Album Sleeve Notes
'Here is Gene Watson's first album and I'm sure it will not be his last
because he is certain to became a tremendous success in the very near
future. Having heard Gene Watson compared to so many singers by so many
people, I found myself following the 'comparison' route, but concluding
that he really shouldn't be compared to anyone because Gene's greatest
asset is that he is just great being Gene Watson.
He is 'original'. Gene's performances are professional, relaxed and
confident. He sings well under any circumstances, but he can really
turn on the feeling and 'put it on the tape' when he is in the recording
studio. I have never heard Gene sing any song of any kind, poorly.
This album was recorded in the best studios in the nation with the
finest musicians from Nashville and Houston and you will find Roy
Stone's arrangements and production as versatile and refreshing as
Gene's singing.
If you try it, you'll like it'.
Sincerely yours,
Russ Reeder
Record Service Company
The 'Gene Watson' album was produced
by Roy M Stone.
'Gene Watson'
Wide World Records WWS1002 (1969)
Stoneway Records STY2002 (1973)
Track Listing
1 'If
I'm a fool for leaving'
●
Written by
Skip Graves &
Little Jimmy Dickens
Published by Cedarwood / BMI
2 'It's just a matter of time'
Written by
Brook Benton (19 September 1931 - 9 April 1988
- RIP), Belford Hendricks & Clyde Otis
Published by
Eden Music / BMI
3 'I'll feel fine'
Written by
Moore / Davenport
Published by
Stoneway / BMI
4 'Walking back to Birmingham'
Written by
Ashley / Singleton
Published by
Gallico / BMI
5 'I feel a sin coming on'
Written by
Eddie McDuff & Orville Couch
Published by
Painted Desert / BMI
6 'Listen, they're playing my
song'
Written by
Williams / Garrison
Published by
Central Songs / BMI
7 'This song is just for you'
Written by
Perk Williams (RIP) 19 November 1926 - 3 January 1994
Published by
BMI
8 'When my daddy danced'
Written by
Eddie Noack (RIP) 29
April 1930 - 5 February 1978
Published by
Raydee / SESAC
9 'I'm not strong enough'
Written by
John Pickering
Published by
Stoneway / BMI
10 'Two right people'
Written by
David Ingles
Published by
David Ingles Music / SESAC
11 'My eyes are jealous'
Written by
Jimmy Day (RIP)
9 January 1934 - 22 January 1999
Published by
Window Music / BMI
12 'Eli Funkelby'
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Written by
Robert ('Bozo') Darnell
Published by Glad Music / BMI
'If
I'm a fool for leaving' (track indicated thus
●)
can also be found on the 'Because You Believed in Me' album,
which was released on Capitol
Records in 1976.
A
re-recorded version of 'If I'm a fool for leaving' (track
indicated thus
●) was included
on the 'Gene Watson: Then & Now' album, which was released on Koch Records
Nashville
in June 2005.
Skip
Graves recorded 'If I'm a fool for leaving' (track
indicated thus
●),
which was co-written
with Little Jimmy Dickens, & included the track on his
'Love Country' album, which was released in 1986.
Skip
Graves provided a quote about
Gene Watson on Saturday 3 March 2007
& you can read it
here.
Robert
('Bozo') Darnell (RIP) wrote 'Eli
Funkelby (track indicated thus
●●)
& his son
Reuben
Darnell provided a quote about
Gene Watson on Tuesday 13 March
2007.
Visit Reuben Darnell's Official
Website & read a
Memorial to
Robert ('Bozo') Darnell (1927 -
1997).
'Gene
Watson'