
(co-written with Scott Emerick & Marla Cannon-Goodman) & included the track
on 'It Just Comes Natural' (MCA Records, 2006)
Sarah Johns recorded Dean Dillon's 'It's hard to be a girl (in a young man's
world)' (co-written with Sarah Johns & Dale Dodson)
& included the track on 'Big Love in a Small Town' (BNA Records, 2007)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'Get my drink on'
(co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) & included the track on 'Big Dog Daddy' (Show Dog Nashville Records, 2007)
Toby Keith recorded Dean Dillon's 'Burnin'
moonlight' (co-written with Scott Emerick & Toby Keith) & included
the track on 'Big Dog Daddy' (Show Dog Nashville Records, 2007)
Blake Shelton recorded Dean Dillon's 'Here I am' (co-written with
Blake Shelton) & included the track on 'Pure BS' (Warner Bros. Records, 2007)
Blake Shelton recorded Dean Dillon's 'I don't care' (co-written with Casey
Beathard) & included the track on 'Pure BS' (Warner Bros. Records, 2007)
Jeff Griffith recorded Dean Dillon's 'Holed up in some honky tonk' &
included the track on 'If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another' (Arrowhead
Records, 2007)
Joe Nichols recorded Dean Dillon's 'All good things' (co-written with Scotty
Emerick) & included the track on 'Real Things' (Universal South
Records, 2007)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Give me more time' (co-written with Al
Anderson & Scott Emerick) & included the track on 'Troubadour' (MCA Records,
2008)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'When you're in love' (co-written with
Kerry Kurt Philips) & included the track on 'Troubadour' (MCA Records, 2008)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'West Texas town' (co-written with
Robert Earl Keen) & included the track on 'Troubadour' (MCA Records, 2008);
this track was a duet with Dean Dillon
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'If heartaches were horses' (co-written
with Buddy Brock & Wil Nance) & included the
track on 'Troubadour' (MCA Records, 2008)
Lee Ann Womack recorded Dean Dillon's 'Have
you seen that girl' & included the track on 'Call Me Crazy' (MCA
Records, 2008)
Lee Ann Womack recorded Dean Dillon's 'We called it everything but quits' (a
duet with George Strait) & included the track on 'Call Me Crazy' (MCA
Records, 2008)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'Living for the night' (co-written with
Bubba Strait & George Strait) & included the track on 'Twang' (MCA Records,
2009)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'The breath you take' (co-written with
Jessie Jo Dillon & Casey Beathard) & included the track on 'Twang' (MCA
Records, 2009)
George Strait recorded Dean Dillon's 'He's got that something special'
(co-written with Bubba Strait & George Strait) & included the track on
'Twang' (MCA Records, 2009)
John Anderson recorded Dean Dillon's 'Better news' (co-written with John
Anderson) & included the track on 'Bigger Hands' (Country Crossing Records,
2009)
John Anderson recorded Dean Dillon's 'Missing her again' (co-written with
John Anderson) & included the track on 'Bigger Hands' (Country Crossing
Records, 2009)
Jamey Johnson recorded Dean Dillon's 'Set 'em
up Joe' (co-written with
Hank Cochran,
Buddy Cannon
&
Vern Gosdin) & included the track on
'The Guitar Song' (Mercury Records, 2010)
Gene Watson & Dean Dillon at the BMI offices in
Nashville on Monday 15 June 2009
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